Amazing version of Constant Sorrow

[Mike Bunting]

wonderful

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[mandolirius]

Oh yeah! That is syck, or da bomb or whatever it is the kids are saying these days.

[Mike Bunting]

Oh yeah! That is syck, or da bomb or whatever it is the kids are saying these days.
:grin: Anybody who said "da bomb" must be pushing 50 by now! Get hip to the trip.
Another from my source.
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[Jeroen]

Thanks Mike for the links! Both are great.

[Bernie Daniel]

The version of Constant Sorrow was great -- not quite up to Dan Tyminski's standards though -- his voice can cut steel. Does anyone know if the Dillards a capella version of the song was ever recorded?

[JonZ]

Actually, I prefer George Clooney's version.

[mandolirius]

I like Ralph. :grin:

[Jeroen]

Bernie,
The Dillards version is on the album Roots and Branches.

I like that it doesn't have the cheesy soggy bottom third person chorus but it has (to me) some pretty useless twangy mandolin doodling around the open rhythmical structure. The record sticker claims that Rodney Dillard wrote it.
For people interested in how songs get around it might be nice to listen to the versions of, say, Emry Arthur, the Stanleys and Rod Stewart on youtube.

[Shelagh Moore]

Two excellent clips... thanks Mike!

[Bernie Daniel]

Actually, I prefer George Clooney's version.

Yeah, I''m like you, I always get Clooney's voice confused with Tyminski -- thank goodness they spell their names differently.

[JeffD]

Mike that is wonderful.

[JEStanek]

I like that different version of Man of Constant Sorrow and, I'm a huge CCD fan. That cover of Blu Cantrell's song is fantastic and works great in their style.

Jamie

[Charley wild]

A couple of dandy clips Mike, thanks!

[Jim Yates]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIuoJTuhkxA

This is one of the first versions of this tune that I heard.
And here's another early version that I recall from the Great Folk Scare.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ27d5gRMuc

[Dave Gumbart]

If folks don't know it, they should check out the Wayfaring Strangers version, from their album, Shifting Sands of Time. It features Ralph Stanley on vocals, but after a run-through that's mostly true to the earlier Ralph version, it gets some jazz style piano and a treatment that is unique. It's great. The band is the brainchild of Matt Glaser, and John McGann was a member as well. And some guys named Andy Statman and Tony Trischka....

[JeffD]

Here is an interesting version.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii8u4GDCwRU

[Elliot Luber]

That's pretty wild. I kind of like the older versions, but it grows on you.