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Friday 21 May 2021

Hanging Around

Among the goodies I found in the bargain bins on a recent trip to my local second-hand record shop was "Cover Your Tracks", a 2019 EP by Corb Lund. Being a clever bunch, you may be able to deduce from the title that it is a covers record.

The undoubted highlight is this fine rendition of Marty Robbins' "They're Hanging Me Tonight". The original version was Side 1, Track 5 on Marty's classic "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs" album. What better to pair it with than Side 1, Track 6.

"They're Hanging Me Tonight" - Corb Lund

"The Strawberry Roan" - Marty Robbins

To complete the sequence, let's flip the record over for Side 2, Track 1.

2 comments:

  1. I've the occasional Corb Lund song here and there but never seen anything on my charity shop travels

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    1. Not for the lack of looking I'm sure. You seem to be sweeping your way through the charity shops of Scotland like a plague of locusts at the moment. Nice polite locusts, obviously.

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