https://audioperfecta.com/old-school-country-and-western/ Listen To This! Thu, 07 Mar 2019 20:38:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://audioperfecta.com/old-school-country-and-western/#comment-124 Thu, 07 Mar 2019 20:38:27 +0000 https://audioperfecta.com/?p=3073#comment-124 […] mean we have to change genres though! I mean – sure, it’s good to change from rock to country to sappy love songs to holiday classics to – you get the picture. But what if you really want […]

]]> https://audioperfecta.com/old-school-country-and-western/#comment-113 Fri, 08 Feb 2019 18:37:38 +0000 https://audioperfecta.com/?p=3073#comment-113 […] This leaves three versions. The original Stan Jones version, the Sons of Pioneers version, and the Johnny Cash version. All three versions have their place. The Stan Jones version sounds creepier than any of the other versions – also provides a baseline to judge all other versions. The Sons of Pioneers version seems to have lent a lot to later versions of the song. The Johnny Cash version, however, feels perfect. Again – Cash knew how to make a cover his own song. Cash held the spirit of the original, and even answered lingering questions I had about the song. While there’s almost an overproduced sound – Cash still makes the song work. So Johnny Cash’s version of (Ghost) Rider’s in the Sky clearly wins. By the way – if you want to read the story of the how I saw Johnny Cash live, and foolishly didn’t care – check out my playlist. […]

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