Bill Anderson 319x pt2

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:06):
My guest is Bill Anderson. Bill, I couldn't help but
feel like when I heard Doubles that you were having
fun with words. You sat down one night and said,
I'm going to put the world on.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
I never intended for it to be a song. I
just got the idea and sat out and just started
trying to see how many doubles as I could put together.
And you're right, it was kind of a put on
kind of a thing. And after I wrote it, I
got to thinking, what am I going to do with it?
So I recorded it?

Speaker 1 (00:33):
What's your name? Double s? What was your name?

Speaker 2 (00:35):
Sadie Sweathole?

Speaker 1 (00:39):
All right? Yeah, imagine you took a lot of ribbing
about this song.

Speaker 2 (00:46):
Oh yeah, I get kidded a lot about it.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
There was a parody on.

Speaker 2 (00:48):
This funny parody. In fact, there were several parodies. There
were a couple released on record nationwide, and then a
lot of disc jockeys across the country did their own
parodies for their own markets, you know, And I like
parodies on my songs. A lot of people say, well,
doesn't that make you mad? You know when they do that,
But it's a great compliment because it means you've done
something unique, or they wouldn't parody.

Speaker 1 (01:10):
Nah tribute to Sally sweatshirt.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
You're close.

Speaker 3 (01:14):
She was sitting on a stool in a little bar
called a Seldom Scene when I walked over and said, Hi.

Speaker 2 (01:22):
Introduced myself, and what's your name?

Speaker 4 (01:26):
I asked her.

Speaker 2 (01:28):
She just smiled.

Speaker 5 (01:32):
She was wearing a tiny gold chain with the initials
s S on the front. And I said, wait a minute,
let me guess you are Susie Smith.

Speaker 2 (01:44):
She shook her head. Okay, you're Sally Simpson Sarah.

Speaker 5 (01:52):
And before I could finish, she put her hand on
mine and said, look, it's not important. And I said, okay,
I'll just call you double s and she noed.

Speaker 2 (02:09):
And I said, what are you drinking? Doubles? She said, oh,
Scotch and soda. And I said, okay, missus doubles one
scotch and soda coming out. You live around here, I asked, no,

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She said, just killing times lorn. I've got an early
plane back to California. I lived near San Simeon. Oh,
and you'll be flying on seven O seven, no doubt.
I said, how did you know? She asked me, oh,

(02:52):
I guess I'm just super smart. You're gonna spend the
rest of the night here in this bar. Double Less, No,
she said, I have a motel room. I'm at the
surf and sand. Can I give you a lift? Thanks?

(03:15):
I rented a car, but I don't drive it too well,
she answered, did certain stick ship? Double Less? You are
something special.

Speaker 4 (03:24):
I said, and I paid.

Speaker 3 (03:25):
The tab and we walked out into the cool evening breeze.
She slid across the seat and snuggled up close to
my side, and I began to run my fingers through
her hair.

Speaker 4 (03:42):
It was soft and silky.

Speaker 2 (03:46):
I opened the door to her.

Speaker 4 (03:48):
My lips found her lips, and I held her close
and I whispered, you are a super sexy lady. She
simply smiled, and I could feel her body slowly softened
as her sensuous soul swiftly swept me into sublime, creating.

Speaker 2 (04:29):
Her plan. Left just as the morning sun began to
softly streak the starry sky.

Speaker 3 (04:38):
She kissed me a soft sigonar.

Speaker 2 (04:41):
Waved a sultry so long from the wind, and.

Speaker 4 (04:47):
I never saw doubless again.

Speaker 2 (04:53):
Right now, she's.

Speaker 3 (04:54):
Soaring somewhere above the clouds, and.

Speaker 2 (04:58):
I'm walking home on wine, and I just realized.

Speaker 3 (05:05):
I never did find out what doubles stood for.

Speaker 6 (05:11):
All I know is.

Speaker 2 (05:14):
Our time together was short and sweet.

Speaker 1 (05:53):
Our guest Bill Anderson, that's called double s h. Bill,
you're still playing softball?

Speaker 2 (06:07):
Well not so as you can tell it, Ralph. I
played a little bit this year. MCA Records had a
team that lasted for two games in the Fanfare Softball Tournament,
and I played there. And then when we went out
to Provo, Utah for our big listener appreciation day out there,
I played with my band and some of the pickers
on the show. We played against the disc jockeys at

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the radio station.

Speaker 1 (06:28):
He used to have an organized team that played in
the league here in Nashvill. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (06:31):
I got awful serious about it there for a while,
and I finally realized after a couple of years that
I wasn't getting paid a thing for playing softball. It
wasn't paying any of my bills for me, and I
decided I'd better get back into music business.

Speaker 1 (06:41):
Like this, didn't you hit a home run in the Fanfare.

Speaker 2 (06:43):
Softball turn I thought you'd never mentioned they tainted home run.
Any home run I hit would be tainted. Well, the
right fielder just didn't get over there in time.

