Matraca Berg - Eat at Joes

[@davidparnell1893]

Wow...what a remarkable talent...a beautiful name...an artist that maintained the best of country music when industry CEO's were dumbing down the artistry and feeling of the lyrics promoting a few drugstore cowboys over true poets with beautiful voices that touched the soul.

[@CharlesBrown-dd8vz]

If ever there was a film noir song, this is it! Love it.

[@jezebeljones659]

Wow, I did not know about this one! Fabulous swing band arrangement! Love Matraca...

[@Grinnygog1975]

Thanks for posting this! This performance is from Autumn 1991 on TNN's "Nashville Now" and I think it's better than the studio recording! The instrumentation is superb & I've never seen Matraca perform better live! The whole performance is so playful & you can tell everyone was having a blast. I love that Matraca changed the lyric from "Frank Taylor" to "Ralph Emery" to poke fun at the host of the show...he always mispronounced her name and I thought was quite rude to her.

[@rpm4565]

Wow. Just saw Matraca on Delbert McClinton's cruise and she's changed just a little bit...at least in presentation. Still great voice, writing, and that same sense of humor. Thanks for the post. We outside of Nashville and these shows miss so much talent.

[@charleshall5299]

Great. Country. Singer

[@jeffburnes2121]

She is so pretty

[@davidluck1678]

also a terrific songwriter. Patty Loveless got several hits via Matraca's words. Berg's own singing is effective too, tho a bit breathless.

[@maritamcnichol8849]

That"s the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band singing harmony.

[@c.shearin5814]

Is one of the backup singers Jimmy Dale Gilmore? And who's the midget on the piano?

[@richardhunt7067]

fantastic what a way to spend 3.25 minutes of your life life affirming stuff