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1.
She's Free But She's Not Easy
I recorded this song in the late '70s on MCA, with the late Owen
Bradley as producer, and it made Billboard magazine's Top Country
chart. I'm
proud to have the background vocal assistance of my daughter, Lynn
Glaser Harr, on this track.
J. Glaser /J. Payne © 1979 by Inmy Music (BMI) and Clancy Music,
Inc. (BMI) All rights reserved. Used by permission.
2. If I Had You To Love Over Again
Paul Gauvin, my long-time
best friend (and band leader back in the eighties) gave me the title and
verse/chorus melody for this song. The melody for the bridge was written
by Steve Hembree, who played lead guitar and sang tenor in my band at
that time.
The lyrics are mine.
J. Glaser /P. Gauvin/S. Hembree ©
2002 by Inmy Music (BMI) All rights reserved. Used by permission.
3. Mason-Dixon Line
This
song gives a new meaning for the title Originally written from a
woman’s point of view, I changed it to the masculine for this cut.
J.
Glaser /C.Pelletier, © 2003, Inmy Music.
(BMI) All rights reserved. Used by permission.
4. Happy
Hour Blues
This
song depicts the problems of a young couple, their inability to cope
with the realities of adult life, and their dependency on alcohol as an
escape. It was first recorded by Tompall & the Glaser Brothers in
the early eighties.
J.
Glaser /C.Pelletier, © 1982, Inmy Music.
(BMI) All rights reserved. Used by permission.
5. Don't Say
Love
A
Jim Glaser/Jimmy Payne song from the ‘70s. Jimmy recorded the song
first, and Connie Smith put it in one of her albums. More recently it
was included on an album by the popular Irish entertainer, Daniel
O’Donnel.
J.
Glaser /J. Payne © 1976 by Clancy Music, Inc. (BMI) All rights reserved. Used by permission.
6. I See His Love All Over You
Jimmy
Payne and I wrote this song back in the ‘60s. Wilma Burgess recorded
it on Decca Records, and I also released it as a single on MGM Records
in the ‘70s.
J.
Glaser /J. Payne © 1970 by Famous Music, Inc. (BMI) All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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7.
United Airlines
This
song is about a man with a gambling problem whose addiction is the craps
table.
J.
Glaser / P. Gauvin / C.Pelletier, © 2003, Inmy Music.
(BMI) All rights reserved. Used by permission.
8.
When Will It Be My Turn
I wrote a novel back in the late 1980s called Drowning on the
Third Coast, which was about someone trying to make it in country
music (write what you know, they say). This song might be
considered a theme song for that novel, which is unpublished to date.
J.
Glaser © 2003, Inmy Music.
(BMI) All rights reserved. Used by permission.
9. Who Were You Thinkin' Of
I recorded this song back in the late '70s for Ireland's Mint
Records. It was released in the U.K. and promptly banned by the
BBC, which actually helped it gain popularity. Douglas Sahms, lead
singer for The Sir Douglas Quintet, heard my record and recorded
the song. Later, when Douglas, Freddy Fender, and Flaco Jimenez
formed The Texas Tornadoes, they recorded a version for release
as a single. The single did moderately well, but the album
featuring the song still sells well worldwide. Incidentally, the
video of The Texas Tornadoes' version, which featured The
Lambada, was banned by Country Music Television (CMT) until it was
toned down and re-released.
J.
Glaser / P. Gauvin / C.Pelletier, © 1979, Inmy Music.
(BMI) All rights reserved. Used by permission.
10. Georgia Sunshine
This song is a songwriting experiment of sorts. Jimmy
Payne and I wanted to "paint a picture" within this song,
using short lines or phrases as brush strokes.
J.
Glaser /J. Payne © 2003 by Inmy Music (BMI) and Jimmy Payne
Music, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
11. Hard Times
My band and I often closed our shows back in the 80s with this
beautiful old Stephen Foster song. This is an actual cassette
recording from one of our live performances, which explains the
poor quality. It features Steve Hembree (lead guitar) on tenor;
Paul Gauvin (acoustic guitar) second tenor; Mike St. Clair (bass guitar)
baritone; and Ray Cobb (keyboards) bass. Tom McGregor (drummer)
did not sing on this song.
Arr. by J.
Glaser © 2003, Inmy Music.
(BMI) All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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