He had recorded an album (1972) as part of the band Nashville rock band вЂњJubalвЂќ. This was his second solo and last album for Elektra (and this third solo album overall).

Elvis took his song вЂњBurning LoveвЂќ to #2 (#7UK) in 1972 (Elvis would record another two Linde tracks in the 70s) and that is enough to get a contract. Of course, to get your foot in the door you need something.Дennis Linde had that. Linde, like many country singer-songwriters, started off as a songwriter working for a label (country is probably still the only music where a person can have a career as a non-jingle writing songwriter) and wrote hundreds of songs, though his own recorded output is quite smallвЂќ Salinger and John Steinbeck, composers such as George Gershwin and Cole Porter and the rock'n'rollers Little Richard and Fats Domino, Linde developed the quirky, idiosyncratic, individual style which would lead him to write colourful hits such as 'Bubba Shot The Jukebox' and 'It Sure Is Monday' for the country singer Mark Chesnutt, and 'Queen Of My Double Wide Trailer' for Sammy Kershaw, another country star, in the early '90sвЂќ ДЄnd, as I have said elsewhere on this blog, вЂњ Linde was a country singer-songwriter, but like his contemporaries John Hartford, Mickey Newbury, Billy Swan and Terry Allen, a lot of his music doesn't sound particularly country, in that he doesn't mind mixing up the genre, turning it on its head and bringing in other styles that he likes (Oddly, or perhaps not, Elvis covered most of these guys). This is on Elektra, one of my favourite labels and as I have said before on this blog вЂњanything on Elektra in the 60s and 70s is worth a listen I reckon: David Ackles ,Tim Buckley, The Butterfield Blues Band, The Dillards ,The Doors, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Love, MC5, Phil Ochs, Roy Orbison ,Leon Redbone, Charlie Rich, Mark Spoelstra ,The Stooges ,Tom Waits to name a fewвЂќДЄnd Linde was quirky, as this obituary refers to, вЂњDrawing on the influence of writers such as Mark Twain, J.D. It was also a time for experimentation, self-expression and expansion of musical boundaries.Д®specially, on some labels more than others. It was an amazing time for country music.Д¬ountry music, never shy of being blunt about the realities of life, was given extra realism with the new openness allowed in public and in the performing arts. The rising popularity and dominance of rock was one factor.ДЄlso, there were all the rock artists from the east and west coast who had incorporated country sounds into their music (and were recording in Nashville) and., there were all the younger country kids who had grown up familiar with rock. Whatever the reason, Nashville had to adapt to new sounds. This was all possible in the Nashville of the early 1970s.ДЄnd it is not something you normally associate (now) with Nashville. There are songs that range across several styles including blues, rock, country, funk.ДЄnd, there are elements of American and even experimental country. This isnвЂ™t a country album by any stretch of the imagination. To be sure he was based in Nashville and he was recorded by a number of country artists but his to pigeonhole him thus is unfair, only insofar as he wasnвЂ™t a strict country writer. Linde will forever be associated as a country songwriter (because of the number of country acts who have covered his songs) and performer despite the fact that his music encompasses all sorts of styles. As a recording artist in the вЂ™70s, Linde released albums on the Intrepid, Elektra, Asylum and Monument labels.Search this blog and you will see I like (love?) Dennis Linde.Д¬heck out my other comments for biographical details on the man. A reclusive figure who rarely attended awards ceremonies or other music industry events, he was elected to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001 and was named songwriter of the year by the Nashville Songwriters Association in 1993 and BMI in 1994.

A native of Abilene, Texas, LindeвЂ™s songwriting success began in the early вЂ™70s after Roger Miller recorded вЂњTom Green County FairвЂќ and Roy Drusky scored a Top 10 hit with вЂњLong Long Texas Road.вЂќ Linde also wrote hits for Mark Chesnutt (вЂњBubba Shot the Jukebox,вЂќ вЂњIt Sure Is MondayвЂќ), Joe Diffie (вЂњJohn Deere GreenвЂќ), Alan Jackson (вЂњThe TalkinвЂ™ Song Repair BluesвЂќ), Sammy Kershaw (вЂњQueen of My Double Wide TrailerвЂќ), Eddy Raven (вЂњIn a Letter to YouвЂќ), Shenandoah (вЂњJanie BakerвЂ™s Love SlaveвЂќ) and Don Williams (вЂњThen ItвЂ™s Love,вЂќ вЂњWalkinвЂ™ a Broken HeartвЂќ). 22) at a Nashville hospital after battling idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease.

Songwriter Dennis Linde, 63, whose credits include Elvis PresleyвЂ™s вЂњBurning Love,вЂќ Garth BrooksвЂ™ вЂњCallinвЂ™ Baton RougeвЂќ and the Dixie ChicksвЂ™ вЂњGoodbye Earl,вЂќ died Friday (Dec.

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