I honestly didn't know it was a cover. Please explain!

AGnBCS said:

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Sunday in the South - Shenandoah

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Love this song

Josepi said:

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Don Williams - Good Ole Boys Like Me

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The winner

Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line - Waylon Jennings

For me:
1. Amarillo by Morning
2. Angel from Montgomery - Prine/Raitt
3. Tie between Troubadour / Cowboys like Us - George Strait.
4. Neon Moon
5. Blue eyes crying in the rain - Willie Nelson
6. Take me home country roads - John Denver

edited for stive

RockOn said:

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For me:
1. Amarillo by Morning
2. Angel from Montgomery - Prine/Raitt
3. Tie between Troubadour / Cowboys like Us - George Strait.
4. Neon Moon
5. Blue eyes crying in the rain - Willie Nelson
6. Take me home country roads - John Denver

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Instructions are hard

ya i didnt read em.

better?

tk for tu juan said:

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SquirrellyDan said:

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I honestly didn't know it was a cover. Please explain!

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The original by Terry Stafford in 1973

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Juan,

I'm glad somebody else besides me remembers the 'original' version. Hell, I've got that album in the picture.

I'll probably get pelted for saying this, but when Strait released his version I didn't pay much attention. Stafford's version was still the one in my head.

But, then again, when Strait covered 'Drinking Champagne', I still preferred Cal Smith's.

Yeah, I'm different. Guilty as charged. But, Strait does have a fair number of songs I like, 'I Can Still Make Cheyenne' probably being my favorite.

Not sure its on the same level as many of the songs that have already been mentioned, but any version of "Pancho and Lefty" (TVZ, Willie, or Isbell) is up there for me.

JABQ04 said:

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He stopped loving her today - George Jones.

It's my 1A. In light of the spirit of the thread I'll only name this, but there's another, IMHO. That's a strong candidate by him as well.

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George hated it. When he finally recorded it right, he told his producer: "You got you're damn song. Now see if anyone buys the morbid SOB."

I already posted Faded Love, but Hank Williams had several that could claim the title as greatest country song:

• "Your Cheatin' Heart" ...
• "(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle" ...
• "Lovesick Blues" ...
• "Cold, Cold Heart" ...
• "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" ...
• "Lost Highway"

any of these would be an great choice.

Lost and Found

Paradise - John Prine

SquirrellyDan said:

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I didn't say anyone couldn't post more than one...so mark chesnut's "I'll think of something" is an amazing, underrated song

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Dan,

I'm a giant Mark Chesnutt fan. No question about it. Always have been, too.

Now he does a fine job on that song, but I'll Think of Something was originally recorded and released by Hank, Jr. in 1974, and he does a pretty good job with it too. Good enough for #7 on the charts at the time.



Don't get me wrong. I'm not anti-cover. For example, I'll listen to Merle's outstanding reinterpretation of Waiting for a Train long before I'll listen to Jimmy Rodgers 1928 original version.

Amanda -- Waylon Jennings