Re: I don't know what to think of this

[Don Yates]

On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Tucker Eskew wrote:

> But aren't "pipes" (in the technical sense) besides the point when it
> comes to Billy Joe's songs?

John Anderson did a swell version of "I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal" back
in the early '80s.  If anything, Billy Joe's vocal limitations have held
him back.  Still, his craggy vocalising has its charms, and it does seem
to wear better with age.  And there's no way I'll be missin' his show at
the Tractor on February 11th.--don