Soon They'll Carry Him Away

"Propelled by narrative flow that tackled broken homes, shattered dreams and terrible bosses, dense with sonic drama and detail, Sherrill's most famous productions for artists including Tammy Wynette, George Jones, Charlie Rich and Johnny Paycheck contain emotional depths that belie their brevity, and helped define the so-called 'countrypolitan' sound of late 1960s and 1970s country music."


In the Los Angeles Times, Randall Roberts remembers songwriter and producer Billy Sherrill, who died on August 4.