Whitey Johnson

A 2006 nominee for the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Gary Nicholson has had more than 350 of his songs recorded, has won 26 ASCAP songwriting awards and is responsible for more than a dozen major hits. Unlike most tunesmiths, he is not bound by musical genre. His songs routinely top the country hit parade. But rock bands, blues artists, folk stars and bluegrass acts have also embraced him as a songwriter.

“I’ve never found it difficult to ’shift gears’ between different musical styles,” Nicholson says. “I let myself be dictated by the needs of the artist or of the writer I’m collaborating with. A lot of these guys are just looking for good lyrics. Songwriting is songwriting. A song is a song.” <more>

Gary Nicholson Presents Whitey Johnson
 

TRACKS & NOTES

1 USE THE BLUES (4:13)
When your feet are moving
your heart ain't heavy no more
Written by: Kim Wilson/Gary Nicholson
Kim Wilco Music BMI (admin. Bug) / Gary Nicholson Music LLC ASCAP / (admin.by Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing)

2 WORRY BE GONE (2:53)
trouble with the air trouble with the water
people ain' t treatin one another like they oughta
Written by Guy Clark/Lee Roy Parnell/Gary Nicholson
EMI April Music Inc. ASCAP / Dean-Parnell Music LLC/Lillie Dale Music BMI / (admin. by Dean-Parnell Music, LLC) / Gary Nicholson Music ASCAP / (admin.by Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing)

3 MEMPHIS WOMEN AND CHICKEN (3:47)
take my old guitar and go down on Beale
play a little blues and get a real good meal
Written by Dan Penn/Donnie Fritts/Gary Nicholson
Dan Penn Music BMI / Sony/ATV Tree Publishing / Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing/Four Sans Music ASCAP

4 BETTER OFF WITH THE BLUES (3:52)
if you had stayed i’d be dead in my tracks
I still love you baby but I don't want you back
Written by Delbert McClinton/Donnie Fritts/Gary Nicholson
Lew-Bob Songs/Delbert McClinton Music BMI / Sony/ATV Tree Publishing / Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing/Four Sans Music ASCAP

5 LIFE IS LIKE THAT (3:18)
some things you got to keep some things you got to repeat
happiness is never complete
Written by Peter Chatman
Unichappel Music Inc. BMI

6 LEAP OF FAITH (4:38)
sometimes you got to believe before you see the proof
you can wait a lifetime for one moment of truth
Written by Glen Clark/Gary Nicholson
Glen Clark Music ASCAP (admin. KRLT Music)

7 DEVIL GOIN’ FISHIN’ (2:13)
some like somethin a little bit twisted
before they want to take the line
Written by Gary Nicholson
Gary Nicholson Music LLC ASCAP (admin. by Sony/ATV Cross Key Publishing)

8 JACKSBORO HIGHWAY (4:59)
you better forget everything you see
even if it's murder in the first degree
Written by Bill Carter/Ruth Ellsworth/Wally Wilson/Gary Nicholson
Blame Music BMI (admin. by Bug Music) / Sony/ATV Cross Key Publishing ASCAP / Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing/Four Sans Music ASCAP

9 LIE NO BETTER (3:51)
if you can't lie no better than that
you might as well tell the truth
Written by Delbert McClinton/Gary Nicholson
Nasty Cat Music BMI (admin. Carol Vincent & Assoc. LLC) / Gary Nicholson Music LLC ASCAP / (admin.by Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing)

10 MISS FORTUNE (4:45)
before i knew it her daddy was home
i was under the bed looking for my clothes
Written by Colin Linden/Gary Nicholson
Colin Linden Publishing SOCAN / Gary Nicholson Music LLC ASCAP (admin.by Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing)

11 YOU AIN'T LOST NOTHIN' (4:03)
he’s got a young thing calling her honey
but you got the house and the alimony
Written by Delbert McClinton/Kim Wilson/Gary Nicholson
Nasty Cat Music BMI (admin. Carol Vincent & Assoc. LLC) / Kim Wilco Music BMI (admin. Bug) / Gary Nicholson Music LLC ASCAP (admin.by Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing)

12 BLUES IN BLACK AND WHITE (4:29)
how long how long must we carry on
before we finally make it right
Written by Gary Nicholson
Gary Nicholson Music LLC ASCAP  (admin.by Sony/ATV Cross Keys Publishing)
 

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