JoshDwyer:

Lil Ole Wine Drinker Me, is and very good song. Did he write it?

 

That song is as old as the hills. It was written in the late 60's by Hank Mills and D-i-c-k  Jennings. It's been covered by lots of artists... Mel Tillis, Dean Martin, Merle Haggard (my favorite cover!), Stonewall Jackson, and of course, Baz!  

Would anyone know if he wrote osme of the songs (Lil Ole wine drinker me is a cover as well as stage door) but I dont know about the rest.

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Too Much to Bear... Too much I fall down Drunk.. Too much I care! : Girl Of Mine - Jim Cuddy

Ohh Really Bazil Donovan had a cd out i never new that

 

Ozzy

JoshDwyer:

Would anyone know if he wrote osme of the songs (Lil Ole wine drinker me is a cover as well as stage door) but I dont know about the rest.

I'm curious about that as well, Josh! I spoke with Baz about his CD last fall and he did tell me that there would be some covers of old country tunes, but he didn't mention whether or not there would be any songs written by him. I guess we'll have to wait and see or maybe someone who's already purchased the CD will post about it soon!

You got me wondering too Josh, so I went and searched it. 

Crazy how many have recorded this song!

This is what I found. 

**Sometimes titled:
"Little Ol' Wine Drinker Me"
"Little Old Wine Drinker Me"

LITTLE OLE WINE DRINKER ME
(Garrett / Jennings / Mills)

Charlie Walker - 1966
Robert Mitchum - 1967
Dean Martin - 1967
Lefty Frizzell - 1967
Merle Haggard - 1968
Carl Smith - 1968
Mel Tillis - 1970
Stonewall Jackson - 1970
Sleepy LaBeef - 1996
The Lurkers - 1997
The Earls Of Suave - 1999
Eddie Spaghetti - 2004
Also recorded by: Johnny Bond; Dave Dudley;
Tex Williams; Showaddywaddy; Casino Steel.


I'm prayin' for rain in California
So the grapes can grow and they can make more wine
And I'm sittin' in a honky in Chicago
With a broken heart and a woman on my mind

I've asked the man behind the bar for the jukebox
And the music takes me back to Tennessee
When they ask who's the fool in the corner cryin'
I say, little ole wine drinker me

I came here last week from down in Nashville
'Cause my baby left for Florida on a train
I thought I'd get a job and just forget her
But in Chicago, a broken heart is still the same

I've asked the man behind the bar for the jukebox
And the music takes me back to Tennessee
When they ask who's the fool in the corner cryin'
I say, little ole wine drinker me
I say, little ole wine drinker me

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LOVE AIN'T HARD...LOVE IS CERTAIN!
EITHER YOU'RE HIGH, OR YOU'RE HURTIN'

Willie P. Bennett

Oh I forgot...Stoned and I Missed It was a Dr Hook tune from a ways back......I'm feeling old here!

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LOVE AIN'T HARD...LOVE IS CERTAIN!
EITHER YOU'RE HIGH, OR YOU'RE HURTIN'

Willie P. Bennett

Thats alot of people who cover Lil Ole Wine Drinker Me.. I still prefer Bazil's bet though!

 

   I can't wait to get the C.D

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Too Much to Bear... Too much I fall down Drunk.. Too much I care! : Girl Of Mine - Jim Cuddy

I bought Bazil's C.D at the itchener and listened to iton the way back! It was really well done! You Can hear Jim harmonizing in the back of some songs! "I asked the man, Behind the bar, For the jukebox...." LOL

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Too Much to Bear... Too much I fall down Drunk.. Too much I care! : Girl Of Mine - Jim Cuddy

How very, very cool! I always grin when I hear Baz's bass meandering thru a song ... and I loved his version of "Little Ol Wine Drinker", too ... it would be really cool to hear his version of "Am I That Easy to Forget?".  It seems to be made for his voice, kind of like it was for Greg on "To Love Somebody". I remember a thread from back in the day talking about covers that seem best suited to either Jim or Keelor ... we'll have to include Baz in there, too!

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"It's a far cry from the world we thought we'd inherit~
It's a far cry from the way we thought we'd share it~"

Hi guys!

I pîcked up Bazil's cd, Matinee, at the Ottawa show. It was actually a bit funny. I went up to the merch table and said, "Do you have Bazil's cd?" and when the girl said yes, I said, "And it's 20 bucks, right?" She looked so surprised. She must have thought I was some crazy obsessed fan! lol

So she comes over with the cd and says, "Since you asked for it, can you tell me what it is because none of us know who he is." Well, my jaw just dropped. She was standing there telling me how they sold all kinds of stuff, BR merch and Cuff the Duke. They even had Melissa's cd, but they didn't know who Bazil was. (I enlightened them, of course!)

I just thought that was so weird because I had always assumed that the people at the merch table worked for or were at least fans of the band.

A few years ago we went to a Metallica concert at Scotiabank Place (then, the Corel Center) and a woman walked up to us as we were waiting outside and asked if we would like to help the band out. We of course said yes, and found ourselves inside collecting donations for a wildlife sanctuary. In exchange for donating, people got to enter a draw for back-stage passes. We each got one too, just for helping out. I don't know why, but I always assumed that's the way the merch tables are manned, also. Apparently not, eh? ;)

Back on topic: I really like the CD. There's a text on the inside cover fromm Bazil about how he got into country music, and the songs themselves are great. I like country music all right but I mostly used to listen to it when on long road trips. The country stations always seem to come in clearer out on the road... Anyway, I don't know many country songs, so this is a nice collection. I do like Little Ole Wine Drinker, Me and Streets of Baltimore as well. Great CD all around. Nice little bonus to have Stage Door on it as well. :o) Whoever gets a chance, pick it up at the next show! :)

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Love and understanding are the best answers I've heard yet.


"I love winter, I love snow. I can't get enough of the stuff. For me there's sort of a serenity to it. I like the silence of winter, the way it's just hushed." -GK

Ok, you've all convinced me this is a must have ... is there anyway to get this CD other than at a concert?  (I checked the BR store, but didn't see it there.)

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No way that I can fake it
this times got to be real - JC

I picked it up at the concert BECAUSE I didn't remember seeing it in the store. It also isn't available anywhere else I could find. (I googled the cd) If you would like a copy, I would be happy to pick one up for you in Belleville and send it along via snail mail. :o)

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Love and understanding are the best answers I've heard yet.


"I love winter, I love snow. I can't get enough of the stuff. For me there's sort of a serenity to it. I like the silence of winter, the way it's just hushed." -GK

Good thing I saw this thread on here...*note to self* bring an extra $20 with me to Massey Hall next Thursday!

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~ ...and all the demons are saints, and the saints I'll never trust...~ Blue Rodeo - "Graveyard"

~...Had a dream where everybody looked like someone else, and the farthest I could get from was the closest to myself...~ Men Without Hats - "Sideways"

It'll be worth every penny, B.e.d.

mho

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Love and understanding are the best answers I've heard yet.


"I love winter, I love snow. I can't get enough of the stuff. For me there's sort of a serenity to it. I like the silence of winter, the way it's just hushed." -GK

Wow - thank you Eniko ... that is very kind of you to offer to do that.  The wait is gonna kill me, but what choice do I have :)

Do you know if I just need to enter an email address in my profile, so that you can PM an address of where to send you a cheque?  (I think a cheque is better than cash in the mail, and I'll include extra for the return postage.)

Thank you again!  If you ever need anything from Calgary, I'm your girl :)

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No way that I can fake it
this times got to be real - JC