This week's DP&S post.  Another Wednesday night finds me bored, and works been slow this week, and will be until our next house gets framed, so no work tomorrow, and that means I've got a small buzz workin here, and I wnna share some songs with you.

I've covered a lot of topics in my pevious posts, but I don't think I've done this one yet.

This week's topic is Covers in Country Music

Normally, I'm not a fan of covers, but there are a select few that I like, and those ae the one's I'll post.

A fair amount of the songs I post will be remakes of Waylon Jennings' songs.

Remember- Feedback would be appreciate, please leave a comment and let me know what you think.

Let's get started

First up,

Chris Young and Willie Nelson- Rose in Paradise

Original artist- Waylon Jennings.  One of my favorite Waylon songs, and I think Chris Young does it justice.

Next,

Kentucky Headhunters- Lonesome Me

Original artist- Don Gibson.  One of the few occurances that I like the cover better than the original.  The Headhunters make this song upbat with a fast pace.  I left them off of my Country bands blog for reasons unknown to me.  One of my favorite bands of all time.

Next,

Brooks and Dunn- Husbands and Wives

Original artist- Roger Miller.  Roger Miller wasn't known for his serious songs, whch might be why he didn't have much success with this song.  Brooks and Dunn had a top 10 hit with it.

Next,

Blake Shelton- Goodbye Time

Origial Artist- Conway Twitty.  This was before Blake Shelton was the big star he is today(thanks to Rhet Akins' song writing), he does a good job covering a song by a man people once thought was Elvis going by another name.

Next,

Travis Tritt- Where Corn Don't Grow

Original artist- Waylon Jennings.  Love the theme of this song.  Travis had moresuccess with it than Waylon did, I won't say it's better than Waylon's version, becaus no one is better than Waylon, but Travis does a good job.

Next,

Charley Pride- Mountain of Love 

Original artist- Johnny Rivers.  It's fairly upbeat for what should be a sad song.  Charley broke barriers in Country Music.  He's the greatst minority Country Artist of all time, a living legend.

I saved the best for last

The Door is Always Open- Jamey Johnson

Original artist- Waylon Jennings.  This is as close to Waylon as you can get without listening to Waylon.  Doing Waylon justice wouldn't do enough service for Jamey's version. 

Thanks for listening