Be Careful of Stones that You Throw

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"Be Careful of Stones that You Throw"
Single by Hank Williams aka Luke the Drifter
Released1952
RecordedJuly 11, 1952, Nashville
GenreCountry
Length2:57
LabelMGM
Songwriter(s)Bonnie Dodd
Producer(s)Fred Rose

"Be Careful of Stones that You Throw" is a song recorded by Hank Williams. It was written by Bonnie Dodd.

Background[]

Bonnie Dodd was a steel guitar player who wrote Tex Ritter's 1945 hit "You Will Have to Pay" and had been recording herself since 1937.[1] The cautionary "Be Careful of Stones that You Throw" was in the tradition of moralizing recitations that Williams was releasing under the Luke the Drifter name; the song recounts the heroic act of a young lady who is killed while saving a child from a passing car, the same child whose mother had previously ostracized her. It was recorded at Castle Studio in Nashville with Jerry Rivers (fiddle), Don Helms (steel guitar), and Harold Bradley (rhythm guitar), while it is speculated that Chet Atkins played lead guitar and Ernie Newton played bass.[2]

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References[]

  1. ^ Escott, Colin (2004). Hank Williams: The Biography. Back Bay. p. 345. ISBN 0-316-73497-7.
  2. ^ Escott, Colin (2004). Hank Williams: The Biography. Back Bay. p. 347. ISBN 0-316-73497-7.
  3. ^ "Be Careful of Stones That You Throw by "Little" Jimmy Dickens". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  4. ^ "The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens". AppleMusic. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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