Friday, November 8, 2019

Sunday, February 10, 2019

Billy Lee Ackerley, I Want To Love You Every Night

I Want To Love You Every Night, is on Billy Lee Ackerley's Space Age Cowboy album. He wrote it between 1983 and 1986 at his BigHorn Wyoming home. It took about 20 minutes to write. Billy recorded, produced, published, and copyrighted it. It has been very popular at dances and in shows Billy performed in. It's more of a bluegrass type song. And only has 2 chords, which throws off most musicians who play it with Billy. 

Sunday, September 16, 2018

Billy Lee Ackerley, The Bus

Billy Lee Ackerley wrote The Bus in 1979,  when he was riding a bus back to Wyoming from Boise, Idaho, where he had to leave his girl friend behind. Later he revised the lyrics to make a better song that people could understand and relate to. He learned that a good song is usually based on experience with a little fiction added to improve the story.
 In 1986, Billy recorded the song on his Space Age Cowboy album that he recorded in Nashville with "Whisperin' Bill" Anderson's band which was named The Po Folks Band.
 The Bus was written, recorded, published, and copyrighted by Billy Lee Ackerley. 

Monday, August 20, 2018

Billy Lee Ackerley, Tell Mommy I love Her

Tell Mommy I Love Her, was written by Billy Lee Ackerley between 1983 and 1992. He recorded it on his Billy Lee Ackerley Now and Then album, which was recorded in Wyoming. He produced, published, and copyrighted it. It is about a man who no longer has his wife and daughter. And he tells his daughter he still loves her mother. It has been popular, and is a good dance song. 

Saturday, May 12, 2018

Billy Lee Ackerley's Roughneck Song

The Roughneck Song, by Billy Lee Ackerley, was recorded for his The Beginning album. Later, it was also included on his Space Age Cowboy album, which was recorded in Nashville with Whisperin Bill Anderson's band. Billy wrote it in 1982, and it is about his experiences in the oil patch when he was a motor man. A hard job, but one he liked. The song was recorded, published, produced, and copyrighted by Billy Lee Ackerley. It is one of his favorites, and is popular with roughnecks.