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After WW-II fMILIES FROM THE POOR OUTER ISLANDS OFF OKINAWA WERE FORCED TO SEND THEIR DAUGHTERS TO THE BIG ISLAND,
johnny cash jim cook taylor mckinnon ralph dennington jetty swallow keepin it country the victors every thing i do turns to
Jim Cook and the TaylorMACs is bade up of experionced and capable country musicians, who not only play good dance music but intertain the audience by their capr
Jim Cook and the TaylorMACs have been recording since the year 2000, and have produced three albums. The first being "Keeping it Country", a 12 song album of original songs written by Jim Cook, Ray Cook, and Taylor McKinnon. The Band Plays regularly at local VFW Posts and American Legion Posts, as well as local dance halls such as the "silver spur". Records are offered for sale on CD Baby.com, and Jetspeedrecords.com as well as statuerecords.com and Tricopolisrecords.com The music is hard core traditional country. Lead guitar player is the great Jerry Swallow. Jim Cook sings all the original somgs. Steel guitar is by Ken Curtis, formerly with the "sons of the pioneers".
Song Info
Genre
Country • Traditional Country
Charts
Peak #138
Peak in subgenre #26
Author
Van D. Simmons and Taylor McKinnon
Rights
library of congress
Uploaded
August 12, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.5 MB • 128 kbps • 3:47
Story behind the song
After WW-II poorer families from the smaller islands off okinawa wereforced to send their doughters to trhe big island to work as bar hosteses so as to send money home. Some of these drifted into prostitution, Sad.
Lyrics
Okinawa women, you cant trust em, okinawa women,you cant adjust em,to be like the girls back home. So theill lie and call you honey, take all your money, lawdy law thats wrong.
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