I Saw the Light: Hank Williams
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November 28, 2014 at 1:48 pm
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November 28, 2014 at 2:50 pm
November 28, 2014 at 3:06 pm
Gnu,
I haven’t ever heard this one before.
November 28, 2014 at 9:17 pm
Woody used the folk melody from the old ballad “Jesse James” and wrote these new lyrics.
November 28, 2014 at 9:23 pm
Mark,
I think of that as musical plagiarism.
November 28, 2014 at 9:24 pm
November 28, 2014 at 9:28 pm
Kat, I think it is just part of the “process” of folk music – melodies are often given “new clothes” by anonymous or known singers. 🙂 I think we are the richer for it.
November 28, 2014 at 9:35 pm
Mrk,
When you explain it that way, I agree. I figure too there are only so many melodies.
November 28, 2014 at 9:36 pm
Mark,
Thanks for giving me a comparison.
November 28, 2014 at 9:36 pm
Getting off topic (I guess) but here are two more versions of the ballad (the second one has a long intro before the boss comes in):
November 29, 2014 at 9:40 am
Mark,
These are great. I don’t know why, but I remembered the chorus when I heard the Van Morrison. “That dirty little coward..” popped right into my head. Some time I must have heard the song enough to put it into my memory banks.
Of the two, I liked the Van Morrison better, but I’d never turn up my nose at Bruce.
November 28, 2014 at 3:37 pm
Here’s a modern edition. Guy from Texarcana.
November 28, 2014 at 3:40 pm
Mark,
I had to look up David Crowder as he is unknown to me. I do love that banjo and I like this better than the Hank Williams.
November 28, 2014 at 3:42 pm
Or . . . how about Doc Watson & Earl Scruggs with NGDB?
November 28, 2014 at 3:47 pm
Mark,
I have liked Earl Scruggs since The Beverly Hillbillies. That was my first introduction to other than folk and mainstream music.
I am a sucker for banjo music. I have no idea where that came from.
November 28, 2014 at 6:22 pm
November 28, 2014 at 6:29 pm
Gnu,
I have the whole soundtrack from this film-I loved the music.
November 28, 2014 at 6:26 pm
November 28, 2014 at 6:32 pm
Gnu,
This was a great movie and this song is a stand-out.
November 28, 2014 at 6:30 pm
November 28, 2014 at 6:38 pm
Gnu,
Woody is incomparable.
November 30, 2014 at 7:34 am
I’m going to be here all day.
November 30, 2014 at 12:08 pm
Cuidado,
I too listened to each song. It was great hearing the same songs sung so differently.
Music is a great way to spend a day!