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April 11, 2012

Faded Love – Fiddle Tune a Day – Day 101

To me, Faded love is the prototypical Bob Wills fiddle tune. It was one of the first Bob Wills style fiddle tunes I learned, and I still love playing it.  Hearing those first three chops DA, F#A, and AA puts me into that song immediately.

Do me a favor, and tell me your favorite Bob Wills tune at the bottom of this post. 🙂

 

 

Faded Love From Wikipedia

 The song was a major hit for Bob Wills and The Texas Playboys (MGM K10786) reaching #8 on the charts in 1950.[4] It became one of his signature songs.

“Faded Love” is a Western swing song written by Bob Wills, his father John Wills,[1] and his brother, Billy Jack Wills. The tune is considered to be an exemplar of the Western swing fiddle component of American fiddle. The melody came from an old fiddle tune Bob learned from his father, John Wills.[2][3] “Faded Love” is a sentimental song about lost love. The name comes from the refrain that follows each verse:

I remember our faded love.

Leon McAuliffe had two Top 40 hits with “Faded Love”, both reaching #22 (Cimarron 4057, 1962, and MGM 14249, 1971). The former was an instrumental version, and the latter rendition was a collaboration with Tompall & the Glaser Brothers.[5] Also in 1962, it was a modest hit for Jackie DeShannon, reaching #97 on the Billboard Pop chart.

The song had even greater success when Patsy Cline covered the song in 1963. Her version became a hit, reaching #7 on the U.S. Country charts and it reached #96 on the Pop charts. Due to the plane crash that ended Cline’s life, it was never released on an album. Instead, it was released on Patsy Cline’s Greatest Hits, a compilation album in 1967. Cline’s version was originally intended to be the title cut yielded from what turned out to be the last recording sessions before her death.

 

Faded Love Lyrics

As I read the letters that you wrote to me
Well it’s you, it’s you that I?m thinking of
As I read the lines that to me were so sweet
I remember our faded love

I miss you darlin’ more and more everyday
As heaven would miss the stars above
With every heartbeat, I still think of you
And remember our faded love

As I think of the past, all the pleasures that we had
As I watch the mating of the doves
It was in the springtime that you said goodbye
I remember our faded love

I miss you darlin’ more and more everyday
As heaven would miss the stars above
With every heartbeat, I still think of you
And remember our faded love

Article by Vi Wickam / Fiddle Tune a Day, Fiddling, Videos / album, billy jack wills, bob wills and the texas playboys, Faded, fiddle, fiddle tunes, glaser brothers, leon mcauliffe, MGM, Song, western swing fiddle 30 Comments

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  1. Junior Daugherty says

    April 11, 2012 at 7:28 pm

    The instrumental "Silver Lake Blues" has always been one of my favorites. I do a rendition of Faded Love in D, walk it up to A and play Maidens Prayer.

    Reply
    • Blaine Sprouse says

      April 15, 2012 at 1:43 am

      Hey Junior, I do that same arrangement, it works great, Faded Love in D, then walk-up to E and play Maiden's Prayer in A.

      Reply
  2. Lee Sultemeier says

    April 11, 2012 at 2:16 pm

    I love “Great big Taters in the sandyland”

    Reply
  3. John L. Blevins says

    April 11, 2012 at 11:31 pm

    I like "Silver Lake Blues".

    Reply
  4. John L. Blevins says

    April 11, 2012 at 11:31 pm

    I like "Silver Lake Blues".

    Reply
  5. Donald L. Diehl says

    April 12, 2012 at 2:04 am

    Maiden's Prayer

    Reply
  6. Paul Harty says

    April 12, 2012 at 1:02 pm

    Faded Love is also my favorite.

    Reply
    • William A Perry says

      April 12, 2012 at 5:43 pm

      Yes, — Love the song.–

      Reply
  7. John Beland says

    April 13, 2012 at 2:40 pm

    I think Faded Love was developed from the older "Lilly Dale". Wills played both.

    Reply
  8. Jay Smith says

    May 11, 2012 at 4:41 pm

    I grew up in south Texas listing to this music, and my favorite is still Faded Love! Thanks.

