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
>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 w
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
>
><< 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 W
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 qui
> 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
