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[piano plays the blues] ♪ ♪ ♪ Miss-Chevious lady ♪ ♪ Lay your love on me ♪ ♪ Miss-Chevious baby ♪ ♪ I love the way you love to be ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Miss-Chevious woman ♪ ♪ Set this po' boy free ♪ ♪ Miss-Chevious lady won't you lay ♪ ♪ Your mischievous love on me ♪ ♪ Miss Tennessee ♪ ♪ Miss Alabam' ♪ ♪ Miss Arkansas ♪ ♪ They all know who I am ♪ ♪ But there's only one Miss ♪ ♪ Who's meant for me ♪ ♪ Miss-Chevious lady won't you lay your mischievous ♪ ♪ Love on me ♪ ♪ She's a classy lover ♪ ♪ An angel in disguise ♪ ♪ She get what she wants ♪ ♪ Each and every time with her come-here eyes ♪ ♪ She done won my heart lord ♪ ♪ I never wuz too wise ♪ ♪ Miss-Chevious lady I want your love ♪ ♪ Don't want no alibis ♪ ♪ Oh Miss-Chevious lady ♪ ♪ Lay your love on me ♪ ♪ Miss-Chevious baby ♪ ♪ I love the way you love to be ♪ ♪ Miss-Chevious woman ♪ ♪ Set this po' boy free ♪ ♪ Miss-Chevious lady won't you lay ♪ ♪ Your mischievous love on me ♪ ♪ Miss-Chevious lady won't you lay ♪ ♪ Your mischievous love on me ♪ ♪ ♪ Hi, I'm Gary Timbs from Staples, Minnesota.

I was raised in the foothills of the Smokey Mountains deep in east Tennessee outside of Talbott Tennessee, a little community called Cedar Hill.

When I first started on the radio about 5 years of age, my folks did the gospel portion.

Back then they called it family hillbilly music, now it's country Americana.

We would do radio, major shows, major stars.

I remember seeing the Everly Brothers when it was the Everly Family doing hardcore hillbilly.

Dolly Parton and I, a couple of years apart, we're from the same area basically, and she and her uncle, they had a band, and they'd do early morning radio, Home and Farm Hour, 6, 6:30, something like that, maybe earlier-- hillbilly music, string music, mountain music.

In those type shows back then in the format they always had a sacred portion, a gospel portion, maybe 10 minutes, sometimes 15, but usually 10.

So I'd get up on the same stool she was on, I just wouldn't clime as tall, and get in-between my mother and father, and we would do the gospel portion.

Later on television came in, same thing repeated except this time we were brought on by the Rev.

J.

Basil Moll with the Singin' Convention of the Air.

So that's how I started in the music.

The music that I'm a small part of means a lot to me.

It came out of the gospel, both black and white, it came out of the early Appalachian, especially southern Appalachian mountain music mostly known as bluegrass now.

It came out of the deep delta blues and the early dixieland swing.

Put it all together and it's what I call southern-fried gospel and country-blues music.

[playing the blues] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Well it's 5 o'clock ♪ ♪ In the mornin' ♪ ♪ Half-past dark ♪ ♪ Just a mite before dawn ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 5 o'clock in the mornin' ♪ ♪ Half-past dark just a mite before dawn ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Too early for my rooster to crow ♪ ♪ And much too late for my old houn-dog ♪ ♪ To yawn ♪ Oh lord.

