"Long Time Gone" is a country song by Darrell Scott, published on the 2000 album Real Time which Scott recorded together with Tim O'Brien.
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The song chronicles a young man's journey away from his family farm to Nashville to become a musician, and eventually back to his hometown, where he settles down to raise a family. The song's last verse criticizes contemporary country music as having no soul, referencing several famous country musicians:
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Now they sound tired but they don't sound haggard / They got money but they don't have cash / They got junior but they don't have Hank... |
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Despite its upbeat bluegrass melody, the song's lyrics resolve to a very pessimistic outlook on the future of music.
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The song was covered by the Dixie Chicks in their 2002 album Home, despite having been written from a male point of view. It became a big hit single for the Chicks, reaching number 2 on the US Hot Country chart[1] and number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. They won another Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for their version.
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 |
7 |
[edit] References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 108.
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