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 Billy Don Burns , I've had the pleasure and (the BS) of running with the several characters that make up the man called BILLY DON BURNS. Like most creative people he has his dark side and his mean side and his spiritual side. When I first met BD I met a spiritual side. We were in my kitchen and discussing Jesus, God and the Bible in general. Naturally our darker sides were rebelling and we wrote the first song that we ever wrote together, which is the truth-titled: I'm a Honky Tonk Man for Jesus......Billy is a unique person and a Great talent.I hope if you should meet him that you get to meet his spiritual side......Good Luck if you don't....JUST ANOTHER OUTLAW AT THE CROSS AND YOUR BUDDY, MACK VICKERY....."stay out of the trenches"
Mack Vickery
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| Hello Mr Billy Don, It's good to see that you're alive and well living in the USA...Listened to your album again the other night, and still sounds great!! I especially like that one about "Hank Williams Woman", I get the Feelin' I may be a lot like her myself...At least JL agrees!! Where do you man songwriters get the "you know what's" to write songs about us women, and make so much money, and have so much fame ...I just think we need to get a piece of the action!!! And maybe some of the song too!! hahaha. Have fun on the internet, and WELCOME to the New AGES!!! I'm sure you're fans you already have and the ones still finding OUT, will enjoy your new Home here, and find a lot of new and interesting facts about a songwriters world and hear some good to honest songs of the heart and soul!! Stay true. Tanya Tucker
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| There's nothing I need to say brother your songs say it all. Leonard Wayne Lowthian
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| WHEN I THINK OF THE GREATEST SONGWRITERS EVER, I THINK OF BILLY. IN MY OPINION HE IS RIGHT THERE WITH WLLIE, KRIS, HAGGARD, AND SHAVER. WE DON'T STAY IN TOUCH THESE DAYS, BUT I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT HE IS THE ONLY PERSON IN NASHVILLE TO EVER KEEP THEIR WORD WITH ME. TODAY, I AM SOBER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS AND CLOSER TO SUCCESS THAN EVER, AND NOT A DAY GOES BY THAT I DON'T LISTEN TO BILLY DON OR PICK UP MY GUITAR AND SING SOME OF HIS SONGS. IF YOU'RE IN HIS CIRCLE OF FRIENDS YOU'LL BE THERE TILL THE END. BUT IF HE DON'T LIKE YOU YOU BEST STAY AWAY FROM HIM. YEAH HE RIDES DOWN DIABLO'S HIGHWAY ON A TRAIN CALLED LONESOME. AND HIS LIFE PLAYS OUT LIKE THE WORDS OF AN OLD COUNTRY SONG. AND HE POURS HIS PAIN OUT ONTO PAPER AS FAST AS HE POURS THE WHISKEY DOWN HIS THROAT. HE LOVES JAMES DEAN AND HE'S LIVED OUT EVERY SONG HE'S EVER WROTE
RICHIE ALLBRIGHT
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| OLD DOGS AND OUTLAWS WHERE WOULD THIS WORLD BE WITHOUT THEM your old buddy FLASH
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| While I am on here...I just want to say that I have about played your "Outlaws At The Cross" in the ground!!! It's GREAT!! Much good luck on your tour, and we WILL order that latest album you have out!!! Our best to you. Ruby and Carl Burns
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| Hey Brother Your new site is looking great & I hope all is well with everyone. All is going smooth out here. Give me a call. Love ya no
Johnny Rotten D.D.M.C.
