Title: I Guess You Had To Be There Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Aug 20, 2011 Author:Lorrie Morgan Post Date:2011-08-20 21:04:51 by James Deffenbach Keywords:None Views:354 Comments:16
"I Guess You Had To Be There" to understand why Keith Whitley drank himself to death.
I always suspected that they kept their unhappiness a secret the way they do in Nashville unless the cops are called along with the tow truck to pull George Jones' car out of the bedroom.
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"Morgan is known for her turbulent personal life—she told Larry King in a July 2004 interview that "drama is something that lets you know you're still alive."[2]
She has a daughter, Morgan, from her first marriage to Ron Gaddis, a former bass player in George Jones' band; they were married for only a brief time from 1979 to 1980. She has a son, Jesse Keith Whitley (b. 1987) with her second husband, Keith Whitley. That marriage lasted from 1986 until his death in 1989. After that marriage, she had a lengthy involvement with Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman. In 1991, she married a one-time bus driver for Clint Black named Brad Thompson; they divorced in 1993.
Morgan was also romantically linked from 1994 to 1996 with Fred Thompson, the politician/actor. In her autobiography Forever Yours, Faithfully: My Love Story, Morgan describes their relationship:
"It was great to go out with an older man [Thompson] who was very successful on his own. . . . For a while, I enjoyed my first exposure to politics. It was interesting to hear about political conversations, and people even began talking about Fred as a potential president. . . . I put myself to the task of being a great companion to a stimulating and important man, and as a result I became boring. . . . I had to stop and think about the political implications of everything before I uttered a word in public. . . . For a while, I wanted to marry Fred, but I knew he could not accept me as I am."[3]
In 1996 Morgan married Jon Randall, a singer/songwriter now credited with writing the 2004 Brad Paisley/Alison Krauss hit "Whiskey Lullaby"; they divorced three years later in 1999. She married her fifth husband, singer Sammy Kershaw, on September 29, 2001. That marriage lasted six years. Citing irreconcilable differences, she filed for divorce on October 23, 2007.[4]
In October 2008, Morgan filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, citing up to $10 million in liabilities while listing her own assets as valued between $500,000 and $1 million.[5]
In 2010 Morgan will perform on Broadway in the show Pure Country. She will play Lula, the manager of the lead character Dusty, played by fellow country artist Joe Nichols.
On September 15, 2010, Morgan married her sixth husband, Randy White, in a beach side ceremony."
Poor Keith was just a simply country boy and I suspect that Lorrie was why he couldn't whip his demon.
good grief, this Morgan broad, whoever she is, never heard of her or most of her 'husbands', led one f'd up life, that is for sure. eegads! Just reading over her bio reveals she is a tormented soul. only a torured tormented person would do all that.
good grief, this Morgan broad, whoever she is, never heard of her or most of her 'husbands', led one f'd up life, that is for sure. eegads! Just reading over her bio reveals she is a tormented soul. only a torured tormented person would do all that.
I didn't know who she or Keith Whitley was until I took a full time gig as a country lead guitarist (first time ever in the three chord end of the biz) back around 1996 I guess. (The old joke is "a plumber is an electrician with his brains blown out" and that was exactly how I felt. A skilled pro with rock-jazz chops and the only challenges for me were the solos played by great studio session players.)
As soon as I watched her sing (on CMT and VH1 Country) she left me cold, and her history (which you and I both just learned) validated what I've felt since I discovered her. All I knew was that she was Keith Whitley's surviving spouse and his death was the best thing that ever happened to her career. I watched her vids and read between the lines and they were intended to elicit sympathy but they had the opposite effect. But some of the "feller musicians I visited in trailers set way back off the road" and their barefoot hillbilly wives fell for it hook, line and sinker. I gotta give credit where its due. Them Nashtown producers sure know their targeted dimmergraffic.