A bit more straithforward last week with a resounding win of 6-1 by Townes over Guy Clark with their respective versions of To Live is to Fly. Only Alyson was rowing against the tide.
The overall score is now Townes 7 The Rest 1. Interestingly, it was nearly 6 -2 the week before as regular Friday night commenter Spence voted for Loretta by John Prine at 01.28 am on Saturday morning. As the post was scheduled for 08.00 and I was safely tucked up in bed it wasn't counted. So get in early.
It is beginning to get tricky now. I've still got plenty of songs by Townes that I don't have covers of and a few covers but not the Townes originals. I'll see how I get on but may put out a call for help shortly.
Courtesy of the compilation Poet - a tribute to Townes Van Zandt I've managed to come up with a cover of If I Needed You by Ray Benson of Asleep at the Wheel fame.
It's a no-brainer for me this week - it's Townes all day long.
Others,of course, may choose to differ
Next week's cover will be on Friday as opposed to Saturday
Townes. But if it had been the Emmylou and Don Williams version I would have given a rare vote for the opposition.
ReplyDeleteThat would certainly have been a much closer call. Emmylou has already appeared with Pancho & Lefty
DeleteRay has a nice voice, but it seems unfair to pit him against the original.
ReplyDeleteI came here to suggest the Emmylou/Don Williams version, only to find out that Ernie beat me to it. I like the Ray Benson version, which sounds nothing at all like Asleep at the Wheel; but not as much as Townes or Emmylou. -- Marc
ReplyDeleteI was definitely against the tide last time.
ReplyDeleteThis time I'm going to give them each a point (which is rubbish for your scoring system I know) as I prefer the arrangement in the Ray version but prefer Townes's voice in his version. The continual percussion annoyed me a bit in his arrangement.