judy roderick, “born in the country,”
from: “Woman Blue,” 1965
“I was born in the country, you thought I was easy to rule
I was born in the country, you thought I was easy to rule
But times are changing, babe, a country girl ain’t anybody’s fool
You’re a mean tight papa, make a longtime woman hurt down deep
You’re a mean tight papa, make a longtime woman hurt down deep
I’m gonna find me a candy man, who’ll rock this poor girl down to sleep
I gave sugar for sugar, now I give salt for salt
I gave sugar for sugar, now I give salt for salt
If you don’t like it baby, I guess it’s your own goddam fault
I’m leaving you baby, I got to be moving on
I’m leaving you baby, I got to be moving on
You don’t believe it honey, you just sit and count the days I’m gone
You walk by my doorway, honey you walk right by my gate
You walk by my doorway, honey you walk right by my gate
If you walk by my window, honey you won’t get by my .38
Sometimes baby, I think you’re too sweet to die
Sometimes baby, I think you’re too sweet to die
But then sometimes baby, I think you oughta be buried alive
I was born in the country, you thought I was easy to rule
I was born in the country, you thought I was easy to rule
But times are changing, babe, a country girl ain’t anybody’s fool
But times are changing, babe, a country girl ain’t anybody’s fool
But times are changing, babe, a country girl ain’t anybody’s fool”
I am fascinated by the presence of the existence of the “Next Big Thing” in the machinery of the music business and the appetite of the general public, For starters, what an odyssey it is for anyone to pursue proficiency on an instrument and the discipline to fuse it with the fruits inside their mind. Daunting. The great Ry Cooder points to the transition point in human history when people who had mainly played in the privacy of their homes began to record their work with the burgeoning technological possibilities of new media. Catapult forward to 1964.: word gets around in the folk press and folk clubs.
She is invited toappear at the Newport Folk Festival. Top of the Heap right. How were the buttons pushed? Into what had she tapped? Not so fast. What is the shelf life as far as public recognition for any artist? What sustains it? The soap opera of art. The authoring of a voice. What do you see in her? Whoever heard of you? Judy Roderick’s freshly pure, restrained voice inhabits this arena and endures brand new. In 1969 it occurred to her to form a band named, 60,000,000 Buffalo. She moved to Montana and passed at 49 due to complications with diabetes. Who’s on deck?
