Last night, Chicago news radio station WBBM reported that Clint Black may
have recorded Billy Joe Shaver's "Honky Tonk Heroes" for his next album,
but wouldn't confirm or deny it.
I mean, it was a quiet news night, but ...
Bob
(So, would he do a good job of it?)
Heh, that is an unusual
In a message dated 1/19/99 11:39:10 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Last night, Chicago news radio station WBBM reported that Clint Black may
have recorded Billy Joe Shaver's "Honky Tonk Heroes" for his next album,
but wouldn't confirm or deny it.
I mean, it was a
Last night, Chicago news radio station WBBM reported that Clint Black
may
have recorded Billy Joe Shaver's "Honky Tonk Heroes" for his next album,
(So, would he do a good job of it?)
HELL, YES, GIVEN DECENT PRODUCTION. BLACK'S PIPES ARE EVERY BIT AS GOOD NOW
AS
THEY WERE BACK WHEN HE WAS
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
If anything, Billy Joe's vocal limitations have held
him back.
I don't disagree, in the commercial sense...It's just that he invests so
much personality in his songs and his performances that "interpretations"
often don't measure up for me...But I'm a fan.
And I still wish the Scorchers
Tucker Eskew wrote:
And I still wish the Scorchers would cover "Hottest Thing in Town", one of
Shaver's songs more likely to benefit from reinterpretation...
My band's been doing it for about 3 years. Folks love it and
we never get sick of playing it.
TS