Speaker 1 (06:53):
Well, I thought he felled out. No, actually she oh Bill,
Bill was pretty we played against you. You were really
belting the ball out there where your team beat us though, Well, yeah,
it was the only game we won, is that right?
I played for Barbara man drous team this year and

(07:14):
shows you they were kind of hard up for talent,
and we won one game and we lost to Jimmy Gateley.
You're old compadre.

Speaker 2 (07:21):
Yeah, Jimmy's got a good team now. He still has
a team in the in the city League, I think
in town.

Speaker 1 (07:26):
And who else did we lost? A Combine Music, which
is a leading publishing firm in Nashville, had a team.
They publish all of a lot of Chris Chris Joverson's songs.

Speaker 2 (07:34):
The people ought to see you playing softball. The Ralph
is a catcher and he talks to the batter constantly.
You start walking up and he starts to ride. You
can't hit the ball, what are you doing? And then
it reminds me the old baseball days when we used
to try to psych each other out like that.

Speaker 1 (07:49):
I had more fun doing that. I was surprised I
survived three games with all my teeth because I really
got onto some big guys.

Speaker 2 (07:55):
There were a couple of collisions run home plate too.

Speaker 1 (07:58):
Yes, I want to tell you Bill, I what do
they call the tools? The catcher uses the tools of
ignorance because only a fool would stay back there with
that bat so close to his head swinging. Oh wouldn't
And uh but I had a lot of fun, but
I was so sore after three games of h squatting

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down to catch the ball. And Barbara didn't play with
us at all. She had she had a girls team
in this thing, as you did. Did you ever you
still have the pole girls anyway? Here here's the boss
of our team, although she let her husband bitch and
he acted as manager. Here's miss Barbara Mandrelle.

Speaker 2 (08:40):
What was I?

Speaker 1 (08:41):
I guess I was a do right?

Speaker 7 (08:42):
Then?

Speaker 2 (08:42):
What that for? Once in your life? Yes?

Speaker 8 (08:54):
To feel and liee with you?

Speaker 7 (09:04):
My god? It was no money.

Speaker 8 (09:05):
It's only your teach when you let me A.

Speaker 7 (09:08):
Knew I was feeling by a feeling.

Speaker 2 (09:13):
Now I'm feeling like good food.

Speaker 4 (09:19):
You whispered out load you ah thoo.

Speaker 8 (09:25):
Then you made love so easy to believe.

Speaker 4 (09:34):
Your touch was so jet tool.

Speaker 7 (09:39):
It was right, but I was wrong for leave in
who you love me? I'm not love and I was.

Speaker 8 (09:54):
Bothering my heart bad into your arms, like you wanted
me to.

Speaker 7 (10:05):
Lie with you.

Speaker 8 (10:08):
I thought it was love with only.

Speaker 7 (10:11):
Attention when you're lip me and.

Speaker 1 (10:16):
I was the happy thing.

Speaker 6 (10:18):
Now I feel like a ship.

Speaker 7 (10:37):
When I ask you.

Speaker 2 (10:41):
My body into yor.

Speaker 7 (10:43):
Like you wanted me to lie with you.

Speaker 6 (10:54):
I thought it was love for something interction when you're lipne.

Speaker 7 (10:59):
I knew.

Speaker 1 (11:22):
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your Ford dealer. Bill. I know that usually you prepare
for our program by putting together a group of funny
stories that sort of thing. I'm not asking for a
funny story at this point. I'm just curious to know
if you've prepared material.

Speaker 2 (12:41):
For this show. No, I'm not as well prepared as
I have been at times in the past, Ralph, for
no particular reason other than the fact that I thought
I'd just let it be spontaneous. I see steer me
down some certain path, and I think of something else.

Speaker 1 (12:54):
I really am gonna have to fish. Well, you know
the stories this fishing reminds you.

Speaker 2 (13:04):
The stories that I that I tell are usually things
that really happened, you know, and they come in bunches
for some reason. I'll go along and three or four
crazy things will happen at once, and then you go
a while, you know, and nothing weird really happens to you.

Speaker 1 (13:18):
Well, until we cross that path. Why don't you bring
on somebody else?

Speaker 2 (13:21):
All right? How about Mickey Gilly and my silver Lining.

Speaker 8 (13:40):
I've looked around.

Speaker 1 (13:44):
Ding for that perfect song.

Speaker 7 (13:47):
I won't even singing Hello up now the song We're wrong.
I've spent my mine.

Speaker 2 (14:00):
That for sunshine. I know I've caught it. This man,
I'm cleming things on mine.

Speaker 7 (14:12):
You must be.

Speaker 2 (14:15):
I sell that.

Speaker 8 (14:19):
How do you must be.

Speaker 2 (14:23):
My lucky?

Speaker 8 (14:27):
I know you must be.

Speaker 2 (14:31):
Still that's what you I know that's what you want.
Hos breaking man, mine won't have the ben looking.

Speaker 7 (14:50):
Love it like. I don't ever.

Speaker 8 (14:54):
Called by the sun every class godwin.

Speaker 7 (15:00):
Up.

Speaker 2 (15:00):
Be funny, you must be.