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| I just heard your album again. It is the best album so far. It fits most of the women I have known. Best wishes and may God Bless you!!! I was just sitting with Elmer Fudpucker at Roland Cave and he says hi. Jerry Butler
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| Hello there my good friend. I have know Billy Don for many many years. Can remember him playing in bars with my Dad before he was 21......... in Indio Ca. Love you lots and think of you often. Teresa (Grigsby) Besse :)
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| Hi Billy, I am 19, from England and I love your album 'Train Called Lonesome'. It is not out here in England so I had it imported. I am a fan of country music and when searching through the free country downloads on Amazon, I came across 'Lonesome 77203'. I had never heard of you before and instantly loved everything about the song and had to buy the album. I wasn't disapointed, every track is something special. Like you, my hero is also Johnny Cash. It was him who got me into country music. I seen the fax. Amazing! You should be proud! I look forward to hearing more from you in the future. Gavin Duggan
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| Hello, Really a wonderful website. It will be a pleasure to drop in again. I am the DJ of the radio show "Golden Country" at Radio Teutoburger Wald (RTW) in Germany and like to inform myself about the news of the country scene in Europe and in overseas by going through the internet. Good luck and success. Andrea Stolle
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| Billy Don, We are from the Netherlands, maybe that's why we never heard of you. But now we did located you and your music. Your voice, your lyrics and the atmosphere of your music are fantastic. Real Chickskin Music we wonder if you planned a European tour in the near future to promote your music. If you do, remember us, maybe we can help you some gigs. Barndance Productions......Appingedam......The Netherlands
Jan -&- Fien Bos
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| You're an extraordinary singer & songwriter. It's been a priviledge to have met you, but it is an honor to have you as my friend. Melinda Hunt
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| Aahh.... The music. The lyrics. The Whole CD's a hit! Brian
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| Awesome talent! I wish you much success in your career... Claudette
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| I just thought I would let you know that I really do like your new CD. My in-laws enjoyed it, too, but I told them to buy their own. Shannon
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| Billy Don Burns has got to be one of the coolest cats I've ever met. His new album TRAIN CALLED LONESOME is a great album and I'm sure it will be a part of many music fans collection. Thanks for staying true to who you are. Being in the music business is hard and many people can't handle it. You handle it like a real pro. Keep it Country Brother... Aaron Boswell
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| Billy Don Burns is one of the best kept secrets in Nashville and one of my favorite writers. He is one of the last real live certifiable Hillbillies! Scott Shipley
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| Hey Billy...I got it right this time!! Your new album rocks! We really enjoy listening to it. The one Who Got Away and Lonesome...not to mention Where Was Love..they are all great Tammy Hip
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| Beautiful design very cool! Betty
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| Hey you have just cool site! Good luck!!!! Jimmy Brown
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| Your site is great! I've book marked it. Ben Johns
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| Great site. cool! Clora
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| Mr. Burns, I just wanted to stop in and say thanks to you, Charlie Booth, Hank Cochran and Mack Vickery. The song called "Patsy", with you, Hank Cochran and Willie singing is the most beautiful song I have heard in a long time. It gave me the shivers. Patsy Cline will always be my favorite female vocalist, and to hear the three of you sing this tribute to her made my day! I heard the song on KOCR Radio, on Charlie Ammerman's Honky Tonk show, and it blew me away! I absolutely love it! Bluelightnin
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| I'm living in Germany now. Stop by if you're in the Berlin area. Terry Lee Burns
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| My friend Billy Don… I miss you… you are my Hero, Friend and of course... Troubled Soul... just like me! Thanks for being who you are and bringing such great music into my life. Brenda
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| I just found out today Mack has crossed over. I know how close you were and how you must be hurting. I only wish I could say to him once more (I LOVE YOU MY BROTHER.) God bless you and may you always walk in the beauty of the creator. chief bobby johns bear heart
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| Damn man those songs of yours are doin me as bad as the songs you wrote about in haggard and hank.... straight thru the heart keepin it real
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| Hello from Montana.....high in the rocky mountains!!! Would love to see you out this a way. montana don
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| Your Website looks great! Say hi to Nat. & Jesse for me! I miss you all so much! I talk to dad (Steve Burns) all the time and he tries to keep me updated! I am going to get your CD. I have always loved to hear you play! I hope you and the family are doing well. Lindsey Burns Aguirre
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| Thought I would sign in so you know that I stopped by. I invite you to stop by and set a spell. I enjoyed my visit. Keeping It Traditional County... Doc Killian
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| Hey BD, Still lookin for a copy of Long Lost Highway, Can I have yours? LOL Take care man. Tommy Lee Patrick
