Rodney J. Crowell (born August 7, 1950) is a American country music singer/songwriter who is considered to be part of both the alternative country and the mainstream country music camps. For three years he was part of Emmylou Harris' "Hot Band"; later he gained mainstream popularity as a solo performer with a series of critcally-claimed albums released during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Crowell was born in Houston, Texas to James Walter Crowell and Addie Cauzette Willoughby.
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GCG There was a California earthquake in the year of '83 EmGAD It shook the living daylights out of the Owens County Seat GCG There weren't a building still left standing when the dust had cleared away EmGDG Just a rumble in the distance all the way to San Andrea
Sherman Buck was driving his old mule into town When a big one came and shook so hard that it knocked him to the ground Lord there opened up a hole so big he thought his time was up Lord it swallowed up that poor old mule and it just missed Sherman Buck
Chorus: CG California earthquake you just don't know what you've done EmAD We may fall off in the ocean, Lord you'll never make us run GCG You're a partner of the devil, Lord we ain't afraid of him EmGDG We'll build ourselves another town so you can tear it down again
Then came the quake of '99 that levelled Mission Creek The earth was like an ocean churning with waves of twenty feet Lord it sounded like a thousand trains were screaming underground Clean across to San Joachim they heard that mournful sound
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Then came one day the holocaust Lord on rocks of Franciso Bay Miles of walls came down like old Jericho that day Might near everything the earthquake missed a holy fire consumed Just left 'em smoke and the ashes of the dreams that can't be ruined