Lyrics Language: Scots Song writer/composer(s): Murray Kellum, Dan Mitchell
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If you're gonna play in Texas
You gotta have a fiddle in the band
That lead guitar is hot
But not for a Louisiana man
So rosen up that both faded love
And let's all dance
If you're gonna play in Texas
You gotta have a fiddle in the band
I remember down in Houston
We were puttin' on a show
When a cowboy in the back stood up
And yelled ha ha Joe
He said,"We love what you're doing
Boys don't get us wrong
There's just something missing in your song"
If you're gonna play in Texas
You gotta have a fiddle in the band
That lead guitar is hot
But not for a Louisiana man
So rosen up that both faded love
And let's all dance
If you're gonna play in Texas
You gotta have a fiddle in the band
So he dusted off our boots
And put our cowboy hats on straight
Them Texans raised the roof
When Jeff opened up his case
Say y'all all want to two-step
Say you wanna do-ce-do
Well, here's a fiddling song before we go
If we're gonna play in Texas
We gotta have a fiddle in the band
That lead guitar is hot
But not for a Louisiana man
So rosen up that both faded love
And let's all dance
If we're gonna play in Texas
We gotta have a fiddle in the band
If we're gonna play in Texas
We gotta have a fiddle in the band
That lead guitar is hot
But not for a Louisiana man
So rosen up that both faded love
And let's all dance
If we're gonna play in Texas
We gotta have a fiddle in the band
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IF YOU'RE GONNA PLAY IN TEXAS (YOU GOTTA HAVE A FIDDLE IN THE BAND)4
Written by: Murry Kellum & Dan Mitchell
Produced by: Harold Shedd & Alabama
Performed by: Alabama 5
First released: 6
Single: July 1984 Length: 3:22
Album: January 1984 Length: 4:28
1 "Faded Love" is a blues-fiddle, Western swing song, written by Bob Wills
and his brother, Billy Jack. The melody came from an old fiddle tune Bob
learned from his father. "Faded Love" is sentimental a song about lost love.
The song was a major hit for Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys (MGM K10786)
reaching #8 on the charts in 1950. It became one of Wills' signature songs.
2 "Cotton-Eyed Joe" is a popular American folk song known at various times
throughout the United States and Canada, although today it is most commonly
associated with the American South. It almost always features rousing
fiddles. "The Cotton-Eyed Joe" is also a popular line dance that can be seen
and danced at country western dance venues. The 1980 film Urban Cowboy
sparked a renewed interest in the dance.
3 Jeff refers to Jeff Cook, a founding member of Alabama.
4 "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)" was
the third single from the band's fifth album, Roll On, and it became the
group's 14th, consecutive #1 single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles
chart.
5 Personnel performing on this recording:
* Randy Owen (lead vocals)
* Teddy Gentry (bass guitar, lead vocals, background vocals)
* Jeff Cook (guitar, fiddle, keyboards, background vocals)
* Mark Herndon (drums, percussion, background vocals)
6 Released on: *
SINGLE(s):
(1)Alabama:
A-side: "If You're Gonna Play in Texas..."
B-side: "I'm Not That Way Anymore"
(a) RCA, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #PB-13840, US-1984.
(2)Alabama:
A-side: "(There's a) Fire in the Night"
B-side: "If You're Gonna Play in Texas..."
(a) RCA, 7-Inch, Vinyl, 45rpm Single, #GB-13786, US-1984.
* The album(s) and record(s) listed here may have different versions
of the song than the one that was transcribed. Also, this list is not
intended to be the complete discography on which this song appears.
7 Transcribed from the track on this album.
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