On Pandora this morning I came across a recording in studio by Glen Campbell. Webb was with him in the studio and convinced GC to record "Galveston" in the manner that Webb wrote & intended it. A slow, dramatic epitaph. It was impressive this way.
Here it is:::Webb, at :35
Can't believe I've never heard this song till now...
Best cover of this song, imo:
A prewar Alabama blues mix.
Lucille Bogan
Walter Roland
Sonny Scott
William Harris
Eli Framer
"Bogus" Ben Convington (pretended to be blind)
Birmingham Jug Band
Ed Bell
Edward Thompson
Peanut the Kidnapper
Marshall Owens
Alabama Sheiks
Boweavil Jackson
Daddy Stovepiple...he was born in 1880's. Making him one of the oldest to record.
While a lot of this old stuff is pretty primitive, it gets no more primitive than Alabama.
Sonny Scott
I'm disappointed that you didn't include any " s" in your list. But that's offset somewhat by your acknowledgement of Pee Pee the Kidnapper.
Give these four a listen on youtube.
Rube Lacy
Henry Spaulding
Mattie Delaney
Bobby Grant
...all were great but only recorded two sides/one record.
Widen those horizions little guy.
How about some Hound Head Henry?
Bend over, I'll ing give you a Freight Train Special.
There ya go again, trying to play to the crowd with a funny. Dude, here I sit a guy who can talk music unlike anyone else here and all ya can do is act like some idiot, why? Why not pick my brain and learn about this stuff?
Dude, could ya pleae drop the bull and stop acting like some re , ok?
Poor little re .
Impossible Germany by Wilco:
Machines Like This by Sandman:
Always enjoyed this 's version more than Segovia's.
Love the Cult. Had a nice run of albums that were listenable to from top to bottom.
A....
early Peggy Lee, Ray Charles, Charles Brown, Julie London, Billie Holiday, Frankie Laine. Gogi Grant, Frank Sinatra. Vaughn Monroe.
...mix.
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Saw these guys at sxsw a couple years back, been hooked since. Their new album is awesome - check em out!
Avante I think you'll dig
That was funny, ha~~~~ Looking at them I thought..."me like them, ha~~~"...then once they started to perform, oh yes....big thumbs up~~~
They remind me of....(lead vocals)
In a 24 hour period I might go from rural Alabama prewar blues to Iron Butterfly to George Jones to Peter Tosh and then to.....
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