Ten Favorite Music Songs: Lonely Music (#4)

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Here is another one of those songs that have the word "music" in the title of the song. I'm doing this after my series of "song songs," or songs that have "song" in the title. For today's song I'm turning to an old favorite...in fact, my very favorite. #4: Lonely Music - Jim Reeves I used this song in my Jim Reeves countdown last year. I'm consistent, if nothing else. This was recorded after the massive hits "Four Walls" and "He'll Have to Go," which ushered in (and solidified) the heavily orchestrated "Nashville sound." RCA Victor, Reeves' label, let him do "country" music....but they issued it on the RCA "budget" label. That's what happened with this album, which was recorded shortly before Reeves' death in a plane crash in 1964. This sounds nothing like that Nashville sound stuff. The opening sound is a steel guitar!!! Additionally, it's a rarity in Reeves' career: a 4/4 shuffle. He didn't do many of those. But he was from Texas, and if Ray Price could do 'em so could Jim. It's a terrific song, and it certainly deserved better than relegation to the budget label as an album cut. Lonely Music Written by Johnny Elgin Recorded by Jim Reeves From Good 'n' Country, 1964 An empty glass, another coin in the jukebox: