I was a skinny teenager when I first heard this song, floating across a field from my transister radio, put there on a fence post to better help with the reception. When I heard that innitial chord progression and George's voice singing those simple, wistful lyrics, I grabbed my Dad's old Gibson and played it over and over until I finally had made that song mine.When Dad came home, I played it for him. He picked up another guitar and we played our first real duet together. Great memories.
how come i've never heard this song before...the way he sings the 'abilene, abilene' line reminds me of how ray charles sang 'georgia, georgia...' there's just something special about it.
When I was a kid, my Grandpa used to sing me this song. I was "His Abilene". I've always remembered those moments and cherished them deeply, so when I learned he passed this evening the first thing I needed to do was listen to our song. Thank you for the memories, Grandpa. This will always be our song.