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| Hey Billy Don, we'll see ya on the 8th at THE EXIT INN. always a treat to be in the company of friends. Bobby Keel
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| Excellent site! Good luck in your work. Matt
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| Hello, Billy. Annie Hoffer from WIFE radio in Connersville, Indiana thanks you for the CD you signed for her and she emailed me with her comments which I posted below. Patti; "BDB's Cd is great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have never listened to a work of such honesty and down right "bold" creativity. From Mississippi to Tired and Troubled Soldiers it was like I was there, right there in those songs. Things I would like to say, but too chicken to say it. Of course I have not traveled that road (at least not some of it) but there is so much truth in the songs and he and his co-writer Mack are right in all the words of Tired and Troubled Soldier. I love the title too for the CD....Heroes, Friends and Other Troubled Souls. He hits us all there! WOW!! Thanks, Patti, for letting me listen to this Cd. Let him know how much I love it and when it comes out, I will buy one for the station, because I am not giving mine up. No way! I know he will have a lot of success with it and I wish him the best of luck with it." Patti Stevens
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| I just wanted to say that I like your music and what a story you have to tell you remind me of my uncle he was also my mentor he is passed now I wish you the best in this new year I would be honored if you would sign my guest book good luck your friend in music. DeAnn Sanders
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| Hey Billy Don. Very sorry to hear about Mack. I just found out a few minutes ago. My dad, Larry, and I really enjoyed coming to your house and spending a few hours with you and Mack! Memories I'll never forget! Take care!!! Rockin' Luke Stroud
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| Hi Billy Don Just received from Martha your new CD Heroes, friends and other troubled souls. I have chosen several songs for my upcoming programs (Country Special ) on radio Beverwijk in the Netherlands. You have managed to combine lyrics and music to perfect songs.When listening to the songs I was remembered by what Neil Diamond once said about my favorite "Outlaw" Waylon Jennings."There is no moog synthesyser which can reproduce the human voice. Because in the human voice ther is the soul of someone. This happened listening to your songs.
George Backer
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| The Eagle, Mack Vickery, passed away on December 21, 2004 in Nashville, TN. May he rest in peace... Garth Shaw
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| Hi Billy Don, yesterday I received "Heroes" for airplay from Martha & I still have to stop listening to it. That's a true masterpiece, another pure gem from the of the last great outlaws. I think it'll be a favourite in my radio show of American roots music here in Italy, that's for sure!
Massimo Ferro
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| I found your site by pure chance and now I realize I was extremely lucky. It’s so good to know that WWW still houses some hidden treasures. Nita
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| Hi Billy! It was so good to meet you and thanks so much for being there to add your voice to She Rides. (Now, can you just keep buggin' John Scott for the mix?) ;-) Thanks for playing a bunch of songs in Arkansas, too, and for being the most awesome artist and writer I ever met. I did my best not to act like a crazed fan this past week, but it sure wasn't easy when you turned out to be even nicer then I could ever imagine, but thanks for patiently signing my guitar and 4 CDs. Your new CD is amazing and I am sure you will be celebrating its success in 2005. Patti Stevens:)
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| In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being.
We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.<<
--Albert Schweitzer--
Greetings from Germany
Holger Stringustus
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| HeyBilly Don, Just left John Neighbors, up at the Hospital, here in Mtn.Home, where he's doing valet parking. I go up and pick with him a coupla times a week.This morning, he asked what I'm going to sing. So, I started on "Good Woman Blues". He stopped me, and got to telling war stories, about you and him. He is quite a guy, and I would like to meet you someday.
Ted Hobbs
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| Love by Pastel Cowgirl
Such a simple four letter word!
Yet so complicated in its meaning.
It can be all encompassing,
Just on the verge of reality.
It can build up,
And bring new meaning to life.
It can take away the very breath we breath.
Love can give birth to other words, Hope, Trust, Belief.
In the wrong hands,
It can alter their very effect, Trample them down.
Love can destroy.
It seems to me
That love is the clay,
And we the potters
Peter Wuesslmann
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| Billy Don, I am a fellow Arkansas country musician from Batesville. I love your music! Keep up the hard work!
Shane Anderson
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| Hey Billy! Remember Diane and me from Riverside? (Moreno Valley CA) the last time we saw you was 95 or 96 at the songwriters fest at Flora-Bama. you had just put out Despertate Men. Great cuts as always. My favorite was Outskirts Of Desperate.Iif you ever come back this way , "the other LA" look us up. God bless you in your sucess. Love ya,
Dale, Di and kids
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| Hiya, Billy. Hope you're having fun in California and thanks again for all yout help and encouragement and for being there in the studio: Everytime I think about that nightI hear ... "I was there...I was there...When the Magic filled the air, man....I was there....If I had died after singing with Billy, hell, I wouldn't have cared...Cause I was there." You're awesome!
Patti Stevens:)
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I apologize to anyone who signed my guest book & it is no longer