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Available at iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-grand-reunion-single/id886006208?uo=4&at=1l3v7sV

Big Al Downing was a dynamic performer whose style, breadth, enthusiasm and spirit epitomize what fans truly look for in an entertainer.

His performances lifted you up, drew you in, and made you feel as though he was playing just for you!

At the time of his death in 2005, he had a number of projects and unreleased songs he was working on.

When Bamacher Publishing gave me the chance to listen to some rough demos of Al's unreleased songs, i got goosebumps!

Those songs were exactly what i wanted to put on my new record.

I hope you like the result!

jonny boston

Lyrics (© Bamacher Publishing & Big Al Downing):

They became a living legend
long before my time
singing songs of country music
the country way of life

They sang for the radio
in perfect harmony
oh how beautiful
those songs were to me

Mama Carter would play
and old Roy would sing a song
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs
and Ernest Tubb, all sing along

Minnie Pearl and Rodney
had them rolling in their seat
they'll all be together
when the grand reunion meets

Oh Lord, how I long to be standing there
at the Grand Ole Reunion
of the Grand Ole Opry hour
There'll be pickin' and singing
oh, what a choir
when that wabash cannonball
meets the wildwood flower

Uncle Dave Macon, Kitty Wells
Stringbean too
Lonzo and Oscar
just to name a few

The Wilburn Brothers, Patsy Cline is
gonna sing with you
and Hank Williams singing
a Little Jimmie Dickens tune

Waylon Jennings will host
Johnny Cash will walk that line
Bill Monroe, George Jones
and Phantom 309

Tammy will be queen
and I know a tear will fall
when they all sing together
at the Grand Ole Opry hall

Recorded & mixed by Gerd Fraaß @ Monkey Hill Recording Studio