tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post7458070266819096098..comments2024-03-12T20:57:55.805-07:00Comments on Just A Song: Hank Williams: Cool WaterUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post-35496225547919557392009-10-23T07:28:23.228-07:002009-10-23T07:28:23.228-07:00Hank Williams is my favourite singer. Heard this s...Hank Williams is my favourite singer. Heard this song sung by Slim Whitman before. Glad to hear the version sung by Hank Williams.<br /><br />Thank you for the post.Teohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15380975571984044612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post-79108745378928457872009-10-06T08:34:09.681-07:002009-10-06T08:34:09.681-07:00This might be the only Hank Williams track that...This might be the only Hank Williams track that's longer than four minutes. He really reached back for this one -- as I wrote, found something in it that suited him perfectly.<br /><br />Roy, I know someone whose mother dated Burl Ives back in the Forties. She knew Woody, Leadbelly, Pete Seeger, all of them.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post-23428649514822788062009-10-06T06:55:21.793-07:002009-10-06T06:55:21.793-07:00I also didn't know this version--mostly knew t...I also didn't know this version--mostly knew this one from Sons of the Pioneers. This is a very good version--I believe it's significantly slower in tempo than the Sons of Pioneers. As you mentioned, the spare background, without the harmony singing, also gives it a more stark treatment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402985451299910936.post-2640468173733655292009-10-05T20:59:55.785-07:002009-10-05T20:59:55.785-07:00Interesting. I never heard the Hank Williams versi...Interesting. I never heard the Hank Williams version of this before. I'd heard the song enough when I was a kid - Marty Robbins, Hank Snow, Sons of the Pioneers, and even (of all people) Burl Ives all sang it. Thanks for the opportunity to hear ol' Hank sing it!Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.com