If I could have any wish I wanted, this is my wish: That in your life which is so precious to me, may worries, troubles and problems never linger. He passed away on May 9, 1989, in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, U.S. What Happened To Keith Whitley? I dont think you have to speculate about his careerstarting in Blue Grass as a young person and being very successful and high profile and then his Country career should speak for itself. Wow, Marc Cohen The album produced two more No. If I was going to recommend a traditional country album to anyone, it would be this one. 3. Each song could have been a single & could have reached the top of the charts, there were no throwaways. October 23, 2020 @ 10:59 am. Rowe, Norman. And the last true C(c)ountry legend. In 1995, the album Wherever You Are Tonight was released, produced by Lorrie Morgan, featuring restored demos of 19861988, with crisper 1990s recording techniques and a full orchestra. Why leave. These are the disturbing details found in Jackie Keith Whitley's autopsy.#JackieKeithWhitley #CountryMusic #Musician Read Full Article: https://www.grunge.com/671690/disturbing-details-found-in-jackie-keith-whitleys-autopsy-report/ Rest in peace and thank you for sharing your gift with us all , Keith 6:02 pm. Putting him in the HoF would be a no-brainer. 1 Country song of 1988. TilBillyHill May 10, 2019 @ Overall, I am grateful for your article. When Palmer returned, he found Whitley fully clothed on his bed, unconscious. After Lorrie Morgan received news of Keith Whitleys death in May of 1989, and prepared to return to Nashville from her Alaskan promotional trip, she finally opened the card Keith had given her at the airport the last time the two saw each other. I would not be disappointed to see KW in the HOF. In response to an above comment, putting Whitley in the HoF wouldnt be because of a what if. The guy had plenty of massive hits, some of which have reached icon status, three classic albums to his name, and his relationship with artists such as Ricky Skaggs leading up to his solo career impacted the country music landscape far more than any hit song or album could do. If I hadnt stopped drinking, I dont think Id be alive today. If I read a post/article, I read all the comments. In 2004, songwriter Jeff Swope began writing a film treatment for a biographical film concerning Whitley's life and death that was shelved in 2006. First of all, I am a big KW fan and liked him when he made his mark. Enjoyed your article sent to me by an old buddy today. Keith Whitley and Lorrie Morgan had been married for three years at that point, and they were one of country musics emerging power couples. The next day, they lined Music Row in Nashville with black ribbons in remembrance. This is a rare case where I prefer a recording by someone other than the songwriter. We really dont know, and the mind plays tricks on people. Ardith Kessler I have stated previously that ones into the HOF should stand on their own merit and not the fact that others have not made it in yet. The Ashland, Kentucky native received his start in country music during high school as a member of Ralph Stanleys bluegrass band, The Clinch Mountain Boys, right beside long time friend Ricky Skaggs. +c|kc)1W7a@n< _8 I absolutely LOVED his voice and music, going back to his bluegrass days with Ralph Stanley. Deborah Sturch May 16, 2019 @ Keith had asked me after a show one night if I thought I could maybe help him get a record deal. -. Many times he had tried to overcome his alcoholism, but failed. The recognition is the fact that he helped influence an entire decade of country music. Sometimes folks personal demons get the best of them. But she knew Whitley's addiction to alcohol was 'always a ticking timebomb.' Advertisement In her only interview since the budding country music superstar died of alcohol abuse May 9, she said. About 2-3 years old when his dad died. The level Whitley had in his system was five times the intoxication limit in Tennessee at that time. Thanks go to you and to others discussing a remembering a talented artist who, despite the struggles that took his life (or maybe because of them), left us with great music. He had just finished up his fourth studio album, I Wonder Do You Think of Me. Exactly my thoughts. Since that Tuesday in 1989, Keiths death has been my obsession. (505) 431 - 5992; man jumps off cruise ship after fight with wife But his life was cut tragically short when he died of alcohol poisoning in 1989 at the age of 33 when his addiction finally overcame him. It was a matter of life and death, Whitley said. Never knew about this connection until your comment. Im with you in not thinking more or less of Lorrie either