A Picture Of Me Without You by lazarus57

lazarus57 - A Picture Of Me Without You

lazarus57

Nov 23, 2022 02:30pm

GENDER BENDER BATTLE ROUND 4 FINAL<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/NGQB/e7088689f8_A5VX_media.gif">"A Picture of Me (Without You)" is a country music song written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norro_Wilson" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Norro Wilson</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Richey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">George Richey</a>.<h2>Background</h2>According to Rich Kienzle's liner notes for the 1994 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Sony</a> retrospective The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country, the song was written specifically for Jones with co-writer Norro Wilson singing the song for George "imitating the Jones style to show how he wanted it sung. Even with the string arrangement, the country feel remained undiminished". The song is similar to an older <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webb_Pierce" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Webb Pierce</a> song called "That's Me Without You". It was originally recorded by Jones, whose version peaked at #5 on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Billboard</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Country_Songs" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Hot Country Singles</a> chart in 1972. In his 1995 autobiography I Lived to Tell It All, Jones quoted lines from the song to describe his own sadness at the passing of his brother-in-law W.T. "Dub" Scroggins in 1993.The song was covered by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorrie_Morgan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Lorrie Morgan</a> on her 1991 album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Something_in_Red" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Something in Red</a>. Morgan's version was released as the album's second single in June 1991 and reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in November 1991.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Picture_of_Me_(Without_You)_(song)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">[1]</a><h2>Content</h2>In the song, the narrator tells his lover to imagine incomplete things, like "a world where no music is playing, a church where nobody's praying, a sky with no blue, and by seeing this, she can see his picture without her by his side.<h2>Other versions</h2>The song was also recorded in 2007, as a duet, by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vern_Gosdin" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(6, 69, 173);">Vern Gosdin</a> and Kimber Sparks. <img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.39efbe1f9d3ce4c8570b741b699c4b0a?rik=iQegLRdX%2bscm7Q&riu=http%3a%2f%2fi1.ytimg.com%2fvi%2fb-P4JOsENJc%2fhqdefault.jpg&ehk=FW361IFDuC3eK2PsB%2fbeUVogedTTifJ7aC5stOTV5bI%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0" alt="See the source image"><img src="https://www.countrythangdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/5c9bf71805a5b.image_.jpg" alt="See the source image">