A Song A Week: The Comeback Trail: She Thinks I Still Care - George Jones Cover

Monday, 20 August 2012

The Comeback Trail: She Thinks I Still Care - George Jones Cover - August 20, 2012

Followers of this blog, if such a thing exists, may have noted the absence of postings over the past few weeks. Been sucking wind. Blowing chunks, some might say. You'll find no litany of excuses here....you wanna know the dreary details? Drop me a line, give me a call, we'll go for a drink. I'll fill your glass - and your ear. I'm attempting a comeback. My tailor's sewing me a bejeweled lycra jumpsuit with a padded junk pouch. Keep watching the blog and you might get a peak of that.

In the meantime, here's a George Jones song. George Jones is such an emotive and absolutely unique vocalist that taking on one of his standards is somewhat foolhardy. Well call me a fool, and a hardy one at that. I love this song and have sung it for years. When I was first getting into C&W I bought this cassette at a drugstore in Three Hills, Alberta.

I had heard of George Jones but didn't know much about him. There were some Hank Williams songs on the collection I knew, I think maybe a Buck Owens cover too, some other titles I recognized - so I bought it. I was just out there making exploratory purchases to discover and learn about country. No one I knew was into the shit. I've got piles of George Jones now, but for quite a while this was the only George I had.

She Thinks I Still Care was written by songsmith Dickey Lee, who also wrote the oft recorded Patches as well as many other hit songs. It has been recorded an estimated 1,000 times by different artists including Elvis Presley. Here's my version of the song.

She Thinks I Still Care - Dickey Lee

Just because I ask a friend about her
Just because I spoke her name somewhere
Just because I rang her number by mistake today
She thinks I still care

Just because I haunt the same old places
Where the mem'ry of her lingers ev'rywhere
Just because I'm not the happy guy I used to be
She thinks I still care

But if she's happy thinkin' I still need her
Then let that silly notion bring her cheer
But how could she ever be so foolish
Oh where would she get such an idea

Just because I ask a friend about her
And just because I spoke her name somewhere
Just because I saw her then went all to pieces
She thinks I still care
She thinks I still care

Here's a couple of George Jones versions, one by Elvis.....and more. Enjoy!

Young George: gotta love the guy doing harmonies popping in and out of frame to sing his lines