Desert Rose Band – She Don’t Love Nobody

A few months ago, around September, I met Arthur when he was commenting on my blog. He is better known as purplegoatee2684b071ed. We have had some wonderful conversations, and I told him if you ever want to post a music post…I would be honored to do it. He took me up on my offer, and he wrote up a post about The Desert Rose Band. I do appreciate Arthur writing this up. Here is Arthur!

I am Purplesomething or other.  My name is Art Schaak.  I have no idea where WordPress got the name for me.  When I found this incredible blog I signed up for WordPress and they told me my e-mail, which is fairly unique, was already assigned to this Purple guy.  purplegoatee2684b071ed, that’s what they call me.  For years I had a full beard, now I am clean shaven (when I shave) and I’ve never sported a goatee.  I have been called an old goat, and old other things, and I honestly find it hard to deny.

I have been reading and commenting on this blog since September of 2025, a relative newcomer.  I am much more impressed with the community and its individual members than you should be of me. 

I am 72 years old.  I have been a big music fan as long as I can remember.  I skirted the peripheries of the music industry in the mid 70s until I realized I was not a follower of fashion, dedicated or not.  I know a little about this stuff, am horribly opinionated, and have very eclectic tastes. 

The Desert Rose Band was Chris Hillman, Herb Pedersen, John Jorgenson, Bill Bryson, Jay Dee Maness, and Steve Duncan.  This song, written by John Hiatt, reached #3 on Billboard’s US Hot Country Songs and was awarded the 1989 Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group Grammy.  It wasn’t their biggest hit, but it is my favorite.

The magic lies in the music.  Give it a listen. It is the energy.  The harmonies are tight.  The performance is together.  It might be too perfect, considering some of the opinions offered elsewhere on this blog, but I can’t call that a problem.  This tune just delightfully pops along.

Hiatt’s lyrics are a lot of fun.  Yes, I am a fan and have been since his Hanging Around The Observatory debut on Epic way back in the 70’s.  By the way, Hiatt did two songs on the second White Duck album on Uni that I was amazed I found at a 25-cent parking lot sale at Rhino Records; I played it once, and that was more than it deserved.

Jorgeson continues to play, but his recent performances in the Los Angeles area have been with his bluegrass ensemble and his hot jazz ensemble.  A long way from the Desert Rose Band or his tenure with the Elton John band.  He is a great guitar player with an even greater sense of the overall music he is producing, kind of like Ry Cooder, where one can groove on his expertise or just be amazed at the incredible music he is putting out.

By the way, the web says the last performance of the Desert Rose Band, Live at the Country Music Hall of Fame CMA Theater, October 2, 2022, is due to be released in March of 2026. 

And Chris Hillman seems extremely active (considering his age and such), according to his website, chrishillman.com.

Like I said, give it a listen.

She Don’t Love Nobody

From my humble point of view
She don’t love nobody
Nothin’ borrowed, nothin’ blue
She don’t love nobody

Behind the green eyes I detect
She don’t love nobody
Her heart no kiss could resurrect
She don’t love nobody

All of her life
She’s been told to hang on tight
There’s a man who’d make her his wife
But she’s not interested in anything mama said

She throws passion to the wind
She don’t love nobody
She don’t give out but she don’t give in
She don’t love nobody

And if I could I’d make her mine
But she don’t love nobody
And she would never walk that line
She don’t love nobody

All of my life
I’ve been told to hang on tight
There’s a girl who’d be my wife
But I’m not interested in anything mama said

I want the girl who does not need
She don’t love nobody

She’s the one my heart receives
She don’t love nobody

She don’t love nobody
She don’t love nobody

She don’t love nobody
She don’t love nobody

She don’t love nobody
She don’t love nobody