This fellow is either a cat-loving caretaker of a wizarding school, or a Florida boy who has written Country tunes that became famous signature songs for the artists.
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Need a hint? This handsome devil said his 40-year career was salvaged by one of our mystery man's songs. It was an even trade - with his pipes and phrasing, this Texan stamped his name all over the song:
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Congrats to David Wilson for identifying Bobby Braddock, fourth-generation Floridian, and the writer of 15 number-one hits and fifty top tens. Among them are: "He Stopped Loving Her Today" for George Jones, "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" for Tammy Wynette, "I Believe the South Is Gonna Rise Again" for Tanya Tucker, and "I Wanna Talk About Me" for Toby Keith.
Penning hit songs prevented him from continuing to work in the family's orange groves, but he seems to have made the sacrifice OK. George Jones is especially grateful Bobby preferred writing tunes to picking fruit. Possum's rendition of "He Stopped Loving Her Today" is considered to be one of the greatest country performances of all time.
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Hint?
Posted by: Mary at October 10, 2005 05:08 PMPlease?
Posted by: carl in Atlanta at October 10, 2005 07:22 PMNot Jimmy Webb?
Posted by: PB at October 10, 2005 09:53 PMI wanna hear some G-U-E-S-S-E-S's.
Posted by: Donnah at October 10, 2005 09:53 PMNow, that was a fine guess, but it's not the right one.
Posted by: Donnah at October 10, 2005 09:55 PMPat Green
Posted by: Carl in Atlanta at October 11, 2005 11:25 AMBobby Braddock, co-writer of "He Stopped Loving Her Today" which celebrated it's 50th anniversary recently
Posted by: David Wilson at October 11, 2005 01:24 PMI thought I had y'all this time. *Shakes fist at David*
How'd you guess it anyways?
Polk County and the Sixties...musta' been somethin' in the water, no doubt about it. Including me, by the way, in that water, ha.
Posted by: -S- at October 13, 2005 02:06 AMSeriously, S. What was up with Polk County? All this insane talent started pouring out of there.
Posted by: Donnah at October 13, 2005 09:10 PM