And down to Knoxville they did ride.

[lollardfish]

Del McCoury is one of the great living legends of bluegrass. I've been trying to branch out from Ralph Stanley and broaden my bluegrass repertoire, so went to Youtube.

Here's a lovely little song about a red-headed girl and a motorcycle from 1952. Some of you might have heard it already (sarcasm warning as my sarcasm seems to have been missed a lot lately!).

I really admire people who take someone else's song and just own it when they cover it. I'm a good mimic, taking on the vocal tones of others and replicating them in ways that work for me. But I tend not to reinvent others' work this way. Good stuff!

Meanwhile my son and some spaghetti are locked on mortal combat. Too soon to tell who will win.

Comments

[pied-piper70.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I saw Del perform that song when he toured with the Down From The Mountain tour in 2002 (same concert where I got to hear Ralph Stanley as well)...It was a surprise and a revelation to hear Vincent '52 done like that...Very cool...

[guppiecat]

In a similar vein, you might appreciate Elwood's cover of "Sundown". . . If you can appreciate well-done creative rap. (The video is pretty worthless, but at least the song is shared.)

Spaghetti

[mia-mcdavid.livejournal.com]

Uh-oh! Maybe it's an avatar of the FSM! Flee!

[chasophonic.livejournal.com]

Del McCoury was a headliner at the MBOTMA festival last summer. Near the end of his set most of the audience had started chanting "Vincent", while I sat there hoping against hope that he wouldn't do the song. I really don't like his version. A lot.

He went for pleasing the crowd.

[spacecrab.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I enjoyed that. I just searched for a YouTube version of a performance that this reminded me of by one of my favorites, but couldn't find it. Here's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1qHfWM_abA) one that's not bad, but (alas) missing the high-energy fiddle player.