Dave Kirby “IS ANYBODY GOIN’ TO SAN ANTONE” (Grave tribute)

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David Carroll Kirby “Dave” was born on July 10, 1938 in Brady, Texas and sadly passed away on April 17, 2004 in Branson, Missouri.✝️

Born in Brady, Texas but raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Dave Kirby moved to Nashville to become a songwriter.✍️????
But instead he earned a spot among the most prolific session guitarists for several years, playing on such records as Kenny Rogers' "Lucille," Dolly Parton's "Jolene" and Don Williams' "I Believe In You.”????

Kirby also fared well in his chosen passion, songwriting.
Among the tunes he created were Gene Watson's
"Memories to Burn," Johnny Cash & Waylon Jennings'
"There Ain't No Good Chain Gang" and the Grammy-nominated "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone?"

In 1967, Kirby and Glenn Martin wrote "(Is Anybody Going To) San Antone," but it was not recorded and released until 1970, when Charlie Pride took it to number one on the country charts, where it stayed for two weeks.????

This marked the beginning of an enormous run of success as a songwriter. Kirby penned over three hundred songs, including hits for Merle Haggard “Sidewalks of Chicago", George Jones and Tammy Wynette “God's Gonna Getcha For That” and George Strait “Leavin's Been Coming For A Long Long Time".

Among the countless others to record Kirby's compositions are Ray Charles, Moe Bandy, Norma Jean, Porter Wagoner, Johnny Russell, Texas Tornadoes, George Jones, Faron Young, Charley Walker, Johnny Rodriguez, Cal Smith, John Anderson, Kitty Wells, Razzy Bailey, Jo-El Sonnier, Curtis Potter, and Hank Thompson.❤️????

Throughout his astounding success as a session guitarist and hit songwriter, Kirby continued to record as a solo act for labels such as Boone, Heart Of Texas Records, Capitol, and Dimension.????

On Monument Records in 1969 Kirby had a minor hit with "Her and the Car and the Mobile Home." Dot Records released his album Writer, Singer, Picker in 1973.

In 1985 Dave Kirby married who I consider the queen of country music, Miss Leona Williams.❤️????????

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Dave Kirby is laid to rest at Vienna Public Cemetery in Vienna, Missouri.????

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