did you ever notice in music what calibers they mention

[Trigger Mike]

seems whenever songs mention pistols they mention the 44 or the 45. I don't recall where someone in a song went to their truck to get their 9mm. i might have missed them but don't recall it

[PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L]

Lynyrd Skynyrd "Saturday Night Special" mentions ".38 holes"

 

Google "9mm"...it's the name of a rap "song"...also mentioned in a few others.

(NOT my kind of music!)

 

[Subdeacon Joe]

Got a .32 gun in my pocket for fun.

[Skid Roper]

Hard to rhyme things with "millimeter".

 

Plus "I've got a Colt 45, right by my side" sounds a lot tougher than "here's a .380 I swiped from my lady".

[Ramblin Gambler]

He did say 'music'. Doesn't that disqualify rap from the discussion?

[Trigger Mike]

rap is music like banging on a pot and pan is

[Alpo]

There's an old rhythm and blues song called 32/20 Blues.

 

 

 

I sent for my baby, and she don't come
I sent for my baby, man, and she don't come
All the doctors in Hot Springs sure can't help her none
And if she gets unruly, thinks she don't want do
If she gets unruly, and thinks she don't want do
Take my 32-20, and cut her half in two
She got a thirty-eight special, but I believe it's most too light
She got a thirty-eight special, but I believe it's most too light
I got a 32-20, got to make the camps alright
If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
If I send for my baby, man, and she don't come
All the doctors in Hot Springs sure can't help her none
I'm gonna shoot my pistol, gonna shoot my Gatlin' gun
I'm gonna shoot my pistol, gonna shoot my Gatlin' gun
You made me love you, now your man have come
Aw baby, where you stay last night?
Ah baby, where you stay last night?
You got your hair all tangled, and you ain't talkin' right
Got a thirty-eight special, boys, it do very well
Got a thirty-eight special, boys, it do very well
I Got a 32-20 now, and it's a burnin --
If I send for my baby, man and she don't come
If I send for my baby, man and she don't come
All the doctors in West Memphis sure can't help her none
Hey hey baby, where you stay last night
Hey hey baby, where you stayed last night
You didn't come home until the sun was shinin bright
Ah boys, I just can't take my rest
Ah boys, I just can't take my rest
With this 32-20 layin up and down my breast

[Skid Roper]

Here's one from "The Legend of Jesse James" that mentions both .36 AND .44-40:

 

 

The rest of the album is great, as well; a country "rock opera" of sorts chronicling the life and times of Frank and Jesse starring Levon Helm from the Band and Johnny Cash, plus many others.

[Trigger Mike]

well alright then, i just listen to the wrong tunes. :-)

[Utah Bob #35998]

I believe the law all says rap songs must contain at least one 9mm reference.

Of course some people would argue that is not music.

 

I would be one of those people.

[Alpo]

I have heard of some that do not mention "mah nine". They get "mah fo-tay". And occasionally "mah GEE-lock".

[Rye Miles #13621]

http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/lloyd_price/stagger_lee.html

 

 

http://www.metrolyrics.com/back-in-the-saddle-again-lyrics-gene-autry.html

 

 

Two of the best in my book and they both goes 44's!!!!!!

[Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172]

seems whenever songs mention pistols they mention the 44 or the 45. I don't recall where someone in a song went to their truck to get their 9mm. i might have missed them but don't recall it

Hahahahaha. Good point, Mike.

[Ramblin Gambler]

I bet there's some mentions of 12 gauges somewheres too.

 

hey alpo, I hate that I know this, but when they talk about forties, they're talkin about a big bottle of beer.

[Shawnee McGrutt]

Marshall Tucker Band, Fire On the Mountain, they mention ,44 guns.

[DocWard]

Opinions on rap aside, LL Cool J did a piece titled ".357-Break it On Down"

[Ramblin Gambler]

I just remembered a 12 gauge in a song. Beer, Bait & Ammo by Kevin Fowler.

 

"Well now early one day
I was a-on my way
To my favorite fishin hole
I's a thinking I could sure use
Another bottle of booze
My baits a-runnin a little low
Yeah and a box of twelve gauge would be all the rage
When I'm all liquered up and I'm feeling good
Well just down the road there was a place called Bubba's
Man he's got the goods"

[Noz]

Got a .32 gun in my pocket for fun.

Got a razor in his shoe.

[J-BAR #18287]

Gene Autry, Back In the Saddle Again, "...totin' my old .44..."

