Bobby Whiteside performs "He Walked Tall"



Hey Folks, the video above is a song written and performed by yours truly (Bobby Whiteside). I wrote this song for my dad many years ago. I believe it was in 1991 when I finished it, played and sang it to him on his birthday. The song tells the story of how I felt growing up the son of a police officer. In my eyes he truly is a man that walked tall for the law and his family. He has always been my biggest hero and rock I’ve often leaned on over the years.
I got the opportunity to play and sing this song on WSOC station 103.7 during the morning show back in 1996 for fathers day. That was a very proud moment for me. I recently decided to put this song out there on youtube so that others could enjoy it also. I hope you folks like it and thank you for taking the time to listen to this heartfelt song….take care

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  1. Sweet TJanuary 2, 2012 at 6:03 PM

    This is a fantastic song and has special meaning for me as well...I'm the daughter of a police officer. My father passed away 17 years ago and when I hear this song it brings back a lot of memories for me. Thank you for writing it and sharing it with your wonderful voice.

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  2. Bobby WhitesideJanuary 2, 2012 at 8:38 PM

    Thank you! Thanks for taking the time to post and I'm glad you enjoyed the song.

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  3. Michael William ScottJuly 30, 2013 at 9:53 AM

    Great looking blog, Bobby!

    The only thing I would suggest for slightly improved readability, is to put in a few more paragraph breaks; like this:

    At this point I’m beginning to scratch my head and seriously consider lubing up the wheels on that toolbox to get ready for its trip off the cliff….LOL

    I then Google this issue on the net and visit a few Mazda forums. These forums are great but I can tell that most of the folks posting answers to problems are not really technicians. It was a lot of replace this and if that don’t work replace this too and so on. I also checked some bulletins on Mitchell, All Data, and Idenifix. There was a few bulletins that spoke of these Mazda engines building carbon on the valves due to high grade gasoline and causing a rough idle.There was a bulletin on cleaning the Mass Air Flow sensor to cure a rough idle as well.

    After gathering this information I went back to the shop and performed a carbon blast on the engine and I also cleaned the mass air flow sensor and the throttle body. None of this fixed the vehicle!!!!

    I called a few Technician friends that have there own shops and a few buddies from Carmax that I use to work with. I had already performed all there recommendations. After putting a blurb on face book in search of a Mazda tech I got a phone number to a local Mazda specialist that had his own shop.

    Cheers, from Canada!!
    (P.S. Oh, and, by the way.......YES, you DO look a little like Garth Brooks!! Now all we need is his money!)

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