Comments on: Steve Earle covers Townes Van Zandt http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/2009/01/18/steve-earle-covers-townes-van-zandt/ spark a new musical discovery Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:20:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: julio http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/2009/01/18/steve-earle-covers-townes-van-zandt/comment-page-1/#comment-10930 julio Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:52:15 +0000 http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/?p=2067#comment-10930 crazy thing is that i just saw steve earle on the hbo series, the wire...crazy... crazy thing is that i just saw steve earle on the hbo series, the wire…crazy…

]]> By: Lynchie from Aberdeen http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/2009/01/18/steve-earle-covers-townes-van-zandt/comment-page-1/#comment-10897 Lynchie from Aberdeen Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:49:59 +0000 http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/?p=2067#comment-10897 Some great TVZ covers there, but "Tom Dooley" is a traditional US folk song (about 150 years old), with which the Kingston Trio had a US No. 1 hit back in 1958. I remember seeing Steve play this in a live set at Aberdeen's Lemon Tree a few years back and he pointed out that his version was closer to the original, which is a slow ballad, compared to the uptempo version that the Kingston trio did. Anyhow - thanks for some great covers, especially the one of Waylon Jennings, who visited Steve when he was in jail. Some great TVZ covers there, but “Tom Dooley” is a traditional US folk song (about 150 years old), with which the Kingston Trio had a US No. 1 hit back in 1958.

I remember seeing Steve play this in a live set at Aberdeen’s Lemon Tree a few years back and he pointed out that his version was closer to the original, which is a slow ballad, compared to the uptempo version that the Kingston trio did.

Anyhow – thanks for some great covers, especially the one of Waylon Jennings, who visited Steve when he was in jail.

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