♪ ♪ ♪ I hear my sweet baby callin' sayin' ♪ ♪ "Big man git yourself outta that feather bed; " ♪ ♪ ♪ "You heard what I said I said ah" ♪ ♪ "You hear me callin' sayin'" ♪ ♪ "Git yourself outta that warm feather bed" ♪ I heard what she said She said, ♪ "We got children in here who need some new shoes ♪ ♪ "Running' low on sweet milk" haw ♪ ♪ "We done slap run out of fresh white bread" ♪ ♪ It's another day of groanin' ♪ ♪ Nother day of moanin' ♪ ♪ Payin' back old Adam's dues ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Another day of fussin' ♪ ♪ Prayin' and cussin' ♪ ♪ Sure would be nice one time to win ♪ ♪ 'Stead of always lose ♪ ♪ It'll be the death of me yet ♪ ♪ I bet I'll die ♪ ♪ Sweatin' out these blue-collar blues ♪ [piano solo] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ We got us a fine straw boss ♪ ♪ Says he don't believe in drivin' a good hand ♪ ♪ Into the ground ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ We got us a fine straw boss ♪ ♪ Said he don't believe in drivin' a hard-workin' blue-collar man ♪ ♪ Plum into the ground ♪ ♪ Must be true because I remember last summer ♪ ♪ 110 in the shade he almost let us stop and take a water break ♪ ♪ When the big man was hangin' 'round ♪ ♪ Oh oh it's another day of groanin' ♪ ♪ Nother day of moanin' ♪ ♪ Payin' back old Adam's dues ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Another day of fussin' ♪ ♪ Prayin' and cussin' ♪ ♪ Sure would be nice one time to win ♪ ♪ 'Stead of always lose ♪ ♪ It'll be the death of me yet ♪ ♪ I bet I'll check out ♪ ♪ Singin' these blue-collar blues ♪ ♪ Yodel-lay-hee ♪ ♪ Yodel-lay-ooh ♪ ♪ Blue-collar blues ♪ [playing in blues/rock rhythm] ♪ ♪ ♪ Hey baby your love ♪ ♪ Your sweet love sure got a hold on me ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Yes sir-ee ♪ ♪ Oh darlin' your love ♪ ♪ Your sweet love ♪ ♪ Sure enough got a hold on me ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Can't you see ♪ ♪ Love me now ♪ ♪ Love me long ♪ ♪ Love me quick baby ♪ ♪ Honey love me strong ♪ ♪ Baby your love ♪ ♪ Your sweet love ♪ ♪ it's got a hold on me ♪ ♪ Aw ha ha ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ From the early early mornin' ♪ ♪ Till late late at night ♪ ♪ Keep doin' what you're doin' girl ♪ ♪ You know you do it right ♪ ♪ You can love me while I'm young ♪ ♪ You can love me when I'm old ♪ ♪ Every time you love me girl ♪ ♪ I wanna give you all of my gold ♪ ♪ Oh lordy to love ♪ ♪ Your sweet love ♪ ♪ It's got a hold on me ♪ ♪ Yes sir-ee ♪ ♪ Darlin' your love ♪ ♪ Your sweet love ♪ ♪ It's got a hold on me ♪ ♪ Aw ha ♪ ♪ Oh oh love me quick and ♪ ♪ Love me long ♪ ♪ Love me now baby ♪ ♪ Honey love me strong oh lord ♪ ♪ Your love ♪ ♪ Your sweet love done got ♪ ♪ A hold on me ♪ ♪ Yeah a-a ha ♪ ♪ Oh lordy your love ♪ ♪ Baby your sweet love ♪ ♪ It's got a hold on me-ee ♪ ♪ Aw-haw-haw ♪ ♪ ♪ [arpeggio intro] [playing the blues softly & slowly] ♪ Midnight ♪ ♪ My time of tears ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Haunting mem'ries ♪ ♪ Of love's lost lonely years ♪ ♪ Nights so alone ♪ ♪ Through midnight ♪ ♪ Since you've gone ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Heartaches passin' ♪ ♪ Still they come ♪ ♪ Teardrops fallin' ♪ ♪ Count 'em one by one ♪ ♪ Nights so alone ♪ ♪ Through midnight since you've gone ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I cry awhile ♪ ♪ Then I ♪ ♪ I start all over again ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I die awhile ♪ ♪ And yet I know ♪ ♪ Another sunset will bring it all back again ♪ ♪ And then another midnight ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ My time of tears ♪ ♪ Haunting mem'ries ♪ ♪ Of love's lost lonely years ♪ ♪ Nights so alone ♪ ♪ Through midnight ♪ ♪ Since you've gone ♪ [piano solo] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I cry awhile ♪ ♪ Then I ♪ ♪ Start all over again ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I die awhile ♪ ♪ And yet I know ♪ ♪ Another sunset will bring it all back and then ♪ ♪ Another midnight oh ♪ ♪ My time of tears ♪ ♪ Haunting mem'ries ♪ ♪ Of love's lost lonely years ♪ ♪ Nights so alone ♪ ♪ Through midnight I ♪ ♪ Since you've gone since you've gone ♪ ♪ Nights so alone ♪ ♪ Through midnight since you've ♪ ♪ Gone ♪ ♪ Oh oh oh oh-oh-oh ♪ ♪ Gone ♪ ♪ ♪ [playing in old-time gospel rhythm] ♪ ♪ ♪ Glory glory ♪ ♪ I'm singin' hallelujah ♪ ♪ Since I laid ♪ ♪ My burden down ♪ ♪ Yes I'm singin' ♪ ♪ Glory glory ♪ ♪ Since I laid ♪ ♪ My burden