i read pretty much the only book available on roger miller which is called "ain't got no cigarettes" by Lyle Style... there were about 10 conflicting stories about how this song was written... then i read "cash" by johnny cash and for some reason i want to believe his version the most (maybe just cause i think jc is omnipitent)... any way... cash talked about them driving through the middle of the night in a classic convertable through the dessert (i think from LA to Reno or LV)... any way... roger pulled over the car in the middle of the trip and ran behind a rock with pen and a pad and wrote out dang me... He came back to the car very excited and johnny asked him something along the lines of "is it a good one?"... and he could tell by roger's reaction that he had written gold... and he had...
i read pretty much the only book available on roger miller which is called "ain't got no cigarettes" by Lyle Style... there were about 10 conflicting stories about how this song was written... then i read "cash" by johnny cash and for some reason i want to believe his version the most (maybe just cause i think jc is omnipitent)... any way... cash talked about them driving through the middle of the night in a classic convertable through the dessert (i think from LA to Reno or LV)... any way... roger pulled over the car in the middle of the trip and ran behind a rock with pen and a pad and wrote out dang me... He came back to the car very excited and johnny asked him something along the lines of "is it a good one?"... and he could tell by roger's reaction that he had written gold... and he had...