I thought the original version was by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris but I just looked it up. The original version is by Bill & James Monroe.
I Won't Back Down
written by Tom Petty & Jeff Lynne
From the 66th album by Johnny Cash in 2000. Petty sings the harmony and plays the organ on this version. Also playing are Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench from the Heartbreakers.
This is Petty's original from 1989, with Campbell playing on this recording as well. Also on the recording are Lynne (bass, synth & vocals), George Harrison (guitar & vocals) and Howie Epstein (vocals). Ringo Starr is seen in the video, but Phil Jones actually played drums.
Travelin' Riverside Blues
written by Robert Johnson
The infamous drunken late night recording sessions that took place during the time of the recording of the Warren Zevon album Sentimental Hygiene in 1987 resulted in the album Hindu Love Gods. The musicians were Zevon, along with Mike Mills, Bill Berry and Peter Buck of R.E.M., and the album of covers was not originally intended for release. But it did come out in 1990, and included this version of Robert Johnson's classic.
Willie Dixon was a very prolific songwriter, and was one of the most important Chicago blues players after World War II. Dixon wrote Hoochie Coochie Man for Muddy Waters, and it became Muddy's biggest hit. The Allman Brothers Band recorded the song for their second album, Idlewild South, released in 1970. It was the only cover song on the album.
Here's the Muddy Waters original, released as a single in 1954:
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Dead Flowers
written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
If you don't believe that The Rolling Stones are one of the greatest alt-country bands ever, then I'm sorry...I believe you are misinformed. The great Townes Van Zandt recognized this. He recorded a version of Dead Flowers that was, unfortunately, unreleased until 2013. But this is proof that the Stones knew country music, and were damn good at it.
Ring Of Fire
written by June Carter & Merle Kilgore
Ring Of Fire was written by Cash's wife June and Merle Kilgore. Cash released it as a single in April of 1963. But this is not the original version. Before Cash recorded it, June's sister Anita Carter released Ring Of Fire on her album Folk Songs Old And New. When Carter's version did not make it as a hit, Cash recorded it with mariachi style horns and had himself a number one hit.
I always thought the Ruby and the Romantics version was the original version, but I just looked it up and found out the original version is by Jimmy Clanton with The Anne Phillips Singers. - 1965
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