I'm a Long Gone Daddy
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| "I'm a Long Gone Daddy" | ||||
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| Single by Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys | ||||
| B-side | "The Blues Come Around" | |||
| Published | August 13, 1948 Acuff-Rose Publications[1] | |||
| Released | June 1948 | |||
| Recorded | November 6, 1947[2] | |||
| Studio | Castle Studio, Nashville | |||
| Genre | Hillbilly, honky-tonk, country blues | |||
| Length | 2:59 | |||
| Label | MGM 10212 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Hank Williams | |||
| Producer(s) | Fred Rose | |||
| Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys singles chronology | ||||
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"I'm a Long Gone Daddy" is a country song written and recorded by Hank Williams. It was released in 1948 on MGM Records and became his second top ten hit.
"I'm a Long Gone Daddy" laid the blueprint for what would become the typical Williams A-side: an up-tempo honky tonk song in the Ernest Tubb tradition with a bluesy edge.[citation needed] The song was recorded in anticipation of a recording ban that would result from the American Federation of Musicians possibly calling a strike at the end of December when agreements with all the record companies expired.[citation needed] Producer Fred Rose wanted eight usable sides that could be doled out over the length of the strike.[3] It was recorded on November 6, 1947, at Castle Studio in Nashville. Williams was supported by a group that producer Rose assembled from two Grand Ole Opry bands: Zeke Turner (lead guitar), Jerry Byrd (steel guitar), and Louis Ennis (rhythm guitar) were from Red Foley's band while Chubby Wise (fiddle) was a member of Bill Monroe's band.[3] Rose may have played piano. The same session produced "I Can't Get You Off of My Mind," a second recording of "Honky Tonkin'," and the Rose composition "Rootie Tootie".[4]
Chart performance
| Chart (1948) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Most Played Juke Box Folk Records[5] | 6 |