way when it comes to when she first read the note. May 10, 2019 @ Have to credit Pandora for introducing me to Darrell Scotts recording, which led to learning he was the songwriter. An autopsy showed the singer died of an accidental overdose of alcohol, said Medical Examiner Charles Harlan. "I'm Over You" also was in the Top 5 in early 1990, reaching No. These types of tributes, comments, recognition that Keith is receiving from major stars and 30 years after his death speaks volumes of his talent and influence. He had so much to live for at the time. Lexington Herald-Leader (KY) Saturday, June 27, 1998. etc. When I still used Facebook and commented about Charlie Robison (maybe even included the link to your page), the first comment was from a friend who lives in Austin, but had not yet heard about his retirement. I was working today; an upholsterer, in my garage and went to my CDs. During his tour to promote L.A. to Miami, he met and began a romantic relationship with country singer Lorrie Morgan. Sometimes details change in the minds of people over time. 8:14 am. His brother in law Lane was an extremely shady character imo. But then a criteria point would need to be added to future considerations, for those that may not have had a long career but were felt to have had a major influence. Anyway, we know from two reports that she read and reflected on the card on the flight home. I cant imagine any more disrespectful or shameful a response to Keith Whitleys death these many years later than to be bringing up what Lorrie Morgan did or didnt do. The publishing of Keith Whitleys autopsy report put most of the rumors to bed, though they would re-emerge in subsequent years. For this and for the considerable influence he had over his era and the one that followed, he should be in the hall of fame without delay. TilBillyHill 7:09 am. I know its not of utmost importance, but I wanted to point you to some information on Keiths real birthdate. 7:51 am, It was his time to go.. During his career, Whitley released only two albums but charted 12 singles on the Billboard country charts, and 7 more after his death. While I havent read all of Forever Yours Faithfully, the fact that Keith couldnt be resuscitated because he had passed out on a waterbed that I presume was in Lorrie and his master bedroom doesnt surprise me. Tyler Childers Greatest Story Ever Told (Live in New York), New Erin Enderlin Song White Wine Fever, Molly Tuttle Crooked Tree Jimmy Kimmel Live, New Channing Wilson Song Sunday Morning Blues, New Turnpike Troubadours Tour Date BOK Center, Tulsa, OK, April 1st, New Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley Song Moonshine Run, New Iris Dement Song Workin on a World, The Death of Keith Whitley, 30 Years Later, https://www.reverbnation.com/mattengelsmusic/song/16287569-mr-whitley. That woman worshipped the ground he walked on and did everything she could to save him. "The Essential" contained the remastered and long since unavailable LP and Whitley's debut, the 6-Track "A Hard Act to Follow", and a scrapped song from 1986's "LA to Miami", "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight". The drugs may have contributed to the singers death, Harlan said, but the cause was drinking too much alcohol in too short a time. Years of alcoholism severely compromised his health and he died of alcohol intoxication in 1989 at his Goodlettsville home at the age of 34. He was there. He always pays respect to the greats of yesteryear. Like I say I have some great stories and also who I was my first choice and record company and great producer I first talked to and what happened to that deal,etc. 4:41 am. People spotted in this. The day after his death, Music Row was lined with black ribbons in memory of Whitley. His first Top 20 Country Hit single, "Miami, My Amy", was released in 1986. A little jealous of those who went to ETSU for having Carter Fold and Down Home nearby. Skaggs and Whitley hit it off right away and quickly befriended each other. Whitley also adopted Lorrie's daughter . Similarly, it does not directly state that she was reading it again or had previously read it. I got chills reading the card. According to the autopsy performed on Whitley, he had an alcohol level of 0.47 in his bloodstream. According to doctors, he passed away from an accidental alcohol overdose. Whitleys latest album, Dont Close Your Eyes, has had three No. I agree with an earlier comment his take on I never go around mirrors is stunning. Man, we are in need of some KWs today!! He called an ambulance, which took Whitley to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. His final studio album, I Wonder Do You Think of Me was to me a masterpiece. He was Keith & Lorries