Tag: versions

  • Versions: “If I Were a Carpenter”

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    Tim Hardin’s “If I Were a Carpenter” is notable for sounding great covered by lots of different people and for the correct use of the conditional, past-tense verb (aka the 犀利士 subjunctive mood). If I were a songwriter…

  • Versions: “Tobacco Road”

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    Here are a bunch of takes on the J.D. Loudermilk-penned song, “Tobacco Road.” Covering first-person songs is iffy business. Trickier still when the lyrics start… I was born in a trunk Mama died and my daddy got drunk Many have tried, not all have succeeded. (Always thought it was “born in a dump” but the…

  • Versions: Memphis

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    It’s the inaugural post of a we’ll-see-how-long-it-last series, Versions–assertively curated lists of much-covered songs. Not just any much-covered songs, but ones you might want to hear over and over, or at least add to occasionally shuffle upon in your overstuffed Spotify library (if that’s how you do things).  First up: “Memphis, Tennessee” (aka “Memphis”) Chuck…