Tall, Tall Trees ~ ~ ~ Gene Gamble Jr

Tall, Tall Trees ~ ~ ~ Gene Gamble Jr
Cover as recorded by: George Jones/Alan Jackson
Songwriters: George Jones & Roger Miller
Gene Gamble Jr ~ Singer/Songwriter 1976-2024
Audio: American Accompaniment Music Tracks,
Nashville Tennessee
Audio & video produced by McCarty Ln Studio, 1996/12-30-2023
in Rochester, IN.Show more

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"Tall, Tall Trees" is a song co-written by American singers George Jones and Roger Miller. Both singers recorded their own versions: Jones on his 1965 album Long Live King George, and Miller on his 1970 album A Trip in the Country. However, it was not until October 1995 that the song was released as a single, by Alan Jackson, as one of the newly recorded tracks for his 1995 compilation album The Greatest Hits Collection.

Jackson's cover was his eleventh Number One hit on the Billboard country charts. The song is an up-tempo track in which the narrator promises to his significant other that he will give her anything she desires, whether it be a "big limousine", a "great big mansion", or "tall, tall trees and all the water in the seas". In the liner notes for his Greatest hits album, Jackson wrote, "This is an old Roger Miller song I stumbled across. It's a real fun song with a Cajun feel. I've always been a big fan of Roger's and when it came time to record a couple of new songs for this greatest hits, I couldn't resist. After I recorded it, we found out that George Jones is a co-writer - I think George had even forgotten he'd written it. I'm proud to have the chance to record a song written by two of my favorites.