Born to poor sharecroppers, one of eleven children in Sledge, Mississippi, Pride is a timeless everyman, revered by his musical peers and adored by countless millions of fans around the globe. Charley Pride unofficially started his music career in the late 1950s as a ballplayer with the Negro American Leagueâ€™s Memphis Red Sox singing and playing guitar on the team bus between ballparks. Self-taught on a guitar bought at the age 14 from Sears Roebuck, Pride would join various bands' onstage as he and the team roved the country. After a tryout with the New York Mets, Pride decided to return to his Montana home via Nashville. It was there he met Jack Johnson, who upon hearing the singer perform, sent him on his way with the promise of a management contract and a newly forged relationship that would last for over a decade.
last.fm page

Similar Artists

(Is Anybody Going To) San Antone Lyrics

Charley Pride

Is Anybody Going To San Antone?
Rain dripping off the brim of my hat
Is sure is cold today
Anâ€™ here I am walking down Sixty Six
Wish she hadnâ€™t done me that way
Sleeping under a table in a roadside park
A man could wake up dead
But it sure seems warmer than it did
Sleeping in our king sized bed
Chorus:
Is anybody going to San Antone
Or Phoenix, Arizona
Any place is all right as long as I
Can forget Iâ€™ve ever known here
Wind whipping down the neck of my shirt
Like I ainâ€™t got nothing on
But Iâ€™d rather fight the wind and rain
Than what Iâ€™ve been fighting at home
Yonder comes a truck with the U.S. Mail
People writing letters back home
Tomorrow sheâ€™ll probably want me back
But Iâ€™ll be just as gone
(Repeat chorus)
Any place is all right as long as I
Can forget Iâ€™ve ever known her