![]() He hadn't got the record deal, but, I think in my mind, I was trying to find a vein for him as a new something he could hang his hat on. We obviously became friends, and he'd come over and we'd hum and strum. And after I moved to America in 1983, he got in touch with me shortly after I moved and asked if could he come over. He'd been coming to see me before he had his deal with MCA and of course, and I'd met him originally when he was with Johnny Cash. He had a bit of an accident he banged his head…Marty and I had written a bit. But also I do recall poor old Marty, in filming it. PK: I'm not sure that I've ever seen the video. And I can't watch the video because I get up and try to do the dance! ![]() I start rocking with that thing more than I do with Michael Jackson. But y'all did it better than any song I've ever heard. I feel like it's kind of that groove, it's a basic time signature. You know who I wished I could have heard a version of that by? Elvis. I'm gonna pay the biggest compliment I can pay any songwriter. I'm surprised it hasn't been cut (more often). But first of all, your passion for it is somewhat ill-advised, but I do appreciate it (laughs).īH: Well, let me tell you something, I'm gonna disrespect you. Paul Kennerley: Yeah, I think I wrote it in 1990, only because I sort of remember the circumstances a little bit. You wrote it about a year before it came out in 91. Take us back to the writing of that song. Certainly Marty's biggest commercial hit. See photos: Nashville's 2022 'Let Freedom Sing!' Music City July 4th eventīart Herbison: “Tempted” has been on a playlist of mine since it came out. Previously: Lilli Lewis, undaunted, makes 'special,' 'connective' folk music
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