Version City #39 - Please Don't Take My Sunshine Away
You might want to grab a torch. Things are
about to get dark. Very dark indeed. Until an
hour ago I'd never heard of Jamey Johnson,
Twiggy Ramirez or Shooter Jennings, but it
appears that in 2013 these three artists combined to release the very arrangement of perennial favourite, 'You Are My Sunshine', that I might have recorded myself, were I in their position. Unsettling, brooding, menacing - the way I've long thought the song should be approached. And these guys nail it.
Jamey Johnson
Turns out that Shooter is Waylon's son,
Jamey's very big on the contemporary country scene and
Twiggy, believe it or not, is Marilyn
Manson's bassist! 'You Are My Sunshine' was
recorded for the soundtrack of an American TV
Series, 'Sons of Anarchy'. Brace yourself.
4 comments:
Anonymous
said...
Fabulous. They have certainly unearthed the darkness beneath a song that is most often played as a jaunty ditty.
I had only heard of one of the names you mentioned and did a doubletake when I first read it here. Twiggy Ramirez? Dress-wearing, braided-hair, black lipsticked Twiggy Ramirez...? Goes country? But on listening to this, well, it sounds just right.
This version a a well-loved song overwhelmed me when I stumbled upon it yesterday evening, but I've yet to find anything similar within the catalogues of any of the artists involved. If anyone knows different, please let me know!
4 comments:
Fabulous. They have certainly unearthed the darkness beneath a song that is most often played as a jaunty ditty.
Three great Country names!
Oh very dark...
I had only heard of one of the names you mentioned and did a doubletake when I first read it here. Twiggy Ramirez? Dress-wearing, braided-hair, black lipsticked Twiggy Ramirez...? Goes country? But on listening to this, well, it sounds just right.
This version a a well-loved song overwhelmed me when I stumbled upon it yesterday evening, but I've yet to find anything similar within the catalogues of any of the artists involved. If anyone knows different, please let me know!
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