HIGH-TECH REDNECK

(Byron Hill & Zack Turner)

Recorded by George Jones, MCA Records, 1993

Zack Turner and I wrote some of our best songs either in my kitchen or on the front porch of the small house he and his family lived in at the time on Colorado Avenue.  We never let our writing get above our "Carolina boy" raising.  This was a fun one to write and a real thrill to have recorded by such a legend.  Both Zack (N4ZFM) and I (KD4KMQ) are licensed amateur radio operators ("hams").  We drew from some of that radio knowledge while writing the lyrics.  We even included "Ronnie Milsap" in the lyrics.  Ronnie (WB4KCG) is a "ham".  Unrelated to this song, it might be interesting to some to mention that Patty Loveless (KD4WUJ), her husband and producer Emory Gordy, Jr. (W4WRO), are "hams" and the late and great Chet Atkins (WA4CZD).  Are we on to something here?

[LISTEN TO A SAMPLE OF GEORGE JONES' VERSION]

HIGH-TECH REDNECK (Hill/Turner)

HE’S GOT THIRTEEN CHANNELS OF WRESTLING

COMIN’ IN STRONG FROM A SATELLITE SEND

A TWO HUNDRED FUNCTION REMOTE CONTROL

BIG SCREEN TV WITH STEREO

FOOTBALL BASEBALL NASCAR TOO

WITH PICTURE IN A PICTURE IT'S ALL IN VIEW

AND IF IT COMES ON JUST A LITTLE TOO LATE

WITH HIS VCR’S HE'LL GET IT ON TAPE

HE'S A HIGH-TECH REDNECK

MAYBERRY MEETS STARTREK

HE'S A BUMPKIN'

BUT HE'S PLUGGED IN

HE'S A HIGH-TECH REDNECK

HE’S GOT TWENTY SUB-WOOFERS IN THE BACK OF HIS TRUCK

A THOUSAND WATTS OF POWER AND HE KEEPS IT CRANKED UP

HE AIN'T INTO HIP HOP HE AIN'T INTO RAP

HE LIKES TO RATTLE THEM SPEAKERS WITH RONNIE MILSAP

CD CASSETTE DIGITAL TAPE

CB RADAR AND SCANNIN’ SHORT WAVE

AND IF HE NEEDS TO TALK TO HIS HONEY AT HOME

HE JUST DIALS UP HER NUMBER ON HS CELLULAR PHONE

© 1993 Brother Bart Music (ASCAP)/Universal-MCA Music Publishing, A division of Universal Studios (ASCAP)/Songs Of Peer, Ltd. (ASCAP)/Coburn Music, Inc. (BMI) Used by Permission. International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved.