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I remember the Don McLean version of this in the late 1970s that never seemed to be off the radio. Along with the original Orbiston 1960s version and this one , they are all crackers. Orbiston was a great singer songwriter
I'm not sure who Orbiston is, McS - is his version as good as Orbison's? (Guffaw!) Talking of Don McLean's version, I still have my original single bought back in the '70s. Incidentally, although songwriter Cindy Walker wrote Distant Drums specifically for Jim Reeves, when Chet Atkins nixed a proper recording of it, the song was first released as a B side (I think) by Roy Orbison. Jim had recorded a quick 'demo' for Cindy at her request, and it was this that was later overdubbed and released in 1966, making Jim (two years dead) the first American artiste to win 'Song of the Year' in Britain. Jim's lead guitarist, Leo Jackson, later said that Jim wouldn't have thought it good enough for release and would have done a 'proper' version had he lived.
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Well that was a new version to me.
Nice, eh? Were you crying - I mean singing - along with it?
I remember the Don McLean version of this in the late 1970s that never seemed to be off the radio. Along with the original Orbiston 1960s version and this one , they are all crackers. Orbiston was a great singer songwriter
I'm not sure who Orbiston is, McS - is his version as good as Orbison's? (Guffaw!) Talking of Don McLean's version, I still have my original single bought back in the '70s. Incidentally, although songwriter Cindy Walker wrote Distant Drums specifically for Jim Reeves, when Chet Atkins nixed a proper recording of it, the song was first released as a B side (I think) by Roy Orbison. Jim had recorded a quick 'demo' for Cindy at her request, and it was this that was later overdubbed and released in 1966, making Jim (two years dead) the first American artiste to win 'Song of the Year' in Britain. Jim's lead guitarist, Leo Jackson, later said that Jim wouldn't have thought it good enough for release and would have done a 'proper' version had he lived.
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