Country Night

Release: Jun. 1983 -
Label: "CREATIVE ENGINEERING CWST0110-11783 COUNTRY SHOWTAPE LOW SPEED TAILWOUND 110783"
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Country Night is a Rock-afire Explosion showtape released in ShowBiz Pizza Place locations in June 1983.

Potential Revision

An “Appearing Now” insert card containing most of the segments of the show would be found. This card however contains the segments “Banana Hill” and “Roast Beef Sandwich and a Pizza”. For locations that would recieve a Klunk the next month, the Uncle Klunk Showtape would contain both of these songs. It is not clear if this card is intended for this tape however.

Segment List

  1. Segment 1
    1. ‘Monkeyman Chewing Tobacco Skit’
    2. ‘Redneck Friend’
  2. Segment 2
    1. ‘Country Bird Songs Skit’
    2. ‘Country Medley’
      1. ‘Come On In’
      2. ‘Heaven’s Just a Sin Away’
      3. ‘Good Hearted Woman’
      4. ‘Hey Good Lookin’'
      5. ‘Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places’
      6. ‘Proud To Be A Rebel’
      7. ‘Act Naturally’
      8. ‘Mountain Music’
  3. Segment 3
    1. ‘Jackson Intro Skit’
    2. ‘Jackson’
  4. Segment 4
    1. ‘You Never Even Call Me By My Name’
  5. Segment 5
    1. ‘Dixie Down Intro Skit’
    2. ‘The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down’
  6. Segment 6
    1. ‘Presidential Skit’
    2. ‘Guitarzan’
  7. Segment 7
    1. ‘Desperado’
  8. Segment 8
    1. ‘Stranded In The Jungle’
  9. Segment 9
    1. ‘Swingin Intro Skit’
    2. ‘Swingin’
  10. Segment 10
    1. ‘Sixteen Tons Intro Skit’
    2. ‘Sixteen Tons’

References

  1. https://youtu.be/mBeAZ_AT0Gg?si=PTnS8IrEzdnc_EI5
Now Appearing insert card for an unknown show, likely Country Night
Now Appearing insert card for an unknown show, likely Country Night (Oct. 15, 2024)
(Oct. 20, 2024)

The Night They Drove Ol Dixie Down

    Billy Bob:

    Ok everybody, we’re gonna slow things down now just a little bit, and now- and we’re gonna- and Beach bears gonna sing- ugh. Sorry

    [Billy Bob’s curtains close then open again]

    Billy Bob:

    Ok. We’re gonna slow things down now just a little bit and Beach Bear’s gonna sing a song that’s very special to all of us with Dixie little- with a little- Dixie- if you got a little- are you-. Do it again? Ok.

    [Billy Bob’s curtains close and open again]

    Billy Bob:

    Ok everybody, we’re gonna slow things down now just a little bit and Beach Bear’s gonna sing a song that’s very special to all of us. And if it’s not real real special to you, you’re gonna have to listen to it anyway because it’s the next song coming up. So I hope it means something to you, even if it don’t mean a thing to you! Cause- because this is the third time I’ve tried this introduction and I’m not gonna do it again ok? So this song tells the story of a tired and disenchanted rebel who stood and sadly watched as- I am gonna have to do this one again? No? Ok, uh, a rebel soldier who stood and sadly watched as the last glimpse of a dying dream faded away. How’s that guys?

    [Song: The Night They Drove Ol’ Dixie Down]

    Beach Bear: (Singing)

    Virgil Kane is the name

    And I served on the Danville train

    ‘Till Stoneman’s cavalry came

    And tore up the tracks again

    In the winter of ‘65

    We were hungry, just barely alive

    By May the 10th, Richmond had fell

    It’s a time I remember, oh so well

    All: (Singing)

    The night they drove old Dixie down

    Beach Bear: (Singing)

    And all the bells were ringing

    All: (Singing)

    The night they drove old Dixie down

    Beach Bear: (Singing)

    And all the people were singing

    All: (Singing)

    They said, “Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na”

    Beach Bear: (Singing)

    Back with my wife in Tennessee

    When one day she said to me

    “Virgil, quick, come see,

    There goes Robert E. Lee!”

    Now, I don’t mind chopping wood

    And I don’t care if the money’s no good

    You take what you need

    And you leave the rest

    But they should never

    Have taken the very best

    All: (Singing)

    The night they drove old Dixie down

    Beach Bear: (Singing)

    And all the bells were ringing

    All: (Singing)

    The night they drove old Dixie down

    Beach Bear: (Singing)

    And all the people were singing

    All: (Singing)

    They went, “Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na”

    Beach Bear: (Singing)

    Like my father before me

    I will work the land

    And like my brother above me

    I took a rebel stand

    Well He was just 18, proud and brave

    But a Yankee laid him in his grave

    I swear by the mud below my feet

    You can’t raise a Kane back up

    When he’s in defeat

    All: (Singing)

    The night they drove old Dixie down

    Beach Bear: (Singing)

    And all the bells were ringing

    All: (Singing)

    The night they drove old Dixie down

    Beach Bear: (Singing)

    And all the people were singing

    All: (Singing)

    “Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na”

    All: (Singing)

    The night they drove old Dixie down

    Beach Bear: (Singing)

    And all the bells were ringing

    All: (Singing)

    The night they drove old Dixie down

    Beach Bear: (Singing)

    And all the people were singing

    All: (Singing)

    The night they drove old Dixie down

    Beach Bear: (Singing)

    And all the bells were ringing

    All: (Singing)

    The night they drove old Dixie down

    Beach Bear: (Singing)

    And all the people were singing

    All: (Singing)

    The night they drove old Dixie down

    Beach Bear: (Singing)

    And all the bells were ringing

    All: (Singing)

    The night they drove old Dixie down

    Beach Bear: (Singing)

    Yeeeeeeeaaaaaaah!

    All: (Singing)

    “Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na”