    Reply
  9. Sharon Yuen says

    May 8, 2013 at 4:59 am

    There’s Big Rock in the Road. I loved that song and the image of life that it portrayed. I haven’t heard it in years. I still have the old 78 my parents played when I was a kid.

    Reply
    • Vi Wickam says

      May 8, 2013 at 5:51 am

      Cool Story, Sharon. Thanks for Sharing. 🙂

      Reply
  10. Pam says

    September 20, 2013 at 6:28 am

    You already covered it, San Antonio Rose!

    Reply
    • Vi Wickam says

      September 22, 2013 at 8:38 am

      That’s another good Bob Wills tune. I covered a number of Bob Wills Tunes in Fiddle Tune a Day. 🙂

      Reply
  11. Nathan Bingham says

    December 6, 2013 at 1:46 pm

    There are so many, I'd have to lean towards "Maidens Prayer". "Faded Love", "Panhandle Rag" and "Cherokee Maiden" rank right up there. I think that one of the most soulful songs that he ever did was "No Disappointment in Heaven". I am the proud owner of a 78 rpm copy of "Faded Love" and that version will forever be ingrained in my mind and how it is supposed to sound.

    Reply
  12. Shirley says

    December 8, 2013 at 11:15 am

    Faded Love is my favorite, but San Antonio Rose and La Golandrina (spelling?) are close seconds.I enjoy all of Bob Wills.

    Reply
    • Vi Wickam says

      December 15, 2013 at 3:15 pm

      I have a lot of Bob Wills tunes I enjoy. I think Miss Molly is probably my favorite tune, but I also like Faded Love and many of the others. It’s really interesting to find out what the origins of these tunes is before Bob Wills. 🙂

      Reply
  13. Vi Wickam says

    December 15, 2013 at 10:20 pm

    Cherokee Maiden is a great one. You just reminded me of There'll be no Sagebrush in Heaven – a great tune by the Sons of the Pioneers. I really love so many of those old Cowboy and Western Swing Tunes.

    Reply
  14. Burley Herrin says

    February 8, 2014 at 6:43 pm

    Maiden's Prayer

    Reply
  15. Vi Wickam says

    February 8, 2014 at 11:16 pm

    Hi Burley, Maiden's Prayer is posted here:

    https://www.vithefiddler.com/maidens-prayer-fiddle-tune-a-day-day-37/

    It's one of my favorites too.

    Reply
  16. Vi Wickam says

    February 8, 2014 at 11:16 pm

    Hi Burley, Maiden's Prayer is posted here:

    https://www.vithefiddler.com/maidens-prayer-fiddle-tune-a-day-day-37/

    It's one of my favorites too.

    Reply
  17. Della Pitchard says

    September 11, 2014 at 3:40 pm

    I like Time Changes Everything and Misery

    Reply
  18. Della Pitchard says

    September 11, 2014 at 3:40 pm

    I like Time Changes Everything and Misery

    Reply
  19. Vi Wickam says

    September 11, 2014 at 4:01 pm

    Della Pitchard Time Changes Everything is a pretty one for sure. 🙂

    Reply
  20. Michael Friedman says

    June 4, 2016 at 7:02 pm

    Splendid song and excellent musical performance !

    Reply
  21. Michael Friedman says

    June 4, 2016 at 7:05 pm

    Splendid tune and excellent musical performance !

    Reply
  22. Johnny Johnson says

    September 3, 2016 at 9:46 am

    Maiden’s Prayer, San Antonio Rose learned from Randy Elmore.
    Itzhak Perlman went to the Cow Palace in preparation for his performance that night. The guard told him he had to go in through the side entrance. With indignation he told the guard he was Itzach Perlman and he would go in the front door. The guard said, “I don’t care if you are Bob Wills, you will use the side door!”

    Reply
    • Vi Wickam says

      September 7, 2016 at 8:58 am

      Wow. That is an interesting piece of music lore. Thanks for sharing.

      Vi

      Reply
  23. Raymond says

    September 14, 2019 at 8:14 am

    great version…Blue bonnet lane is a pretty tune

    Reply
    • Vi Wickam says

      September 16, 2019 at 9:14 am

      Thanks, Raymond! 😀

      Reply

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