? about a song

Huey Moore · Post by **Huey Moore** » 5 Jun 2000 6:58 pm

Who was the first to record (farwell Party)
And approx.what year?I remember Johnny Bush&Gene Watson and Im sure there were others....Sam
Also who wrote the song?

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Sam

Tommy Minniear · Post by **Tommy Minniear** » 5 Jun 2000 7:10 pm

I believe Little Jimmy Dickens had the first recording of "Farewell Party". I don't know who played steel on his version or who wrote it.

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Tommy Minniear
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Mitch Drumm · Post by **Mitch Drumm** » 5 Jun 2000 9:38 pm

It was written by Lawton Williams, he of "Fraulein".

As far as I know, his recording of the song was also the earliest. On Le Bill 304, a label owned by Bill Smith in Fort Worth. Early 60s probably.

Lawton did it as a shuffle!