son. What if he had got to Keith in time. Gay, West Virginia, by Ralph Stanley who was 45 minutes late for a show due to a flat tire. Dont know how true this is but I always heard Lorrie was told by a dr to not leave Keiths side. I agree on each one of them. I just dont see him quite at the level of the other guys. 12:12 pm. TXMUSICJIM RIP. Whitley released his first solo album titled "Hard Act to Follow" in 1984 but didn't have much success. "On the Other Hand" was pitched to Whitley before Randy Travis released the song as a single and when Whitley's version wasn't released as a single, Travis released his in 1986, as did George Strait with "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her". A multitalented, one of a kind, man/musician was lost the day that we lost Keith Whitley. Country music stars including Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, among others, performed Whitley's songs to a packed audience at the CMA Theater in Nashville, Tennessee. You cant live every part of your life for someone else. To this day I still listen to keith. The singer and songwriter had released his first top 20 hit single only three years earlier, while three singles from his second studio album, Dont Close Your Eyes, all hit Number 1.Sadly, Whitley struggled with alcoholism for years, and he was found dead after a weekend of drinking. I know that Keiths age when he passed has been debated in the past. 11:43 am. May 8, 2019 @ The police found 23 cans of empty Budweiser, an empty bottle of Scope, and four half consumed bottles of hair spray in the bedroom that Keith passed away. They think it wont happen to me but so many many times it does and before we know it, they are gone from us. May 9, 2019 @ It does not directly state that she was reading it for the first time. Some fans of Keith Whitley and conspiracy theorists have used the discredited legacy of Charles Harlan to wonder just how accurate the autopsy of Keith Whitley was, and if another cause of death could be possible. As many have stated here, his version of I Never Go Around Mirrors is beyond amazing. Which he should of thought of anyway. The new album, titled Don't Close Your Eyes, was released in 1988, and the album sold extremely well. In 2005, the State of Tennessee found Charles Harlan guilty of 20 counts of misconduct and permanently revoked his medical license. December 18, 2019 @ In 2022, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.[2]. Jackie Keith Whitley was well on his way to achieving great success in the country music industry when his life was tragically cut short on May 9, 1989. The truth rides in the heart not elsewhere. He was an amazing singer who could touch your soul with his lyrics, I wish it had been a different outcome because he was on his way to becoming a country ledgend and in some aspects in my mind he is. That field requires absolutely clarity about what is stated, what is implied, and what is inferred. Several comments mentioned his I Never Go Around Mirrors performanceto me it was legendary. 1 on Billboard's country charts during the autumn of 1988 and the winter of 1989, with the title track "Don't Close Your Eyes" being ranked as Billboards No. 4:27 pm. Keiths manager, Don Light, had warned her early on. I spent a few minutes with him and he was drinking a lot that night and I was so certain that he was going to screw up and ruin his own show but to my surprise he was a hit and put everything he had into the show and left the crowd screaming for more. Will do, thanks! Whitley had been an . The woman was not his nursemaid or his substance abuse counselor; she was his wife. Obviously Keiths addiction and death cut his career short. Keith was very active on the road. What sticks with us is the sentiment. All I know is we lost a damn fine voice. Crowe. I would of busted door or something. Why dont you guys give yourselves a break and just do the right thing? In 2022, Whitley was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. May 8, 2019 @ It was like a ticking timebomb, Lorrie Morgan recalls. You can handle it, Stanley would say to him. TIL that Ralph Stanleys vehicle never blew a tire in Monroe, GA or Ormond Beach, FL. Sorrygot a paragraph out of place in cutting/pasting. Tell Lorri I Love Her is so sweet and pure. In my opinion Keith reached that level and should be inducted into the country music Hall of Fame. May 11, 2019 @ "Keith Whitley". Ive gotten lucky to hang with him a few times and very cool guy who is a good musician in his own right, Jane Reynolds I guess thats the debate with music or art. https://www.reverbnation.com/mattengelsmusic/song/16287569-mr-whitley, jimincincy I am heading down tomorrow( 5/9) to Nashville for the two tribute shows and to visit the HOF exhibit. The song was followed by three more hit songs: "Ten Feet Away", "Homecoming '63", and "Hard Livin'", The album also included "On the Other Hand" and "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her". Born in Ashland, Kentucky, Whitley grew up in nearby Sandy Hook, Kentucky. hbbd```b``"/I=DE>EH"[$SC r$H=r$A?