Longtime LRB band member, multi-award winning banjo picker and Virginia Country Music Hall of Famer, Sammy Shelor has put together a wealth of talent that includes: Brandon Rickman (lead vocals and rhythm guitar); Mike Hartgrove (fiddle); Barry Reed (bass and harmony vocals); and Randy Jones (mandolin and lead & harmony vocals) all performing the distinctive LRB sound fans love.
Lonesome River Band has four albums on the Rural Rhythm Records label including: STILL LEARNING (June 2011) that included two chart singles, “Record Time Machine” and “Jack Up the Jail”; NO TURNING BACK (the first CD on the Rural Rhythm label and their 12th career album) that included the hit single, “Them Blues”; and two live albums, THE ALL-STAR JAM LIVE AT GRAVES MOUNTAIN and the 2011 album, LIVE AT BEAN BLOSSOM, A BILL MONROE CELEBRATION that was produced by Sammy Shelor.
Lonesome River Band’s long career is obviously filled with a multitude of Awards and Recognitions including the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) honoring the group with numerous awards for Album of the Year and topping it off with an amazing four-time award wins for Shelor as IBMA Banjo Performer of the Year. The group has also received recognition by SPBGMA for numerous Bluegrass Band of Year wins, Vocal Group of the Year, Song of the Year and Shelor as Banjo Player of the Year.
2011 was a tremendous year for the band, with Sammy Shelor receiving the 2nd Annual Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Lonesome River Band receiving five 2011 IBMA nominations including Album of the Year for their participation on The All-Star Jam: Live At Graves Mountain on the Rural Rhythm label (released in 2010). They received two nods for Instrumental Recorded performance of the Year for “Pretty Little Girl,” on the album, Still Learning (Rural Rhythm), and also for band members Sammy Shelor, Brandon Rickman and Mike Hartgrove’s work on “Ground Speed,” by The Rural Rhythm All-Stars (Rural Rhythm). The band also received a Recorded Event of the Year nomination for the song, “Graves Mountain Memories,” recorded by the Rural Rhythm All-Stars (including Sammy Shelor and Mike Hartgrove) on The All-Star Jam: Live at Graves Mountain album; and band leader Sammy Shelor was nominated for Banjo Player of the Year, an award he received four consecutive years from 1995-1998,” International Bluegrass Association.
In 2010, Shelor was again nominated the IBMA Banjo Performer of the Year award. In 2009, LRB received nominations for the 2009 Instrumental Performance of the Year (Struttin to Ferrum); nomination for Gospel Performance of the Year (Darkness Wept); and Sammy Shelor’s nomination for Banjo Performer of the Year. LRB opened the 2009 IBMA Awards Show at the Ryman Auditorium with a tremendous and extremely well received performance. In 2008, they were chosen as an IBMA Showcase Artist and the band regularly performs at the popular IBMA Fan Fest at the yearly convention.
The Game
Lonesome River Band Lyrics
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Hey sweet Sally
Every day get a little bit bolder
Oh sweet Sally.
Every night when I go to sleep
Hey Sweet Sally
The greenest blue eyes and lips so sweet
Chorus:
Oh Sweet Sally, prettiest girl in town
Oh,Sweet Sally, I love Sweet Sally Brown.
I help carry her book to school
Hey Sweet Sally
I ain't too big but I ain't no fool
Oh Sweet Sally
I ain't big enough to go to school
Like Sally and brother
So give her a kiss at the school house door
Then go back home to Mother
Chorus:
Mom says I can't ask her to wed
That would be too mean
For you see I'm only five years old
And Sally's seventeen.
But age don't matter when love is true
The way that I love Sally
So I'll eat my food and grow up real big
And I'll be big like Sally.
Chorus
The Lonesome River Band's "The Game" is a sweet and innocent song about a young boy's love for a girl named Sally. The lyrics express his growing feelings for her, despite the fact that they are at different stages in their lives. His admiration for her is evident in every line, as he describes her as "the prettiest girl in town" and dreams of the day they can be together.
The opening verse sets the tone for the song, as it talks about how every day the boy grows a little older and a little bolder in his affections for Sally. He dreams about her every night and can't help but think about her during the day as well. The chorus sums up his feelings perfectly, as he proclaims his love for "Sweet Sally Brown."
