After the dual lead guitar parts of Little Jimmy Dickens’ band The Country Boys in which two lead guitars play simultaneously, the second as harmony (usually beginning on the third note above the melody). Some of the language in the first lines are borrowed from an interview with Dickens.The soundscape below was composed from a deconstructed recording of Little Jimmy Dickens performing "Hillbilly Fever" live at the Grand Ole Opry.
1.
that good kind / of proud sound / kind and good / some proud kind / of good sound
kinda good that / sound of pride / good and kin / kind of pride / sounds off good
2.
when something means / something for me / I know that / it can mean / something for you
means something when / I’m for something / that knows I / mean it and / you're for something
3.
good days when / not for money / we made music / nothing for money / good fun then
win days good / money for naught / music made us / money for nothing / than good fun
4.
I like to feel / I’m the same / as you know / pretty much any / body else is
to feel like I’m / the same as I / know you are / any one pretty / is a self's body
5.
every time I / go onstage feels / like the first / time on that / stage for me
I time every / feel onstage go / first it's like / that only time / I'm for stage
Lou Turner is a writer and musician in Nashville, TN, where she performs solo and in the band Styrofoam Winos. The author of the chapbook Shape Note Singing (VA Press), She teaches creative writing at the porch and edits this magazine. Her record microcosmos was named a best album of 2022 by Npr Music‘s Ann powers.
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