down ♪ ♪ Well I'm feelin' ♪ ♪ So much better ♪ ♪ Since I laid ♪ ♪ My burden down ♪ ♪ Don't you know that I'm feelin' ♪ ♪ Oh so much better ♪ ♪ Since I laid ♪ ♪ My burden down ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Neighbor won't ♪ ♪ You travel with me ♪ ♪ And just lay your burden down ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh friend won't you come ♪ ♪ And travel with me ♪ ♪ And just lay ♪ ♪ Your burden down ♪ ♪ Well singin' glory ♪ ♪ Glory hallelujah ♪ ♪ Ever since I laid ♪ ♪ My burden down ♪ ♪ Oh oh oh glory ♪ ♪ Singin' hallelujah ♪ ♪ Since I laid ♪ ♪ My burden down ♪ ♪ Since I laid ♪ ♪ My burden down ♪ ♪ Down ♪ [playing a country/gospel intro] ♪ Faith ♪ ♪ In thy name oh God ♪ ♪ Faith ♪ ♪ In the path You trod ♪ ♪ Believing ♪ ♪ In what is true ♪ ♪ Trusting in only You ♪ ♪ Faith ♪ ♪ When I kneel and pray ♪ ♪ Faith ♪ ♪ Ev'ry passing day ♪ ♪ Through You ♪ ♪ All things shall I do ♪ ♪ Trusting in only You ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Thy word has promised true ♪ ♪ You'll walk with me ♪ ♪ By faith I'll walk with You ♪ ♪ Into eternity ♪ ♪ Faith ♪ ♪ When I kneel and pray ♪ ♪ Faith ev'ry passing day ♪ ♪ Through You all things shall I do ♪ ♪ Yes I have faith in You ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Thy word has promised true ♪ ♪ You'll walk with me ♪ ♪ By faith I'll walk with You ♪ ♪ Into eternity ♪ ♪ Faith ♪ ♪ When I kneel to pray ♪ ♪ Faith ev'ry passing day ♪ ♪ Through You all things shall I do ♪ ♪ Trusting in only You ♪ ♪ For I ♪ ♪ I have faith ♪ ♪ In you ♪ ♪ ♪ [playing in bright country/gospel rhythm] ♪ ♪ ♪ I'm gonna tell you a story ♪ ♪ 'Bout how the good Lord set me free ♪ ♪ I went to the altar with a humble heart ♪ ♪ And there I began to plea ♪ ♪ Fell down on my bended knee ♪ ♪ Lord how I did pray ♪ ♪ I felt Jesus come into my heart ♪ ♪ And I know He came in to stay I'm a'singin' ♪ ♪ Roll back chili Jordan ♪ ♪ Roll back to the other side ♪ ♪ It won't be long till my soul will be crossin' ♪ ♪ Through your chilly waters deep and wide ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Listen ev'rybody ♪ ♪ There's a choice for us to make ♪ ♪ There's a heavenly mansion waitin' ♪ ♪ And there's also a fiery lake ♪ ♪ We better get down on our knees ♪ ♪ While there's still time to pray ♪ ♪ I know the Lord will come into your life ♪ ♪ If you'll repent today then you'll sing ♪ ♪ Roll back river Jordan ♪ ♪ Roll back to the other side ♪ ♪ It won't be long my soul will be crossin' ♪ ♪ Through your chilly waters deep and wide ♪ ♪ Roll back roll river Jordan ♪ ♪ Roll back to the other side ♪ ♪ It won't be long my soul will be crossin' ♪ ♪ Through your chilly waters deep and wide ♪ ♪ Well it won't be long my soul will be crossin' ♪ ♪ Through your chilly waters ♪ ♪ Deep and wide ♪ ♪ Wide ♪ ♪ ♪ [playing softly] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I've got tomorrow ♪ ♪ On my mind ♪ ♪ Yesterday's sorrow ♪ ♪ I'm leavin' behind ♪ ♪ Gonna hold on to Your hand Lord ♪ ♪ You know I can't afford ♪ ♪ To live on my own ♪ ♪ To live on my own ♪ ♪ I spent a season ♪ ♪ Doin' a one-man show ♪ ♪ Bright lights were teasin' ♪ ♪ With promises a-glow ♪ ♪ But somewhere beyond the curtain ♪ ♪ I was certain ♪ ♪ There had to be more ♪ ♪ There had to be more ♪ ♪ Lord shine Your light on me ♪ ♪ Show me the way show me the way ♪ ♪ And Lord help me to believe ♪ ♪ You've buried deep all my past in the sea ♪ ♪ And from now on Lord ♪ ♪ I'm Your child ♪ ♪ And I walk free ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ It's a big big stage Lord ♪ ♪ That You put us on ♪ ♪ There's pages of lines Lord ♪ ♪ I got a lot of 'em wrong ♪ ♪ But You're there as my director ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ The perfector of this human show ♪ ♪ Show me where and I'll go ♪ ♪ I hear Your voice in the wings Lord ♪ ♪ Softly calling to me ♪ I'm quickly approaching ♪ the final act three ♪ ♪ Before the curtain's drawn forever ♪ ♪ Help me endeavor ♪ ♪ To carry on strong ♪ ♪ Show me where I belong ♪ ♪ And Lord shine Your light on me ♪ ♪ Show me the way show me the way ♪ ♪ And Lord help me to believe ♪ ♪ You've buried deep all my past in the sea ♪ ♪ And from now on Lord ♪ ♪ I'm Your child ♪ ♪ From now on Lord ♪ ♪ I'm Your child ♪ ♪ From now on Lord ♪ ♪ I'm Your child ♪ ♪ And I walk free ♪ ♪ ♪ (woman) "Prairie Musicians" is made possible by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, and the citizens of Minnesota, and by the members of Prairie Public.