"Pale Blue Cadillac©" genre: Traditional Country
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	"Pale Blue Cadillac" is a tribute to the genius and enduring legacy of the great Hank Williams. The song is also a recognition of the blending of musical styles, the great traditional style of Hank, as Luke the Drifter, and the smooth, sophisticated style of Mr. George Morgan, a style before its time when you think about the blending of today`s country sounds and pop sounds, from the Nashville Sound to today. "Pale Blue Cadillac" has received a good bit of independent radio airplay in the Tallahassee area, for which we are appreciative to 93.3 FM Country radio in Quincy, Florida, the home of real country.
	CD: Greater BigBend Sampler   Label: BlueBass Recordings Credits: Written by Ron Patrick, Charles Miner and Eddie McFarland (Greater BigBend, BMI). Performed by Eddie McFarland. Thanks to Brian Hill (lead guitar), Ray Wiley (steel guitar), Danica Winter and Del Suggs (harmonies), and Steve Redmond (drums). Mastered by Pete Winter, Tallahassee, Fl.
	Story Behind the Song David Allen Coe and Alan Jackson have probably the two greatest songs about the memory of Hank Williams that have ever been written. We wanted to write one too. So we did. The sign in Montgomery read -- Montgomery to Mobile - 9 cents a minute. The technology era. A year later, on that same road, in 1996, I wrote the first verse in a motel room in Montgomery, thinking that Hank probably road that very same highway in his Cadillac to Nashville that I was riding that Saturday. Years later (1999) my buddy Judge Miner and I somehow decided we wanted to write a song about Hank. Judge and I developed the basic story of the song and Judge remembered that the Opry had Hank and George Morgan on stage at the same time in 1948 (might have been 1949 but we couldn`t verify that). We put it in the song anyway, or Judge did and I agreed. After several phone sessions Judge finished the story about Hank and George. I developed the lyric and titled the song, and Judge enlisted Eddie MacFarland of Cypress Creek to do the melody. Outsiders writing about someone`s departed loved ones assumes an awful lot. So once we figured out that the song was going to get airplay, we sent a letter of introduction and a copy of the song to Hank Jr`s manager and Lorrie Morgan`s manager. We explained what we were doing with the song and asked for any concerns or input about the song. I am pretty sure we would not have pulled the song if we had gotten any response, but somehow it felt right to do the right thing by at least showing concern for the families` feelings. Lyrics Mobile to Montgomery, lost off the interstate Drivin through a cold hard rain, and prayin for a break A neon sign flashed food and gas, stop and rest a spell Stay a night or stay a week at George and Luke`s motel I drove across the gravel lot, the clouds were low and black I parked beside the only car, it was a pale blue Cadillac An eerie light fell across the desk when I signed the motel book I took the key, climbed the stairs, tired, cold and shook Another time, another place, that much I could tell TV, phones, and microwaves not at this motel About the time I turned to leave something held me back Was it the stormy night or the neon light on that pale blue Cadillac. I hit the sack and a shadow passed across the window shade Voices from the room next door made me wonder why I stayed A guitar ran some simple chords to Your Cheatin Heart Then a voice begin to whine that lonesome sacred part Pure and clear and note for note those songs were just the same Simple truth and soulful sounds of love and loss and pain Another voice began to sing and it really blew my mind Candy Kisses Wrapped in Paper never sounded quite so fine I packed to leave at first daylight and I saw the door ajar It opened on a storage room crammed like a church bazaar And there upon the dusty floor where light would rarely shine lay an empty Seagram's bottle and a battered Ryman sign In faded old red letters that sign still had a date when the Opry had 'em both on stage in 1948 I stashed the Ryman sign and Seagrams bottle in my car then headed back to Mobile like a ghost that went too far Some swear the Ryman walls hide souls that just cant rest Most would say that Luke and George were more than just the best Hank's lonesome sounds had simple truth for hearts too blue to cry When George sang Candy Kisses how could memories fade and die From time to time I drive the road east of the interstate Ten miles from Montgomery where I always stop to eat I still look around if I think I've found the place that calls me back but I never found the motel sign or the pale blue Cadillac And that poster and the bottle the ones I threw in the back Well, they just turned up missin` like that pale blue Cadillac

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