The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy/Once Upon a Time

David Allan Coe

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 28, 1994)
• Original Release Date: 1993
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B000001B12
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #153,982 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sad Country Song

2. Crazy Mary

3. River

4. 33rd of August

5. Bossier City

6. Atlanta Song

7. Old Man Tell Me

8. Desparados Waiting for a Train

9. I Still Sing the Old Songs

10. Old Grey Goose Is Dead

11. Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)

12. Jody Like a Melody

13. Sweet Vibrations (Some Folks Call It Love)

14. Another Pretty Country Song

15. Piece of Wood and Steel

16. Fraulein

17. Shine It On

18. You Never Even Called Me by My Name

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OUTSTANDING, April 17, 2000

By A Customer

What an incredible album. I especially enjoyed the songs "Sweet Vibrations", and "A Sad Country Song". These 2 songs are worth the purchasing of this CD!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The beginnings of an interesting career, August 3, 2003

By	Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy/Once Upon a Time (Audio CD)

David got a recording contract partly because of his success as a songwriter. In particular, Tanya Tucker topped the country charts with Would you lay with me in a field of stone. David recorded his own version of the song on Mysterious rhinestone cowboy, his first album. He later re-recorded it for Human emotions, available on a different twofer that I've already reviewed - the version on that album features Barbara Fairchild.

He wrote many of his own songs but did not rely entirely on his own material. Indeed, the song David is best remembered for (You never even called me by my name) was actually written by Steve Goodman. It may have been just another sad country song, but when Steve Goodman suggested to David that it was the perfect country song, David pointed out that it wasn't because several country themes were missing. Steve wrote an extra verse to make it perfect, after which David recorded it, including some narrative as well as the extra verse.

Apart from that song, you can find covers here including Desperados waiting for a train (Guy Clark), The 33rd of August (Mickey Newbury) and the children's song The old grey goose is dead.

These two excellent albums got David's career off to a great start. This is the first of a series of twofers released by Bear Family.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars simply the best !, April 8, 1999

By A Customer

I live in california wich means I have to travel a lot of hours by plane. I know every song this guy has recorded by heart! So please listen yo me when I say it just cannot get any better than this one. If you buy it and dont like it send it to me and Ill give you full price for it.