Danny O’Keefe’s biggest hit, this song struck a cord with restless young people who were stuck living dreary lives in dead-end small towns while their friends were moving away to better things. “Charlie” is a fictional character, but O’Keefe was managed by Charlie Greene, who also managed Buffalo Springfield. The title character, Charlie, is left behind and probably can’t get out, so he takes pills to ease his pain. The song was covered by Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Charlie McCoy, Waylon Jennings, Dwight Yoakam, Charlie Rich, Conway Twitty, Leon Russell and B.J. Thomas. Here is “Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues”.
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Great performance Bryan! ๐๐๐
Thank you Joe!!!
Really nice Bryan
Thank you John!!!
Great job Bryan!
Thank you Michael!!!
Wonderfully done.
The harmonica (?) sounded great.
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