I had the pleasure of hearing Iris and John Prine duet in Fort Worth about 10 years ago. Front seat, a mere six from center. I went home that night with a happy memory that will stay with me until I die. My date was my husband who died a scant few years later, age 50 from a heart attack. Iris and John are embedded in my memories. Thank you for this video.
Iris has managed the move from cute country singer to the world's greatest folk singer by using her own songs and selecting the best of the rest from others e.g. Johnny Cash. All emotion, nothing artificial. Well done USA to produce a world treasure. Peter Turner, UK.
My life has truly been better having Iris's songs to hear. In my humble opinion she is the very best female vocalist alive. I love red heads and great singers.....if she can cook.....well! Sign me up!
When you're driving alone on one of those long, hypnotic highway road trips, there are two voices that can transform the monotony into exhilaration and the boring into invigorating: Iris DeMent and Hank Williams Sr. Oh my, can you imagine what they would have sounded like as a duet? The rapture of two angelic voices.
I remember the first time I heard Iris nearly 20 years ago. I was listening to NPR in my car. They played "Let the Mystery be" and I had to pull off on the shoulder. I broke down and cried on the side of the road. Been a fan ever since. I finally got to see her live a couple years ago. This woman is the real deal. As pure and genuine as they come.
Mmm. Such fine singing, filled with delicate pauses and ornaments, absolutely unique and pitch-perfect. Each repetition different from the preceding. Very high degree of musical intelligence here.
I have listened to this song so many times by other artists like Johhn Cash, but this is the first time I heard it. The simple pureness in this wonderful voice grabs my attention and weaves a way into my existance and becomes one of my lifes fond memories. Thank You Iris.
You are a real songbird, Iris! This version is comparable or even better than Cash, I think. I do really love her voice, singing and sound. Goran, Sweden.
One of the most sacred humans I've grown to love/ shows honor& Godly affection toward her parents; her childhood. ( loving memory)& z50 mis of Elbow Room??...Outstanding! 💙🗝👆🔯🥇💜💜💜/ thanks so Kindly-- pki💙💚🙏💙💜
If you haven't had the chance to see Iris DeMent in person, you must find her (it might not be all that easy) and when you do, you'll have one of the best experiences of your life. She is that special!
IDmax, same here..was driving a truck on the Long Island Expressway, listening to WFUV and here come "Let The Mystery be." A lifelong Emmylou Harris fan, Found myself ready to turn my back on one angel for another!
At my door the leaves are falling And a cold, wild wind soon will come Sweethearts walk by together And I still miss someone Well, I never got over those blue eyes And I see them everywhere And I miss those arms that held me When all the love was there Well, I go out on a party And I look for a little fun But I find a darkened corner 'cause I still miss someone Well, I never got over those blue eyes And I see them everywhere And I miss those arms that held me When all the love was there Well, I wonder if he's sorry For leaving what we had become Well, there's someone for me somewhere But I still miss someone Well, I never got over those blue eyes And I see them everywhere And I miss those arms that held me When all the love was there
Can't let taddyd1's comment go by without choking. Joanie made several wonderful country albums at Quad's studio, but Cash didn't need her help. Iris is a breath of honest, fresh country air helping to keep real country alive. And does it without needing a roomful of session musicians as seen here.
She sings a very nice version of this Johnny Cash song, could you imagine if there was a duet of her and Johnny on this, Just discovered Iris tonight on a duet of Wild Wood Flower she did with Emmy Lou Harris, which drew me to this and now on to the next think I have discovered a new singer to listen to :)
Please record this, Iris. Would love you to also cover and record Clay Pigeons. You are the best singer in the world. So authentic-a national treasure.
I saw Iris in Phoenix also....Amazeing. Only one more on my bucket list..Jimmy Dale Glimore..PS havent taken her new cd out of my car cd player in two months
I had a similar experience ... I was working on a project for Southern Ball in Richmond about 20 years ago. While I was driving in my rental from the airport to the hotel, I heard Iris on NPR. I pull over to hear "Let The Mystery Be" and catch the name of the singer. When I got back home to Philly the following week, I called around and I found a copy of Iris' cassette tape(!) at a niche music store in suburban Philly. I was a happy guy when I whupped that tape into my boom box ...
