Top Ten Shel Silverstein Songs: The Taker (#3)

@FourWalls (86703)
United States
March 19, 2022 10:36am CST
Okay, things are back to normal. I’m out of my tornado shelter. You’ve hopefully had time to recover from the shock of yesterday’s Shel Silverstein-penned tune. And now it’s on to another song in this countdown honoring the multifaceted talent who’s getting a postage stamp next month in honor of his classic children’s book The Giving Tree. Here’s today’s song. #3: The Taker - Waylon Jennings Will you just look at that album cover???? A man smoking? Yeah, Waylon had a good look about him before he turned to the outlaw look. And you can hear that unmistakable sound that Waylon always had in his music. A killer tune from Waylon….and from Shel. The Taker Written by Shel Silverstein and Kris Kristofferson Recorded by Waylon Jennings From The Taker/Tulsa, 1971 He’s a giver, and he’ll give her:
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
19 Mar 22
Is it my imagination or did Silverstein write a lot of songs with Kristofferson?
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86703)
• United States
19 Mar 22
Yes, he did. Especially the ones that were more country oriented than Dr. Hook songs.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
19 Mar 22
@FourWalls I've always liked Kristofferson's style of music.
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RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (98005)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
20 Mar 22
Another one I never heard of before,
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86703)
• United States
21 Mar 22
My childhood jukebox is loaded with songs like that.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382100)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Mar 22
Great song. Another new one for me. Re the album cover - Vince has sideburns like that when we got married.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86703)
• United States
20 Mar 22
Wow, did Vince teach Waylon how to grow sideburns?
Dena Miller
@Dena91 (17039)
• United States
20 Mar 22
You didn't disappoint. Waylon, pure classic country
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86703)
• United States
20 Mar 22
But of course. And wasn’t he good looking back then?
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222302)
• United States
20 Mar 22
Surprise! Surprise! I don't know this one. Why do your Bing videos come out with the pictures? Mine don't. :-(
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86703)
• United States
20 Mar 22
I don’t know. I just know that You Tube has unintentionally done us all a favor by goofing with the myLot site and not allowing a preview: when you watch a You Tube video through Bing, you don’t get those annoying commercials!
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