Estil C. Ball (1913–1978) was an American singer-songwriter, fingerstyle gu… Read Full Bio ↴Estil C. Ball (1913–1978) was an American singer-songwriter, fingerstyle guitarist, and country gospel and folk musician from Rugby, Grayson County, Virginia.
From the mid-1950s until 1975, Estil Cortez Ball performed with his wife Orna and their Friendly Gospel Singers in churches and on the radio, especially on WKSK (AM) in West Jefferson, North Carolina and WBOB (AM) in Galax, Virginia. Ball's first recordings were made by John A. Lomax on behalf of the Library of Congress at the 1937 Galax Fiddler's Convention in Galax, Virginia, where E.C. performed with his Rugby Gully Jumpers string band (named after Paul Warmack's Gully Jumpers). Lomax recorded the string band and several duets by E.C. and Orna. John's son Alan Lomax recorded Ball three years later, in 1941, at E.C.'s home in Rugby, Virginia, and there again in 1959.
County Records released Ball's first LP in 1967, as E.C. Ball and the Friendly Gospel Singers. Two more LPs followed in the 1970s on Rounder Records: E.C. Ball and Fathers Have A Home Sweet Home. Ball was also recorded by John Cohen for his 1975 compilation album High Atmosphere: Ballads and Banjo Tunes from Virginia and North Carolina.
E.C. Ball's most famous composition was a piece he called "Tribulations," based, as he told Alan Lomax in 1959, "on the last book in the Bible: Revelations." It has been frequently covered by other musicians as "Trials, Troubles, Tribulations."
Ball died in 1978 in Grassy Creek, North Carolina, and is buried at Corinth Baptist Church in Rugby, Grayson County, Virginia.
In December 2009, a tribute album was released entitled Face A Frowning World: An E.C. Ball Memorial Album, on the Tompkins Square label, produced by Nathan Salsburg. Singers interpreting songs from E.C.'s repertoire include Jolie Holland, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Jon Langford, the Handsome Family, Rayna Gellert, and Catherine Irwin, among others.
From the mid-1950s until 1975, Estil Cortez Ball performed with his wife Orna and their Friendly Gospel Singers in churches and on the radio, especially on WKSK (AM) in West Jefferson, North Carolina and WBOB (AM) in Galax, Virginia. Ball's first recordings were made by John A. Lomax on behalf of the Library of Congress at the 1937 Galax Fiddler's Convention in Galax, Virginia, where E.C. performed with his Rugby Gully Jumpers string band (named after Paul Warmack's Gully Jumpers). Lomax recorded the string band and several duets by E.C. and Orna. John's son Alan Lomax recorded Ball three years later, in 1941, at E.C.'s home in Rugby, Virginia, and there again in 1959.
County Records released Ball's first LP in 1967, as E.C. Ball and the Friendly Gospel Singers. Two more LPs followed in the 1970s on Rounder Records: E.C. Ball and Fathers Have A Home Sweet Home. Ball was also recorded by John Cohen for his 1975 compilation album High Atmosphere: Ballads and Banjo Tunes from Virginia and North Carolina.
E.C. Ball's most famous composition was a piece he called "Tribulations," based, as he told Alan Lomax in 1959, "on the last book in the Bible: Revelations." It has been frequently covered by other musicians as "Trials, Troubles, Tribulations."
Ball died in 1978 in Grassy Creek, North Carolina, and is buried at Corinth Baptist Church in Rugby, Grayson County, Virginia.
In December 2009, a tribute album was released entitled Face A Frowning World: An E.C. Ball Memorial Album, on the Tompkins Square label, produced by Nathan Salsburg. Singers interpreting songs from E.C.'s repertoire include Jolie Holland, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Jon Langford, the Handsome Family, Rayna Gellert, and Catherine Irwin, among others.
Sweet Bye And Bye
E.C. Ball Lyrics
bye bye communication
bye bye communication
理由も分からぬ定めを
人は受けとって
理由も分からず生きていく
それが人生です
何もしないには長くて退屈なんです
何かするには短い それが人生です
裏返せば ダメな自分
見破られるのが怖い
それでいても 努力もしない自分へ
言い訳なんです
bye bye communication cation
傷つきたくないから逃げ回って
bye bye communication cation
何より臆病な君の歌
人とめぐり合い
誰かと愛し愛され合い
騙し騙され 覚えた見て見ぬふり
信じ合いも 交わりもない
もう意思の疎通もないやいや
誰か痛み 分かち合いもないのに
愛を叫ぶんです
bye bye communication cation
誰より愛しいのは皆 自分か
bye bye communication cation
何より空しい愛の歌 僕の歌
猜疑心にさいなまれて
もう夢も希望もないやいや
羞恥心を甘やかして
気が付けばそれが自分の自尊心？
bye bye communication cation
誰にも愛されない そう思って
bye bye communication
いつまで どこまで
コーラス
愛することもせずに
bye bye communication
理由も分からぬ定めを
人は受けとって
理由も分からず生きていく
それが人生です
何もしないには長くて退屈なんです
何かするには短い それが人生です
裏返せば ダメな自分
それでいても 努力もしない自分へ
言い訳なんです
bye bye communication cation
傷つきたくないから逃げ回って
bye bye communication cation
何より臆病な君の歌
人とめぐり合い
誰かと愛し愛され合い
騙し騙され 覚えた見て見ぬふり
信じ合いも 交わりもない
もう意思の疎通もないやいや
誰か痛み 分かち合いもないのに
愛を叫ぶんです
bye bye communication cation
誰より愛しいのは皆 自分か
bye bye communication cation
何より空しい愛の歌 僕の歌
猜疑心にさいなまれて
もう夢も希望もないやいや
羞恥心を甘やかして
気が付けばそれが自分の自尊心？
bye bye communication cation
誰にも愛されない そう思って
bye bye communication
いつまで どこまで
コーラス
愛することもせずに
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