Yeah, and Elvis Costello covering "Psycho." The original is unforgettable, really sets the bar high for the incredibly bizarre murder ballad, and obviously received little to no airplay when it was released. Written by Leon Payne, and if you do some googling there are numerous (probably apocryphal) stories about how it came to be written. (xpost)
― Both Jandek and Authenty (Dan Peterson), Monday, 4 August 2014 18:37 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Azui-cs9DQ
― the one where, as balls alludes (Eazy), Monday, 4 August 2014 18:40 (nine years ago) link
And another great Charlie Rich weeper - "There Won't Be Anymore".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma7fOmyUOuk
― brio, Monday, 4 August 2014 18:49 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vpd0KUezlk
Poor Buford Wilson.
― Johnny Fever, Monday, 4 August 2014 18:50 (nine years ago) link
Bobby Bare's take on 500 Miles:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgnaavPxSmk
A song so sad it makes Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds literally weep on-stage:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YoGRiITIUQ
― brio, Monday, 4 August 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link
Charlie Feathers with his minimalist miserable rockabilly take on "Lonely Mound of Clay" - sounds a lot like what Springsteen went for on Nebraska. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrw4FnqpSnE
― brio, Monday, 4 August 2014 19:03 (nine years ago) link
Another real pretty Charlie Feathers number... the demo version of "Man In Love".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NsvM9sx1bxU
― brio, Monday, 4 August 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEw1K5OGDgA
― Number None, Monday, 4 August 2014 20:55 (nine years ago) link
oops, that's Vernon Wray - Lonely Son
― Number None, Monday, 4 August 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link
Hank Thompson - Warm Red Wine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzYi1LPhgfg
― Number None, Monday, 4 August 2014 21:01 (nine years ago) link
Ferlin Husky's supremely maudlin cautionary tale "Drunken Driver."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH-kykDYQw0
― Both Jandek and Authenty (Dan Peterson), Monday, 4 August 2014 21:10 (nine years ago) link
I've been meaning to track down that Vernon Wray for awhile - really nice.
― brio, Monday, 4 August 2014 22:20 (nine years ago) link
Obvious maybe, but here's Merle knocking out "Lonesome Fugitive" and "Sing Me Back Home" live.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU0Mw-NVmWQ
― brio, Monday, 4 August 2014 22:28 (nine years ago) link
Why does his mama pray his crops would fail in the first verse? I never got that.
― brio, Monday, 4 August 2014 22:30 (nine years ago) link
oh wait it's cause he "raised a lot of Caine", so she's praying his Caine-raising will fail, right?
― brio, Monday, 4 August 2014 22:31 (nine years ago) link
Moe Bandy - I Just Started Haitin' Cheatin' Songs Today
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ollJ1EIGH1s" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
― asthmatic american, Monday, 4 August 2014 22:36 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ollJ1EIGH1s
honktonk sicko Arkey Blue with Daddy's Sick Again and Too Many Pills:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jWf_zUVWGM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pobh9HI-jpY
― brio, Monday, 4 August 2014 23:12 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxqLunc9NjY
― rushomancy, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 00:36 (nine years ago) link
Yes yes yes to the Charlie Rich.
Kris Kristofferson had a few things to say. I'm partial to From the Bottle to the Bottom:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arawfzIaN9s
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 05:04 (nine years ago) link
Guy Clark's Randall Knife is from the early 80s but Desperados is mid-70s...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFb1lGMvS3I
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 05:20 (nine years ago) link
And Mickey Newbury - The Future's Not What It Used To Be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uw_v83e8L3E
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 05:29 (nine years ago) link