Ernest Tubb

Ernest Dale Tubb, přezdívaný též Texaský trubadůr (9. února 1914, Cris, Texas, USA - 6. září 1984, Nashville, Tennessee, USA) byl americký zpěvák a skladatel, jeden ze zakladatelů americké country hudby, člen Grand Ole Opry.

Pocházel z chudé farmářské rodiny, jeho otec byl pachtýř, tedy prostý zemědělský nájemce, který se dost často stěhoval z místa na místo. V mládí byl ovlivněn zejména zpívajícím brzdařem Jimmie Rodgersem, kterého se snažil napodobovat, učil se zpívat, jódlovat a hrát na kytaru. V roce 1933 dostal svoji první práci zpěváka v místní rozhlasové stanici v San Antoniu, což ale tehdy byla dost špatně placená práce, takže si musel dále přivydělávat jako dělník a prodavač.

V roce 1936 navázal přátelství s vdovou po Jimmie Rodgersovi, která mu posléza pomojla s vydání jeho prvních dvou desek u společnosti RCA, které ale nebyly příliš úspěšné. V roce 1939 po závažné operaci hlasivek se začal více věnovat skladatelské činnosti. V roce 1940 začal nahrávat pro novou společnost Decca, v roce 1943 se stal členem Grand Ole Opry. Jeho nejplodnější období nastalo po 2. světové válce, na konci 40. let a pokračovalo i v 50. letech 20. století, kdy napsal desítky známých countryových hitů.

Singly

• 1936 - The Passing Of Jimmie Rodgers / Jimmie Rodgers' Last Thoughts
• 1936 - The T.B. Is Whipping Me / Since That Black Cat Crossed My Path
• 1940 - Blue Eyed Elaine / I'll Get Along Somehow
• 1940 - I'll Never Cry Over You / You Broke My Heart
• 1942 - E.T. Blues / Walking The Floor Over You
• 1943 - Try Me One More Time
• 1944 - Soldier's Last Letter / Yesterday's Tears
• 1945 - Keep My Mem'ry In Your Heart / Tomorrow Never Comes
• 1945 - Careless Darlin'
• 1945 - It's Been So Long Darling
• 1946 - Rainbow At Midnight
• 1946 - Filipino Baby / Drivin' Nails In My Coffin
• 1947 - Don't Look Now (But Your Broken Heart Is Showing) / So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed
• 1947 - I'll Step Aside
• 1948 - Seaman's Blues
• 1948 - You Nearly Lose Your Mind
• 1948 - Forever Is Ending Today / That Wild And Wicked Look In Your Eye
• 1948 - Have You Ever Been Lonely? (Have You Ever Been Blue) / Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello
• 1949 - Till The End Of The World / Daddy, When Is Mommy Coming Home?
• 1949 - That's All She Wrote / Why Should I Cry Over You
• 1949 - I'm Bitin' My Fingernails And Thinking Of You / Don't Rob Another Man's Castle
• 1949 - Mean Mama Blues
• 1949 - Slipping Around / My Tennessee Baby
• 1949 - My Filipino Rose / Warm Red Wine
• 1949 - Blue Christmas / White Christmas
• 1949 - Tennessee Border No. 2 / Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age
• 1950 - Letters Have No Arms / I'll Take A Back Seat For You
• 1950 - I Love You Because / Unfaithful One
• 1950 - Throw Your Love My Way / Give Me A Little Old Fashioned Love
• 1950 - Goodnight Irene / Hillbilly Fever No. 2
• 1950 - You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry
• 1950 - (Remember Me) I'm The One Who Loves You
• 1950 - Blue Christmas
• 1951 - Don't Stay Too Long
• 1951 - The Strange Little Girl
• 1951 - Hey La La
• 1951 - Driftwood On The River
• 1952 - Too Old To Cut The Mustard
• 1952 - Missing In Action
• 1952 - Somebody's Stolen My Honey
• 1952 - Fortunes In Memories
• 1953 - No Help Wanted
• 1953 - Divorce Granted
• 1954 - Two Glasses, Joe
• 1955 - The Yellow Rose Of Texas
• 1955 - Thirty Days (To Come Back Home)
• 1957 - Mr. Love / Leave Me
• 1957 - My Treasure / Go Home
• 1957 - Geisha Girl / I Found My Girl In The U.S.A
• 1958 - House Of Glass / Heaven help Me
• 1958 - Hey Mr. Bluebird / How Do We Know
• 1958 - Hey, Mr. Bluebird
• 1958 - Keep Purple Blues / Half A Mind
• 1958 - What Am I Living For / Goodbye Sunshine Hello Blues
• 1959 - I Cried A Tear / I'd Rather Be
• 1959 - Next Time / What I Know About Her
• 1960 - Everybody's Somebody's Fool / Let The Little Girl Dance
• 1960 - Live It Up / Accidentally On Purpose
• 1960 - A Guy Named Joe / White Silver Sands
• 1961 - Girl From Abilene / Little Old Band Of Gold
• 1961 - Don't Just Stand There / Thoughts Of A Fool
• 1961 - Through That Door
• 1961 - Christmas Is Just Another Day For Me / Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
• 1962 - I'm Looking High And Low For My Baby / Show Her Lots Of Gold
• 1963 - Mr. Juke Box / Walking The Floor Over You
• 1963 - Thanks A Lot / The Way You're Living
• 1964 - Be Better To Your Baby / Think Of Me, Thinking Of You
• 1964 - Love Was Right Here All The Time / Mr. & Mrs. Used To Be
• 1964 - Pass The Booze / That's All You'll Ever Be
• 1965 - Do What You Do Do Well / Turn Around, Walk Away
• 1965 - Our Hearts Are Holding Hands / We're Not Kids Anymore
• 1965 - Waltz Across Texas
• 1965 - After The Boy Gets The Ball / It's For God And Country And You Mom
• 1966 - Just One More / Till My Getup Has Gotup And Gone
• 1966 - Another Story, Another Time, Another Place / There's No Room In My Heart (For The Blues)
• 1967 - Beautiful, Unhappy Home / Sweet Thang
• 1968 - Nothing Is Better Than You / Too Much Of Not Enough
• 1968 - I'm Gonna Make More Like A Snake / Mama, Who Was That Man
• 1969 - Tommy's Doll / Saturday Satan Sunday Saint
• 1969 - Somewhere Between / Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out
• 1970 - Dear Judge / Good Year For The Wine
• 1973 - Texas Troubador / I've Got All The Heartaches I Can Handle
• 1974 - Anything But This / Don't Water Down The Bad News
• 1975 - I'd Like To Live It Again / If You Don't Quit Checkin' On Me (I'm Checkin' Out On You)
• 1977 - Sometimes I Do / Half My Heart's In Texas
• 1979 - Waltz Across Texas
• 1979 - Walkin' The Floor Over You
• 1983 - Leave Them Boys Alone

Literatura

(en)

• Barthel, Norma. Ernest Tubb, the Original E.T. Roland, Okla: Country Roads Publications, 1984.
• Pugh, Ronnie. Ernest Tubb: The Texas Troubadour. Durham: Duke University Press, 1996. ISBN 9780822318590
• Rice, James. Texas Honky-Tonk Music. Austin, Tex: Eakin Press, 1985. ISBN 9780890155288

Zdroj: Wikipedia.org