lazarus57 - Take These Chains From My Heart
lazarus57
Mar 26, 2023 11:50am
<p><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41); background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251);">SOULFEST 7 - ROUND ONE</span></p><p><img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/AACE/6764e3f35b_TEJV_media.gif"><img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/R.36dd16b327274ef12e42765242bf9ad6?rik=gDjX6esXOe3ztA&riu=http%3a%2f%2fmesmusiquesperso.m.e.pic.centerblog.net%2f8644504c.jpg&ehk=QuPqgS8RKco2meSeZ%2fC%2fJe88vZH4obhP4pTyg%2bx0JPo%3d&risl=&pid=ImgRaw&r=0" alt="RAY CHARLES - TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART"></p><p><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">"</span><strong style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">Take These Chains from My Heart</strong><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">" is a song by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Hank Williams</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. It was written by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rose_(songwriter)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Fred Rose</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> and </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hy_Heath" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Hy Heath</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> and was recorded at Williams' final recording session on September 23, 1952, in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Nashville</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. The song has been widely praised; Williams' biographer </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Escott" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Colin Escott</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> deems it "perhaps the best song [Rose] ever presented to Hank...It was one of the very few songs that sounded somewhat similar to a Hank Williams song."</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_These_Chains_from_My_Heart#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEscottMerrittMacEwen2004237-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[2]</sup></a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> Williams is backed by </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Jackson_(musician)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Tommy Jackson</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> (fiddle), </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Helms" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Don Helms</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> (steel guitar), </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chet_Atkins" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Chet Atkins</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> (lead guitar), </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Shook" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Jack Shook</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> (rhythm guitar), and Floyd "Lightnin'" Chance (bass).</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take_These_Chains_from_My_Heart#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEscottMerrittMacEwen2004347-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);"><sup>[3]</sup></a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);"> In the wake of Williams' death on </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">New Year's Day</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">, 1953, the song shot to No. 1, his final chart-topping hit for </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Records" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">MGM Records</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">. Like "</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Cheatin%27_Heart" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Your Cheatin' Heart</a><span style="color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">," the song's theme of despair, so vividly articulated by Williams' typically impassioned singing, reinforced the image of Hank as a tortured, mythic figure.</span></p><p><br></p><p><img src="https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.aP8bYkOsWyI3dQnKN_NSawHaFj?w=251&h=188&c=7&r=0&o=5&pid=1.7" alt="Image result for ray charles take these chains from my heart"><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nSWHh9h-0pw/hqdefault.jpg" alt="TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART―Ray Charles - YouTube"></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>