Willis Alan Ramsey - Northeast Texas Women - [1972]

'Northeast Texas Women' [video | lyrics] off the only album Willis ever graced us with, is a song about how perfect the women in Northeast Texas despite being overlooked by the Beach Boys. Willis' style is much cooler than theirs anyway and this song is an excellent, crazy, country (but the older, good kind of country) jam to end his now legendary 1972 LP. (Rhea, capo on 3 C-F-G-C, its fun as hell) 

 In addition to his trademark lyrical genius, this song features an array of cool instruments according to the back of the record.  No drums on this song, in their place we got: A Coke crate, a bottle, 'the south wall', Mike Sexton's knees, and Willis' dog Oblio playing 'carpets and hallways' as well as laying down some uncredited vocals at the end.

I've listened to it so many times now that I finally had to map out of the towns he mentions to get an idea of exactly where he was picking up chicks back in his day. "Old Cowtown" seems to be associated with Fort Worth from what I can tell, and it makes sense to me so I'm going with it...looks like he got around.  

"North of Amarillo, East of old Dime Box
You can find your Cinderella or a genuine Goldilocks ...

North of Waxahachie, East of Old Cowtown
Them Dallas women standin’ up beat the others lyin’ down
Well God bless The Trinity River and any man who is unaware
Of the Northeast Texas women and their cotton candy hair
 If your taste in women is strange, 
go on and spend your money 
my friend down in old La Grange"

  I'm generally not a fan of Texas, their politics, and apparent love of executions, but his description of the state makes it sound like a single man's dream. And that line! "Them Dallas women standing up beat the others lying down" What a huge compliment to the women of Dallas that Willis would rather just have a conversation with one of them, than sex with any other non-Dallas ladies.  I hope this song got him lucky a few times in NE Texas.