Smiley Bates Bringing Mary Home

[@ronmercer6880]

Had the pleasure of playing with Smiley in my old friend Garnet Ashs house in the 70 s He was a great guitarist, and gave me hell for playing too fast...lol...Glad to say I knew the man....

[@MrDavelyons]

l met him a couple of times at a reunion or birthday for a couple years east of Huntsville Ontario, the other side of the park, he was a legend. but you had to listen or the guitar was put away

[@pstreetgarage7304]

Love this song. His version is my favorite

[@robc3869]

40+ years ago dad would play this over and over on the 8 track in the car. Here I am today playing it for him on his death bed. I love you dad

[@aaronbyrne1671]

Smileys bates done the best version of this song red sovine wrote this song and sang this but smileys was from Ontario Canada this is one of saddest songs i heard in my live this song was wrote about the parents in Ohio about there daughter i see a interview with red sovine talk about why he wrote this song it was about people who he new and he wrote a real life song and all the words in this song were right there was 13 people who pick mary up took her home this kind of thing does happen in the world .thanks smileys bates for excellent job of this song and for red sovine writing the real thing that happens And you did a beautiful job singing this song A1 for both men Easter 2021

[@wiliamkirkpatrick1532]

Great country singer RIP Smiley. BK

[@pardieupopper339]

Smiley does a nice version of this haunting old song. Thanks for posting.

[@tooez90]

This song gives me goosebumps. I remember listening to this on vinyl in the 70's at my parents. Awesome song , thanks so much for posting it!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@staceyjessogreen4629]

I am 45 years old but I have to say Smiley Bates brings back many great memories.My fiance is 55 and he is just not into this music.I remember on Saturdays here in Corner Brook,Newfoundland,Canada,myself and my Dad would dance in our kitchen to his songs.We would also dance to Hank Williams Sr,Hank Snow,Johnny Cash,Merle Haggard and Gene Watson.I also loved Johnny Horton.Whenever I hear these songs,great memories would surface which would bring a smile to my face and tears to my eyes,remembering my Dad and all the good times we would have.I also remember my friends would all go to the mall on Saturday afternoon but I didn't and the reason was I just wanted to stay home and dance with my Dad.Some of my friends would find that it was weird and some did not.The ones who did laugh at me are the ones today that when we see each other they always say they wish they had those times back so they could spend some time doing something with their parents.I miss my Dad so much and I still love listening to the old Country Music Stars.Sorry I need a tissue.

[@grovelover]

Stacey Jesso Green that is my kind of music. You have great taste. I'm glad to heat you like smiley.

[@staceyjessogreen4629]

grovelover thank you.The oldies are always the best.

[@grovelover]

Stacey Jesso Green might i add, beautiful woman as well 😙

[@staceyjessogreen4629]

grovelover thank you again for the compliment.

[@grovelover]

Stacey Jesso Green do you live in Ontario?

[@gary9111]

Smiley was the best , and so he's gone ,he's still entertaining us , now you play for the angles RIP

[@rollandemarie74]

smilly bates gave us many great songs ,,i love them ,,play them ,,,,thank you for letting me listen and share

[@singersmall]

When I was about 8 years old, I lived in Kirkland Lake. The television station there had a childrens' program on Saturdays called "Kiddies On Camera" My mother would dress me up, do my hair and take be down there to sing. Smiley Bates would back up anyone that wanted to sing with his guitar. I'll never forget this, it was 60 years ago.

[@jimfrederick6130]

I had the great fortune of playing with him at two festivals. Powassan Fiddling contest and Shelburne. I played 5 string Banjo and met him in the park where he asked me to join him on stage. Was an amazing feeling to be on stage with him and i still remember the smile he gave me when I played a break in one of the tunes. Thank you Sir, for the memories!!

[@maryweldon5505]

I really like Smiley Bates I think he was a wonderful singer hey lady my mom knows new :-) very well saying with him and also visited him and all that kind of stuff I thought the song Bringing Mary home was one of my favorites of his butt though sometimes it can make you cry it is hard to believe some of these singers are gone now but they are always a legend in our hearts and in our lives I hope that his music will go on forever just like many others

[@craigwillcott8670]

Thank you so much from bringing back old memories from listening to the old record player.

