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   "JimD"  wrote in message news:201810301438471577-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > George Jones .....  Chris Stapleton ... Etta James .... same song ..  Tenn   
   > Whiskey / Rather be Blind  ......  different tho.  We keep getting   
   > requests ... rockers ( new country ) want the Chris S version.  Old   
   > country ( seniors ) want the George ver.   
      
   The George Jones version is pretty much completely different but still   
   Boring ;)   
      
   > Song is a minor country tune that was written by David Allen Coe, I think.   
   > The new version is DAC's lyrics over an old Etta blues tune. Same lyrics,   
   > but not the same song or sound at all.   
      
   I do believe there's also a version that adds some extra chords to it in a   
   vain effort to give it some life...it's the one I played with some   
   CopyCatfish bottom feeders - still boring though ;)   
      
   > And so sunday afternoon, we guessed wrong.   
      
   I'm not at all afraid to ask which version of a song I should play ;)   
      
   > After more requests than we could ignore, we did the new CS version.   
   > Wrong.  The audience was older, actual country music people.  They wanted   
   > George.   
      
   Guessing is too scary ;)   
      
   > This is a problem.   
      
   Just better to ask, so they can say "Freebird" ;)   
      
   > I wanted to learn Goin' to Carolina in my Mind by James Taylor.  Thing is,   
   > while looking for lyrics, it's obvious that just about everyone has   
   > covered that tune.  So, what's the problem ?   Well, the covers don't   
   > sound like the original much and nearly every one is better sung than   
   > Taylor.  Going from his recording, I know now why we never played that   
   > song back in the day. Had we done it like he did in the places we worked   
   > ........... fizzzzzzzz...... snore ........   
      
   "Carolina In My Mind is a great song, nice chord progressions, Taylor's   
   version, that is. Not sure about any other versions.   
      
   How about another one of Taylor's, "Country Road"?   
      
   > Now, yeah, that's a judgment call.  Who am I to pass judgment on a classic   
   > ?  Well, I am, whether I'm qualified or not.  See, it's my judgment, my   
   > sense of what MY audiences like that keeps me working.  Guess I'm a   
   > salesman in a sense. I may not know what's good or bad, but I know what   
   > people will buy.  And I gotta trust my instincts on this.  It's all I   
   > have.   
      
   I prefer instincts that favor Original material so audiences who actually   
   Want to hear them because they actually Love them will come!   
      
   > This leads to the general topic of doing requests.   Those can be tricky.   
   > Some songs just aren't appropriate at a particular place, or particular   
   > time ..... or EVER, as in the case of Elvira ( the line dance song ) :-)   
      
      
      
      
   JimD   
      
   Kind of a crazy song to begin with ;)   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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