"I'm a Long Gone Daddy" is a country song written and recorded by Hank Williams. It was released in 1948 on MGM Records and became his second top ten hit.

"I'm a Long Gone Daddy"
Single by Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys
B-side"The Blues Come Around"
PublishedAugust 13, 1948 Acuff-Rose Publications[1]
ReleasedJune 1948
RecordedNovember 6, 1947[2]
StudioCastle Studio, Nashville
GenreHillbilly, honky-tonk, country blues
Length2:59
LabelMGM 10212
Songwriter(s)Hank Williams
Producer(s)Fred Rose
Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys singles chronology
"Honky Tonkin'"
(1948)
"I'm a Long Gone Daddy"
(1948)
"I Saw the Light"
(1948)

Background

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"I'm a Long Gone Daddy" laid the blueprint for what would become the typical Williams A-side: an up-tempo honky tonk song in the Ernest Tubb tradition with a bluesy edge.[citation needed] The song was recorded in anticipation of a recording ban that would result from the American Federation of Musicians possibly calling a strike at the end of December when agreements with all the record companies expired.[citation needed] Producer Fred Rose wanted eight usable sides that could be doled out over the length of the strike.[3] It was recorded on November 6, 1947, at Castle Studio in Nashville. Williams was supported by a group that producer Rose assembled from two Grand Ole Opry bands: Zeke Turner (lead guitar), Jerry Byrd (steel guitar), and Louis Ennis (rhythm guitar) were from Red Foley's band while Chubby Wise (fiddle) was a member of Bill Monroe's band.[3] Rose may have played piano. The same session produced "I Can't Get You Off of My Mind," a second recording of "Honky Tonkin'," and the Rose composition "Rootie Tootie".[4]

Chart performance

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Chart (1948) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Most Played Juke Box Folk Records[5] 6

Cover versions

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References

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  1. ^ "U.S. Copyright Office Virtual Card Catalog 1946-1954". vcc.copyright.gov. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  2. ^ "Hank Williams 45rpm Issues". jazzdiscography.com. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  3. ^ a b Escott, Colin (2004). Hank Williams: The Biography. Back Bay. p. 74. ISBN 0-316-73497-7.
  4. ^ "Release "My Sweet Love Ain't Around / Rootie Tootie" by Hank Williams - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 387.
  6. ^ "Bruce Springsteen – Born in the U.S.A."