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All I Want For Christmas

All I Want For Christmas

With everything going on in the world, it’s easy to forget the true meaning of this Christmas season. So this year, I wanted to write something to help remind myself what really matters. Hang the stockings Trim the tree I can't wait to see you I’ve

Pipeliner Blues — Del Ray Hillian

By the time Del Ray Hillian recorded “Pipeliner Blues” in 1973, the song had already lived several lives. It began as a Moon Mullican number back in the forties—one of those rib-tickling, hip-swinging hillbilly boogies that Moon could toss off between gospel sets and beer-joint romps. Mullican sang it

Methamphetamine Codeine Murder – Del Ray Hillian

Methamphetamine Codeine Murder – Del Ray Hillian

When Methamphetamine Codeine Murder first hit the turntables in mid-1970s, most Southern radio stations refused to play it. Too raw for country, too country for rock, and far too honest for gospel, the single from Sand Mountain native Del Ray Hillian quickly earned its reputation as the darkest cut ever

Alabama Enough

Alabama Enough

Nobody ever accused Del Ray Hillian of subtlety. A native of Sand Mountain, Alabama, Hillian was raised on a steady diet of gospel hymns, Alabama football, and southern cooking. When he signed to WonTone Records in the mid-1970s, the label hoped to capture the outlaw-country energy spilling out of Texas

Losing Her By Fractions - Del Ray Hillian

Losing Her By Fractions - Del Ray Hillian

Del Ray Hillian was born and raised on Sand Mountain, Alabama, a hard plateau where the air is thick with both history and humidity. His reputation as a songwriter was always for lyrics that cut straight to the bone. A former gospel tenor who fell in with the barroom circuit