I don't know why but the Theme from the Godfather called SPEAK SOFTLY LOVE does it to me every time I hear it.
Not exactly a song, a poem. Happens every time at the line, "Now, don't cry for me, we had a job to do, you see." Ode to a Mule - Ken Curtis
El Paso; Green, Green, Grass of Home; El Preso Numero Nueve; Laurie; Everybody Hurts; Che Gelida Manina. (Robbins, Jones, Baez, Lee, REM, Pavarotti.)
Very nice indeed. Dunno if anyone knows it but Ken Curtis was a lead singer with the Sons of the Pioneers and also sang in a few of John Wayne’s westerns. The man had a beautiful voice.
I believe Reina Ozbay sang this when she was 9 years old. She's now 11. In my area, it plays every night around 12:20AM. I understand it plays at other specific times in other markets. I turn up the volume every time she sings it. This is a live performance.
The only non-Festus role I've seen him in was on a Perry Mason episode. It's weird seeing him talk normal.
I looked him up when Nancy did her original comment. I had no idea he was an S.O.P. member, not that I was old enough to be a fan. Here is a clip of 10 Perry Mason guest stars. Ken Curtis is the first excerpt shown: I wish I could find a clip of him where he's not speaking so strenuously...and where he's not Festus.
This song surprised me when I first heard it, and it has become one of my very favorites since then. Most of the songs that Hank Williams Jr. sings were the drinking and partying songs, and I had no idea what an awesome voice this man actually had. I was amazed when I learned that he could sing so beautifully, and think it is sad that he wastes his voice on drinking songs. He does have a few other ones that are similar to this one, but this is one that always moves my heart when I listen to it.