Bob Amos

Well, they've taken a little break and now they're back with three places higher than when we last saw them.

This is their third week on the countdown with a song written by Bob Amos and released on Mountain Home Records.

Here's the Lonesome River Band and welcome back to Bluefield.

Well I left our little mountain farm and dear old mom and dad Heading down to Burlington to make some needed cash And a good job waiting there in the middle of town But all my good intentions came crashing to the ground Saved every nickel, saved every dime Guess I was only wasting my time Now that I have lost almost everything I gained, I'm walking back to Bluefield with a dollar to my name.

Here's a classic piece of, uh, bluegrass misery wrapped up in a tune that sounds far too cheerful for the story it's telling.

Uh, in Bob Amos' Walking Back to Bluefield, the fellow has lost his job at a North Carolina textile mill, lost his girl as well, and making a long trip back home to Bluefield, West Virginia, with almost nothing left.

Jesse Smathers says that, that the contrast between the lively melody and the lonesome lyric was exactly what caught his ear.

Here's The Lonesome River Band at number 11, Walking Back to Bluefield.

I can't wait to hear everybody else's thoughts and feelings about it.

I do want to just go ahead and say hello to the people who are in the chat, because right there, number one in the poll position, Bob Amos.

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