Oh, the Irony of it All
Re: Fred Thompson's run for the White House
Well, actually this post is more about Lorrie Morgan than Fred Thompson. The connection is that they once dated. First, some background information.
Lorrie Morgan is the daughter of the late George Morgan, a Grand Ole Opry star. She married Keith Whitley, a genuine country music master from Kentucky. (He wrote the song, "When You Say Nothing At All"). They divorced after a short marriage and he was so distraught that he drank himself to death. Literally. He died of acute alcohol poisoning. Ironic that his life and death would make a perfect country song. Actually, it did make a perfect country song. Vince Gill wrote and recorded "Go Rest High on That Mountain" as a tribute to Keith Whitley.
I don't know if it was before or after this marriage that Lorrie dated a fraternity brother of my college roommate. She broke his heart, too. He was well on his way to recovering from the heartbreak when he happened to see a Lorrie Morgan video on CMT. In the video, she was wearing a sweatshirt that this heartbroken fella had given her. In that one instant, his heart was broken all over again.
Again, I am unsure of the exact timeline, but after Lorrie's divorce from Keith, she dated Fred Thompson for a little while. I'm not even sure if he was a Senator at this time, but I think so.
And now, the irony: Lorrie had a number one song with "I'm Looking for Something in Red." Could she have been foreshadowing, that long ago, that Fred Thompson, a genuine red-stater, would be running for President? Does this mean she will vote for him?
Well, actually this post is more about Lorrie Morgan than Fred Thompson. The connection is that they once dated. First, some background information.
Lorrie Morgan is the daughter of the late George Morgan, a Grand Ole Opry star. She married Keith Whitley, a genuine country music master from Kentucky. (He wrote the song, "When You Say Nothing At All"). They divorced after a short marriage and he was so distraught that he drank himself to death. Literally. He died of acute alcohol poisoning. Ironic that his life and death would make a perfect country song. Actually, it did make a perfect country song. Vince Gill wrote and recorded "Go Rest High on That Mountain" as a tribute to Keith Whitley.
I don't know if it was before or after this marriage that Lorrie dated a fraternity brother of my college roommate. She broke his heart, too. He was well on his way to recovering from the heartbreak when he happened to see a Lorrie Morgan video on CMT. In the video, she was wearing a sweatshirt that this heartbroken fella had given her. In that one instant, his heart was broken all over again.
Again, I am unsure of the exact timeline, but after Lorrie's divorce from Keith, she dated Fred Thompson for a little while. I'm not even sure if he was a Senator at this time, but I think so.
And now, the irony: Lorrie had a number one song with "I'm Looking for Something in Red." Could she have been foreshadowing, that long ago, that Fred Thompson, a genuine red-stater, would be running for President? Does this mean she will vote for him?
posted by Michael Vernon at Thursday, October 04, 2007
2 Comments:
"If you think I won't go, watch me...oh, watch me...prove you wrong today..."
Love her music, but she is just a tornado leaving wreckage in her path.
She did not divorce keith Whitley. He died while they were married. He was the love of her life, and he had a drinking problem before they met. It is all in her book, "Forever Yours Faitfully: My Love Story".
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