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Lefty Schrage
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Terry Bethel

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I have a friend who wants to know the title of a song that he played many years ago written by Terry Bethel. Any suggestions?
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Tyler Hall
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Tyler has it. That's the song
Thanks Tyler
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That was one of my favorites too. Simple but catchy. Funny, I was on a gig the other night when that one hit me out of nowhere.
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....so that's Terry's song? I have it on a Larry Sasser cassette. First time I heard it and learned it from there. I used to play it at the regional steel shows back when they were still active.
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I love that song! I have songwriting credits: James "Jimmy" Capps / Terry Bethel –BMI

Larry Sasser and The Nashville Now band used to play it on TNN (The Nashville Network) and Larry recorded the song on his "Sassy Country" album.

I have two versions by Terry Bethel in airplay rotation on SteelRadio, one version with The Hushpuppies, the other with The Statesiders.

I liked the song so much, I asked a band I used to manage to learn it and play it, and they did> Ruthie and the Wranglers.

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Ted, your station plays some great steel guitar music and occupies a large part of my evenings. Terry Bethel was a friend and hero to me. His OSGA club in Branson was my home base and I attended the shows for years. Terry brought in many of the top pedal steel guitar players in the country. Thanks for your efforts to keep steel guitar alive and well represented.