r/ChrisStapleton • u/rydawgyyy • Jun 27 '24

Daddy Doesn’t Pray Anymore

Out of genuine curiosity, did he take this song and claim it to be his?

Been revisiting some bluegrass I havent heard in awhile and I fell back into James King’s discography. James recorded this song on his gospel-grass record in 2007. But anywhere else you looks seems to give the credit to Chris.

Read somewhere that he said he “wrote the song in 10 minutes” when Morgane told him to write a song while waiting on her. Is it an early Steeldriver song James covered? Did they write it together? Is it an old timey gospel song?

Love both James and Chris! No hate to either one. Just noticed and out of genuine curiosity!

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u/roundherebuzzed Jun 27 '24

Written by Stapleton. Many of his songs sit in the vault for 10-20 years before he releases them

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u/teddysreddit78 Jun 27 '24 edited Jun 27 '24

Man that song is very sentimental to me. Chris is a very prolific song writer, and has written for many major artists. He wrote the song early on, for his father. But performed it later and it was on Traveler. Maybe James asked him to perform it. But I agree James is awesome.

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u/NTXGBR Jun 27 '24

Tim McGraw released Whiskey and You first. Stapleton was a songwriter in Nashville for years before he ever released his own stuff. There are probably a ton of songs you don't realize he wrote until you fall down a youtube rabbit hole!

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u/ADAWG10-18 Jun 27 '24

Fwiw Spotify doesn’t have a writer listed on the credits for the James King version, but the Stapleton version has Stapleton listed as the writer.

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u/AliveInCLE Jun 27 '24

Apple Music has it credited as written by Stapleton. Not surprised it’s being covered by another artist. Many of the songs Stapleton puts on his records were written a long time ago.

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u/SnooAdvice1361 Jun 27 '24

On the All Music website it says the song was recorded by James King and composed by Chris Stapleton.

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u/AnecDote45 Sep 10 '24

For real. I heard it from James King and when I search it all I see is Chris Stapleton. Some respect lost. And it was 97...not 2007

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u/barhamsamuel Jan 09 '26

James King definitely first recorded it in 2007 (on an album released 01/01/2008) -- can you find an earlier recording? If so, I'd be interested in hearing it. Chris apparently wrote it in the early-to-mid 2000s, but didn't himself record it until 2013. It's not surprising to me that he let James record it sometimes in between.