/ TP@ After seeing Lorrie Morgan off, Keith Whitley began a weekend of heavy drinking. [7], Whitley lost his brother Randy in an October 1983 motorcycle accident, and his father Elmer.[3][5]. Lorrie Morgan, with creative control and license to Whitley's namesake, recorded her voice alongside Whitley's, and released it as a single, which rose to No. On that day, he was scheduled to play golf with his brother-in-law, Lane Palmer, and it was he who found Whitley dead on his bed. The driver died, and Whitley almost broke his neck. May 8, 2019 @ I will hopefully speak with Keiths family on Friday to see if I can get some clarification! 2:39 pm. May 9, 2019 @ Trigger, His neotraditional music was described by 'Chicago Tribune' as "the most soulful of all country music." Whitley's music was distinct from the pretentious urban country music that was apparently gaining popularity at the time. Menu. In the romantic part of my soul, Keith may have very well known what was to happen if he hadnt let go and let Lorrie carry on without him. Harmony' Young to sing at Whitley's wedding. His son, Jesse (A great man, musically and personally, in his own right), and Lorrie have continuously May 11, 2019 @ 10:32 am. , Green, Barbara. He was singing on a Charleston, West Virginia radio station within a year. It didnt take a stretch of the imagination to believe a country music singer had drank himself to death, especially Keith Whitley. Success And Nothing Less. After a years-long career in the bluegrass genre, Whitley moved the Nashville in 1983 to pursue a country music career. His cenotaph is a larger than life sized statue of him which was commissioned by the Keith Whitley Foundation in his hometown of Sandy Hook, Kentucky, located on Kentucky Route 7 just north of the small town in which he grew up. When You Say Nothing at All, Im No Stranger to the Rain & Dont Close Your Eyes were also amazing vocals from that album. I will forward that information. Whitley's first solo album, A Hard Act to Follow, was released in 1984, and featured a more mainstream country style. The official cause of death was acute ethanolism (alcohol poisoning). L.A. to Miami, released in 1985, would give him his first Top 20 country hit single, "Miami, My Amy". In an interview last October, he said his heavy drinking had nearly killed him and that he had quit in 1987. His talent and voice still reign over dying at an early age. But with Lorrie Morgan out of town that first weekend of May, 1989, there was nobody there to tend to Whitley, or his raging alcoholism. 12:51 am. 4:47 am. He began singing as a child and he had learned how to play guitar by the time he was eight. Trigger Dennis Rogers It should impact Keiths either. May 8, 2019 @ Thanks so much for posting.The article well written and very accurate. Dear Lord, he drank hairspray?! This site is the primary one I check for music news (well, news about music Im likely to like or encounter). Crowe and the New South. From the moment Keith Whitley embarked on a music career, success followed closely behind. 6:06 am, I have read many comments stating its someone elses fault because they didnt stay with him 24/7, the fact is he had an addiction that took him away. Thanks for commenting and offering your insight into this story. 8:43 am. Keith will always be #1 for me when it comes down to voices!! The singers blood alcohol content was .477, almost five times the amount to be declared intoxicated in Tennessee, Harlan said. Whitleys wife, Lorrie Morgan, a Grand Ole Opry singer, was on a tour heading toward Alaska when her husband died. None of us are immune. But about the time everything would begin to unravel for Keith Whitley due to his drinking, he would hold it together enough to pull through. Country Star Keith Whitley Dead at 33 From Alcohol Overdose. May you rise each day with sunlight in your heart, success in your path, answers to your prayers, and that smile that I always love to see in your eyes. 1:59 pm. Required fields are marked *, Notify me of follow-up comments via e-mail. 11:12 am. The medical examiner said in his findings that Whitley died as a result of "drinking too much ethyl alcohol in too short a period of time." In addition to alcohol, his urine test also came out positive for cocaine and benzodiazepines, which may have contributed to his death. 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