Play the Jukebox Top Ten: Amarillo (#6)

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While I try to make it a point to not repeat an artist in a countdown, a songwriter is a different story all together! So, if you remember yesterday’s artist, Rodney Crowell, you’ll see that he’s back…as co-writer! Here’s today’s song on the jukebox. #6: Amarillo - Emmylou Harris When I was in Amarillo last year this got a lot of airplay. Heck, this song can get a lot of airplay anywhere. It’s a hard-driving country song with an unusual twist on two lovers splitting: this time, his obsession with pinball and a jukebox with Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, and George Jones’ “The Window Up Above” on it steal his heart from his woman. Truthfully, I can see that happening. Don’t talk to me when “The Boys of Summer” comes on the restaurant radio. Emmylou was just getting going with this album, and Crowell was starting to get established as a songwriter…thanks in no small part to Harris recording his songs (she also recorded his song “Till I Gain Control Again” on this album). Fifty years later, and we’re talking two giants of country and Americana music. Amarillo Written by Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell Recorded by Emmylou Harris From Elite Hotel, 1975 JUKEBOX LYRICS: I lost him to a jukebox and a pinball machine