The second verse expands on the boy's feelings, as he talks about how he helps carry Sally's books to school, even though he's not big enough to go himself. His love for her is so strong that he would do anything to make her happy, even if it means just giving her a kiss at the schoolhouse door. However, the boy is brought back to reality by his mother, who tells him he's too young to ask Sally to marry him.
The final verse is uplifting, as the boy realizes that age doesn't matter when love is true. He resolves to grow up big and strong like Sally so that he can be with her one day. Overall, "The Game" is a charming and touching song about the innocence of childhood love.
Line by Line Meaning
Now every day ya get a little bit older
As time goes by, you grow older day by day.
Hey sweet Sally
A term of endearment towards Sally.
Every day get a little bit bolder
With age comes knowledge and wisdom, making one bolder each day.
Oh sweet Sally.
A term of endearment towards Sally.
Every night when I go to sleep
Each night, before going to bed.
Hey Sweet Sally
A term of endearment towards Sally.
The greenest blue eyes and lips so sweet
Sally has the most beautiful blue eyes and sweet lips.
Oh Sweet Sally
A term of endearment towards Sally.
Oh Sweet Sally, prettiest girl in town
Sally is the most beautiful girl in the town.
Oh,Sweet Sally, I love Sweet Sally Brown.
The singer loves Sally Brown very much.
I help carry her book to school
The singer helps Sally carry her books to school.
Hey Sweet Sally
A term of endearment towards Sally.
I ain't too big but I ain't no fool
Although the singer is small, he is not foolish.
Oh Sweet Sally
A term of endearment towards Sally.
I ain't big enough to go to school
The singer is too small to attend school.
Like Sally and brother
Sally's brother goes to school.
So give her a kiss at the school house door
The singer kisses Sally at the school house door.
Then go back home to Mother
After seeing Sally off to school, the singer returns home to his mother.
Oh Sweet Sally, prettiest girl in town
Sally is the most beautiful girl in the town.
Oh,Sweet Sally, I love Sweet Sally Brown.
The singer loves Sally Brown very much.
Mom says I can't ask her to wed
The singer's mother disapproves of him proposing to Sally.
That would be too mean
Proposing to Sally at a young age would be inappropriate and unkind.
For you see I'm only five years old
The singer is a young child of five years old.
And Sally's seventeen.
Sally is much older than the singer, at seventeen years old.
But age don't matter when love is true
Age does not matter when true love is involved.
The way that I love Sally
The singer loves Sally in a deep and meaningful way.
So I'll eat my food and grow up real big
The singer will eat well and grow up to be a big strong adult.
And I'll be big like Sally.
The singer will grow up to be as big and strong as Sally.
Oh Sweet Sally, prettiest girl in town
Sally is the most beautiful girl in the town.
Oh,Sweet Sally, I love Sweet Sally Brown.
The singer loves Sally Brown very much.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, CARLIN AMERICA INC
Written by: RALPH STANLEY, WANDELL SMITH
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DJ S
on looking for yourself
Endless highways are calling after me
The world is a strange place when you’re only seventeen
Feeling like a loser who never gave love a chance
Trapped in my own prison just because I didn’t understand
(Chorus)
No matter where you run
No matter where you hide
The very thing you’re running from is buried deep inside
No matter who you ask
No matter who you tell
It’s a lonely road you’re walking on when you’re looking for yourself
Cars pass me by, I can’t get a ride
I guess it doesn’t matter there’s no map I’m going by
A game of the mind and partly circumstance
Refuse to pay the fiddler but I cry when I can’t dance
(Chorus)
No matter where you run
No matter where you hide
The very thing you’re running from is buried deep inside
No matter who you ask
No matter who you tell
It’s a lonely road you’re walking on when you’re looking for yourself
No matter where you run
No matter where you hide
The very thing you’re running from is buried deep inside
No matter who you ask
No matter who you tell
It’s a lonely road you’re walking on when you’re looking for yourself
It’s a lonely road you’re walking on when you’re looking for yourself
Ryu Katayama
on Like a Train Needs a Track
I think "been?" is "never" and "long(log?)" is "log."
Ryu Katayama
on Dime Store Rings
I think "been?" is "never" and "long(log?)" is "log."