The writer of the Rangers' original theme songs looks back on his admiration for the team.
“It's exciting – people as old as I am think back about the past and it means even more,” said Mark Singletary, who wrote the song ‘Ode To The Texas Rangers’.
“It's a blend of a little bit bluegrass, a little bit country – as soon as they hear the banjo they wanna turn it off,” joked Singletary. “But at that time, bluegrass music was very popular.”“I went to church with a gentleman who had a company installing security equipment and surveillance cameras. He got contracted to run closed circuit televisions to the concession stands at the old Arlington Stadium,” he told NBC 5 in an interview. “And at that time, that was cutting edge.
His friend was operating the cameras and the two would go back to the locker room after the game to play back whatever plays the team wanted to see. “And I soon discovered it was,” he laughed. “I was trying to get started and the bass player in the band came up with the first couple of lines – after that, the song flowed out rather quickly.”“I told the guys, we got about 2.5 hours. We're gonna have to knock this out,” Singletary remembers. “I really didn't anticipate that recording being a master recording.”
The song played during countless games during the team’s formative years. By 1980 when owner Fred Corbett sold the team to new folks, the song's air time came to an end.Mark Singletary still lives in his native Fort Worth.
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