Speaker 7 (15:14):
I know you must be.

Speaker 1 (15:23):
The fun you.

Speaker 7 (15:31):
Must be.

Speaker 1 (15:38):
Oh, Mick picking and singing the tune called my silver Lightning.
We're going to play a record by Jim Reeves. Bill,
you are one of the entertainers that knew Jim Reeves
rather well. Oh.

Speaker 2 (16:00):
In fact, I wrote the other side of this record.
I probably couldn't talk you into turning it over and
playing the other side.

Speaker 1 (16:04):
I don't have the other side, you know.

Speaker 2 (16:07):
Oh that's right. The disc jockey copies just have one side.
The other side of this record is I've enjoyed as
much of this as I can.

Speaker 1 (16:13):
Really, I assume these are old album cuts that Jim
recorded before he passed on.

Speaker 2 (16:20):
Well, I don't know about Don't let Me Cross Over,
but I've enjoyed as much as I can stand. Was
in one of the budget albums r C A. Camden Records,
and he recorded it very country, but they went back
in and put strings on it, and they added a
couple of little minor chords and passing chords in the
song that really make it sound very up to date.
I really like the way I think.

Speaker 1 (16:39):
This was recorded on a three track machine and then
they went in with their super sixteen track machine and
added all the additional instruments.

Speaker 2 (16:46):
I think it's interesting that the girl who sings on
this I read somewhere where she was like nine years
old when Jim passed away.

Speaker 1 (16:53):
Wow, what is her name?

Speaker 2 (16:54):
Deborah Allen?

Speaker 1 (16:55):
She is the girl singer here. Jim Reeves, mister velvet,
we used to call okay, don't.

Speaker 7 (17:01):
Let Me cross love. See, I'm tempted my dog to
steal the waves, So help.

Speaker 2 (17:16):
Me my dog.

Speaker 1 (17:19):
Stay out of my way.

Speaker 5 (17:23):
You long, but I love you, But.

Speaker 7 (17:27):
I'm not the cheating I'm dasyay. God loves cheating.

Speaker 2 (17:38):
Don't let me cross.

Speaker 7 (17:42):
Love cheating. You belong to M and you'll never be.

Speaker 1 (17:52):
I know, one step.

Speaker 2 (17:55):
Soon we'll be having me by. Don't let me cross.

Speaker 1 (18:15):
I try to forget you, but what else can I.

Speaker 8 (18:20):
Do when your eyes keep side and you love me too?

Speaker 4 (18:30):
I know if I.

Speaker 7 (18:33):
Not a dream, will I have love? I know what
you do, but I can't help myself.

Speaker 1 (18:44):
Don't let me keep those.

Speaker 6 (18:48):
Love cheap.

Speaker 7 (18:52):
You belong to NA.

Speaker 1 (18:55):
And you'll never be.

Speaker 2 (18:59):
I am step would be heaven deep.

Speaker 7 (19:08):
Cross loves cheez.

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it's your turn, to sing still do this when in
your show once.

Speaker 2 (21:00):
In a while, and I take my guitar. I don't
play my guitar on a lot of songs on stage anymore,
but I always get my guitar for this one and
hit that little upstroke on that straight eight rhythm.

Speaker 1 (21:09):
That's all your band will allow you to do.

Speaker 2 (21:10):
That's all they'll allow me to play. Then I have
to put it back down until next time.

Speaker 8 (21:14):
Every time I hear the midnight trains rolling out in
the open planes, I sense of freedom fills my veins.

Speaker 7 (21:25):
I get the beaver.

Speaker 8 (21:30):
Every time a sparrow flies up into the less guys,
something down inside me fries.

Speaker 7 (21:40):
I get the beever.

Speaker 6 (21:45):
I get the fee.

Speaker 5 (21:49):
Pack, A badly.

Speaker 8 (21:52):
Waer wild like the winner. This town to pull long milrizzle,
cruel love, and I can't standing.

Speaker 7 (22:07):
Seeing her with him.

Speaker 8 (22:11):
Every time by here a buddy's say he's put lots
of dust and clay between him.

Speaker 6 (22:20):
Yesterday, I got the paper, I get thiever, like a
badly here.

Speaker 8 (22:39):
I think maybe I'll do just that comogle. This town's
too full of milmrizzle, cruel love. Everywhere I turn there's
pain and saw.

Speaker 7 (22:58):
Every time by a.

Speaker 8 (23:01):
Buddy says Wood. Lots of dustin play here between Bill
and yesterday, I get to be.

Speaker 1 (23:16):
You've heard Bill Anderson saying I get the fever. Well,
my friends, we thank you for joining us on this show.
Been Labor Day show. Bill, Happy Labor Day.

Speaker 2 (23:36):
Happy Labor Day to you laboring on Labor Day proper
to wish people a happy labor d I don't get
a Labor Day card. No, I never got a Labor
Day present either, Happy Labor Day, especially a day off.
That's the present I'd like someday.

Speaker 1 (23:48):
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We'll see w

Speaker 7 (25:03):
Us