[Nasty Newt # 7365]

Gene Autry, Back In the Saddle Again, "...totin' my old .44..."

Not many people know this, but the reason we refer to 43 caliber guns as 44s is because,

"Ridin' the range once more, Totin' my old 43"

doesn't rhyme.

[J-BAR #18287]

Not many people know this, but the reason we refer to 43 caliber guns as 44s is because,

"Ridin' the range once more, Totin' my old 43"

doesn't rhyme.

True dat!

[Pulp, SASS#28319]

"And I was looking down the bore

Of the deadly .44

Of Ringo."

[Shorty Jack Hammer]

"I'd love to spit some beechnut in that dude's eye and shoot him with my old 45, because a country boy can survive."

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

He did say 'music'. Doesn't that disqualify rap from the discussion?

 

 

Of course some people would argue that is not music.

 

I would be one of those people.

I have to concur with the above.

[Smuteye John SASS#24774]

Stagger Lee wasn't toting a .25 and neither was Linda Lou's boyfriend.

 

 

Then again both Muddy and Lonesome George preferred axe handle pistols on graveyard frames that shot tombstone bullets- and a ball and chain.

[Alpo]

Well the crowd drew away, and I began to pray

And the water fell on the floor.

 

And I'ma tellin' you, son, that it ain't no fun

Starin' straight down a .44

 

Well he turned and screamed at Linda Lue

That's the break I was lookin' for

 

And you could hear me screamin' a mile away

As I headed out t'ords the door

 

"Won'tcha gimme t'ree steps, gimme t'ree steps, mister

Gimme t'ree step t'ords the door

Gimme t'ree steps, gimme t'ree steps, mister

An' you'll never see me no more."

[Elk Creek LeMieux]

Chris Ledoux had a song called "Colts 44."

 

[Yellowhouse Sam # 25171]

Lots of .22's

 

 

 

44 spoke,

and it sent lead and smoke;

seventeen inches of flame.

 

Mr Shorty by Marty Robbins.

[Calamity Kris]

There is a band named

 

.38 Special

[Cyrus Cassidy #45437]

I believe the law all says rap songs must contain at least one 9mm reference.

Of course some people would argue that is not music.

 

I would be one of those people.

 

For some strange reason, ghetto gangbangers believe the 9mm is The Ultimate Handgun Caliber Ever Invented. They don't study ballistics, but their music tells them the 9mm is the All Powerful Cop Stopper, so they believe it. Most of the time, we catch them with Lorcin and Raven .25 Autos and the like, so a run-of-the-mill 9mm is 10X the gun by comparison.

[Texas John Alden]

Early one morning while making my rounds

I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down

I went home and then I went to bed

I put that lovin' .44 beneath my head

 

Bubba shot the jukebox last night

Said it played a sad song that made him cry

Went to his truck and got his .45

Bubba shot the jukebox last night

 

Sammy was a' lyin' on the cold, cold floor

Shot through the middle with a .44

 

 

Three classics and not a nine in sight.

 

And even the old Tombstone markers got it right:

 

Here lies Les More
Four slugs from a .44

No Les, no more.

 

[Alpo]

That first one looks to be Johnny Cash's Cocaine Blues.

 

Kingston Trio did it also. Called it Bad Man's Blunder. Different caliber.

 

>Well, early one evenin' I was rollin' around
I was feelin' kind of mean, I shot a deputy down
Strollin' on home and I went to bed
Well, I laid my pistol up under my head

He strolled along home
(I took my time)
And he went to bed
(Thought I'd sleep some)

Laid his pistol
(Big twenty-two)
Up under his head
(I keep it handy)<

[Texas John Alden]

That first one looks to be Johnny Cash's Cocaine Blues.

 

Kingston Trio did it also. Called it Bad Man's Blunder. Different caliber.

 

>Well, early one evenin' I was rollin' around

I was feelin' kind of mean, I shot a deputy down

Strollin' on home and I went to bed

Well, I laid my pistol up under my head

 

He strolled along home

(I took my time)

And he went to bed

(Thought I'd sleep some)

 

Laid his pistol

(Big twenty-two)

Up under his head

(I keep it handy)<

It is indeed Cocaine Blues. Hank Williams III does an excellent version of it too - more in keeping with the original.

Somehow big twenty-two just doesn't do it.

[St. Louis Suomi SASS #31905]

Howdy:

 

I seem to remember a song sung by a black man - only thing I remember is the phrase "with my 32-20 sitting on my knee." Sparked my interest in 32-20's.

 

STL Suomi