[@kennethyoungs1331]

This song is great I love the acoustic playing

[@angietorrie5163]

GREAT MUSIC :) Such great music .. My Moms favorite . ..RIP MOM

[@stevebatesOfficial]

Great version 👌

[@randychicoine3434]

Thus is me and my dad music love jus amazing im a guitar picker because of smiley

[@malcolmmacneil3503]

I remember smiley fondly as. he use to stay with us back in the day I miss the late night sing alongs

[@patcoutts478]

my dad worked with him briefly in northern ont his brother came to our house for a night or two in the late 70s he could play guitar a bit but they both would rather drink and im afraid it was the last time i saw either of them as i went awayto the army rip all of you

[@wilfredheggart647]

my dad worked with you rob the air track when you ran over the dyanmite and the big rock through the house and reversing the battery cables on the alatanater

[@bettystephenson7094]

great version thanks for the share

[@teasym2762]

i lovr this song this is my favourate

[@ToxicReality420]

Everytime I listen to smiley I can’t help it but wish I was born in the older generations. I’m 19😔

[@frandeg]

I love his songs, got many cassettes.

[@victorsavard4471]

For what "IT" is worth, "I" would be happy to shake hands with him again someday in Heaven. R.I.P.

[@milesarra8860]

thank you for posting

[@patsyrobbins4596]

i'm from kirkland lake i was 1 of his girlfriends and my husband of 50 years was his best friend,

[@patsyrobbins4596]

terry deschamps aka theresa dumouchel

[@wilfredheggart647]

i found 2 of his records

[@ThatCanadianGuyvvv]

It would be nice to meet you patsy

[@ruthedwards3061]

beautiful

[@laurencefidhburn1845]

This is a good version. RIP Grandpa Dehart. If anyone reads my comment. Grandpa Dehart used to take me to bluegrass fiddle contests in the 1990s. He died on June 11, 1997. I was the last person to see him alive. I woke him up as he was sleeping and left his house after about 1:30pm. My grandma came home an hour later and he was dead. I always beleived I scared him when I woke him up and killed him. I still beleive it. My family all went to hell, after he died. I never married or had chikdren. If there was anyone I ever actually did love, it was him.

[@marymortimer3663]

Smiley bates was a very good singer as i understand it he has been dead for quite a no of years i think he might of lived in ont canada at one time not sure where he was born but it could be some where in the maritimes

[@grovelover]

yes I'm not sure where he was born, but I do know he lived in bent river Ontario.

[@tooez90]

Smiley Bates was born Harvey Bates in Kirkland Lake Ontario in 1937 and died in Bent River Ontario in 1997. A lot of people seem to think he was born in the maritimes, I don't know why.

[@Garr1984]

tooez90 I would guess that people think Smiley Bates was a Maritimer because his music was always very popular down east. Smiley's Idol, Hank Snow, was from Nova Scotia, and Smiley's music always had that "Pure Country" sound that people in the Maritimes seem to love.

[@sue1065]

+Mary Mortimer Smiley Bates was a Canadian country singer, songwriter, and musician. He recorded over forty albums throughout his career and sold over three million records worldwide. Bates also performed on radio stations, CJKL-FM and CKJB. Wikipedia Born: October 16, 1937, Kirkland Lake Died: January 8, 1997, Ontario

[@ashleynave6082]

Susan Broomfield Mac Wiseman a blue Grass mucian I believed that wrote it. The song is based on a true event that happened somewhere in Arkansas. However there are probably similar stories or things like that really happened. it's a tear jerker.

[@grovelover]

I hope you enjoy the video's as much as i did posting them

[@grovelover]

i still have his vinyl lol, t shirts, baseball cap that says "The Smiley Bates Show". I hope you enjoy the video's as much as i did posting them

[@ginacasey8881]

John R I’d love to have a smiley collectible he was in my neck of the woods often when I was a kid

[@maryweldon5505]

That's right he did live in Canada

[@pizzlewig]

The Best

[@mackbullock1210]

nobody's child by smiley bates

[@mackbullock1210]

nobody's child

[@wilfredheggart647]

i have a mother joy nowell they were my adopted parents

[@stevewilliams7852]

I understand this. it's the drunkard's dream, I can't find my way home.

[@wilfredheggart647]

HI GUYS WILFFRED IS BACK

[@cherylwhite9361]

Post malone

[@patsyrobbins4596]

this is not patsy robbins this theresa dumouchel