The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #117818   Message #2565345
Posted By: Bill D
12-Feb-09 - 05:50 PM
Thread Name: Hard Times (come again no more)versions
Subject: RE: Hard Times (come again no more)versions
I finally listened to the last 8-10 versions, and found several more decent ones, a couple of 'sorta' versions and several that *I* didn't care for, including one more whumpa-whumpa bluegrass version and one more with a long, slow 'milked' 1st verse, then speeded up....strange.

One interesting one was at the end, played by Mark O'Connor & Yo Yo Ma and sung by Edgar Meyer,(who I'm not familar with). It was beautifully done and 'listenable', though a bit out-of-character.

It is truly amazing to hear how very different a simple song can be interpreted, and I am quite aware that others would arrange THEIR lists differently from mine.

A couple of years ago some folks posted many versions of Child Ballads, and in the more popular ones, the variation in styles was even greater. (well, folks have had hundreds of years to mess with Child...*smile*)