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Boyd

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How about Seasons of my Heart (by George Jones) performed a few times by the Grateful Dead during 1969-70. Bobby seemed to be the one who wanted to do these sentimental country songs and Jerry was onboard but Pig Pen called them "Hillbilly sh**". :D It takes awhile for them to get up to speed here, they were experimenting with all kinds of different things then, 69-70 is really my favorite period for the Dead. Jerry is messing around with a pedal steel guitar, which evidently he never really learned how to play but had fun trying different things.

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Seasons come, seasons go
We get a little sunshine, rain and snow
Just the way that it was planned to be
But there's no season in my heart
While you play the leading part
There the flowers will bloom eternally

Chorus
Your leaving, it will bring autumn sorrow
And my tears like withered leaves will fall
But spring it may bring us glad tomorrow
And darling, we could be happy after all

As it is in nature's plan
No season gets the upper hand
How I tried to bear this fact in mind
The trees are bare, the cold winds blow
But by experience we should know
That winter comes but the spring is close behind

Chorus
 
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This one does if for me.

Of course, "Try to Remember" was originally from The Fantasticks, which was (IMO) a ground-breaking musical from around 1960. It was staged very simply, with only a couple instruments in the band and no scenery, just props and very clever stage direction. I saw it when I was young, sometime in the mid to late 1960's. I just can't remember whether it was a road show or something I saw on a visit to New York. But it made quite an impression on me at the time to see something so simple yet effective (years later, they revived it with a fancy broadway production that looked terrible to me)

But the original show starred Jerry Orbach (yes, that Jerry Orbach) who sang this song at the very beginning. Always a favorite of mine, it's funny, I haven't listened to it for many years but was just thinking of it a few days ago! Hard to find a version of the original off-broadway recording online, but this is it

 

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How about Seasons of my Heart (by George Jones) performed a few times by the Grateful Dead during 1969-70. Bobby seemed to be the one who wanted to do these sentimental country songs and Jerry was onboard but Pig Pen called them "Hillbilly sh**". :D It takes awhile for them to get up to speed here, they were experimenting with all kinds of different things then, 69-70 is really my favorite period for the Dead. Jerry is messing around with a pedal steel guitar, which evidently he never really learned how to play but had fun trying different things.

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That was good, I let it run.
 
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RednekF350

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How about Seasons of my Heart (by George Jones) performed a few times by the Grateful Dead during 1969-70. Bobby seemed to be the one who wanted to do these sentimental country songs and Jerry was onboard but Pig Pen called them "Hillbilly sh**". :D It takes awhile for them to get up to speed here, they were experimenting with all kinds of different things then, 69-70 is really my favorite period for the Dead. Jerry is messing around with a pedal steel guitar, which evidently he never really learned how to play but had fun trying different things.

(if this doesn't start playing, wait a couple seconds then click the play button)


Seasons come, seasons go
We get a little sunshine, rain and snow
Just the way that it was planned to be
But there's no season in my heart
While you play the leading part
There the flowers will bloom eternally

Chorus
Your leaving, it will bring autumn sorrow
And my tears like withered leaves will fall
But spring it may bring us glad tomorrow
And darling, we could be happy after all

As it is in nature's plan
No season gets the upper hand
How I tried to bear this fact in mind
The trees are bare, the cold winds blow
But by experience we should know
That winter comes but the spring is close behind

Chorus
What the hell is that thumping noise?
Oh, it’s George Jones trying to get out of his grave to kick the Dead’s asses.
 

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Patsy Cline had crossover appeal, but at its core was honest-to-God country versus whatever "new country" is. Walkin' After Midnight was her first big hit.

I have always loved Patsy Cline. If that's dubbing, she's good at it. Did they have microphones back then that they could clip to their clothing? I've always wondered about that.
 

RednekF350

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And here are the Stones in 1964 covering an Arthur Alexander Country-Soul song, You Better Move On. Alexander was an early Muscle Shoals artist. If you haven't seen the documentary on Muscle Shoals, seek it out and watch it. It is pretty amazing.

Later, George Jones and Johnny Paycheck covered it too.

Links to both.

 

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And here are the Stones in 1964 covering an Arthur Alexander Country-Soul song, You Better Move On. Alexander was an early Muscle Shoals artist. If you haven't seen the documentary on Muscle Shoals, seek it out and watch it. It is pretty amazing.

Later, George Jones and Johnny Paycheck covered it too.

Links to both.

I'll take the stones version.
 
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