Zoomer Roberts: guitar & vocal
recorded 20 July 1981
Woody Guthrie wrote this song on the occasion of Franklin D. Roosevelt's death in 1945. I used to sing it for myself or for friends -- there was never any call to perform it in public. The only recording of it I've ever heard is by Bob Dylan, and consequently, it sounds like I'm "doing Dylan." The chord change from C#7 to E before resolving on A is from Dylan, too. Woody often didn't change chords at all. Irrespective of who contributed what, it's a good song.
Franklin D. Roosevelt isn't universally beloved these days, but the pendulum of public opinion will swing back in his direction eventually. That's what pendulums do.
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El Paso artist Pat Olchefski-Winston (Buddy's wife) did this vibrant water color of Buddy and me in 2001. For more information about Pat and her work, go to: www.olchefski.com and www.artistsofthesouthwest.com
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What it is...
I've been playing music in the El Paso area for nearly fifty years, and I've accumulated hundreds of tapes along the way. Here they are. Most of these performances were captured with inexpensive portable equipment in living rooms, taverns, houses of worship, festival tents and theatres. Some were recorded off the radio, some directly from public address systems. A few were actually recorded in professional recording studios. Some of these hands are folded now, and some of these voices are stilled. This is what I've done, where I've been and who I've known. This is my scrapbook.
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- Sittin' On Top of the World
- There's No Hiding Place Down Here
- My Mother's Piano
- Alone and Forsaken
- Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas
- Frank's Wild Years
- Truck Drivin' Man
- Jesus Christ
- Black Sheep
- Maggie Blues
- From A Buick Six
- Bound to Ride
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- Dear Mrs. Roosevelt
- Mississippi Mud
- I Cried Again
- My Mother
- Frankie and Johnny
- Old Fashioned Love
- The Old Side of Town
- Zoomer & Buddy Salute Elvis
- Where the Soul Never Dies
- Home of the Blues
- Trouble In Mind
- When I Grow Too Old to Dream
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Art by Pat Olchefski-Winston
El Paso artist Pat Olchefski-Winston (Buddy's wife) did this vibrant water color of Buddy and me in 2001. For more information about Pat and her work, go to: www.olchefski.com and www.artistsofthesouthwest.com
With Ernest Tubb ~ 1980
Back in 1983 with Mickey Cochran (guitar) and Bobby Napier (fiddle). Bobby went on to bigger things, including a stint with Tammy Wynette.
1980s Bidness Card
