Jon asks whether about the Hank Thompson disc called "Sounds of the Brazos
Valley: Unissued Radio Broadcasts c1952" has
much overlap with Flyright Fly's CD 948, Radio
Broadcasts 1952, which has 16 cuts,
Here's some additional information. From the "Sounds of the Brazos Vall
Doing other people's songs just doesn't have the same stigma in country
(though maybe it does these days g) as in some other fields; why, as late
as his Philadelphia live album, Merle Haggard was doing impressions of other
artists (Johnny Cash, Hank Snow, Marty Robbins, Buck Owens)
Anyhow,
Yep, Barry, I definitely think it's a shame people don't do more covers of
their peers, in the manner you're describing. This was indeed a more
common practice in the 60s and before. Interpreting other contemporary
songs can provide some variety and a change-of-pace in basically any show.
I pulled out a few CDs containing different versions of Panhandle Rag in
order to embed that song in my brain, and the disc I've kept on listening
to several times in the past week is a Hank Thompson disc called "Sounds of
the Brazos Valley: Unissued Radio Broadcasts c1952". I like t