She did an album in which her mother sings a track; how sweet and generous. Her Mom sang old-timey; you could hear her in Iris's songs thereafter. How often had she heard her mother singing. And then to have her record a song for the rest of us.
@@richardbono5540 It was on her album "Infamous Angel"; track number eleven - "Higher Ground". You'll have to listen to the album, because RU-vid will take you to a different song of the same title, by Stevie Wonder. The one Irish and her mom (Flora Mae DeMint) do is a traditional folk tune. It's lovely.
Don't much care for this cover. Iris, though, is a gem singing her own beautiful, melancolic songs. My wife and I saw her in Redondo Beach about a decade ago. I walked away depressed; she was angry that night, and she let it be known. It just added depth to her music after I got over it. She's real. Real and real.
Coincidence ... I was driving my rental car from the Richmond VA airport to check into my hotel to start a programming gig the next day at Southern Bell and I heard Iris on NPR. I also had to pull over to listen to her sing. Same night, same station, same gal.
I first her on "Heartfelt Music" hosted by John Davis on KPFK in Los Angeles. He played "Our Town". After I showered, got dressed, and read the paper, I rushed down to Tower Records in Sherman Oaks and bought her first recording. Saw her at McCabes and The Troubadour. Boy was she pretty back then. I think she went through some tough times though for she has really aged. But she still sings great. Saw her a couple of years ago again at McCabes in Santa Monica.
Iris!!!! Could you come to Saint John, N.B. Canada. John has been here a few times, and we loved him. You would be so loved in our city, especially by me. Please come to our city.
At my door the leaves are falling and a cold, wild wind soon will come Sweethearts walk by together and I still miss someone Well, I never got over those blue eyes and I see them everywhere and I miss those arms that held me when all the love was there Well, I go out on a party and I look for a little fun but I find a darkened corner 'cause I still miss someone Well, I never got over those blue eyes and I see them everywhere and I miss those arms that held me when all the love was there Well, I wonder if he's sorry for leaving what we had become Well, there's someone for me somewhere but I still miss someone Well, I never got over those blue eyes and I see them everywhere and I miss those arms that held me when all the love was there
@ snufpark: I agree with you about Iris DeMent in your previous posts. Yes, the D-45 is in reference to Martin D-45. I have a Martin D-28 Marquis as I can't afford th D-45 purchased at the Twelth Fret in Toronto. The D-28 is classic guitar for Bluegrass. I like jazz. classical, and bluegrass. Also a Fender Tele custom classic, a Fender Vintage 62 Strat reissue, and I just bought an Epihone ES-175 jazz guitar. I coudn't justify an 'real' Gibson ES-175 at $3500.00.
@ snufpark: The columbia album was titled , "The Fabulous Johnny Cash". I think his best stuff was, arguabley, between 1958 anf 1960. I still have that album in my basement as well as his first Sun album which was put out by Quality Records in Canada in 1956 or '57. I first discovered Cash in 1954. The first record I heard on Toronto AM radio, (no FM in those days), was "Hey Porter and "Cry, Cry,Cry. From then on, as a twelve year old, he was my idol after Hank Snow. Ken, Toronto, On.
@snuffpark: No. 4. post. Jack Scott was one of my favourites, too during high school. I still have a 45 rpm copy of "My True Love and "LeRoy and "Burning Bridges" which came out in 1959. He came out of Windsor Ont. I checked him out on RU-vid a while back. Re. Iris De ment: As well as being a talented singer she's kinda cute, too. Hope to catch her, again, on Austin City Limits on WBUF PBS one of these Friday nights.
@ snufpark: In Western New York there was Ramblin' Lou in the 50' every morning and at 4 o'clock during the week. Lou is still going strong and has his own all-country radio station in Lancasater N.Y. I still get him on Saturday mornings if I'm not listening to Jazz FM 91. I was in heaven when I discoverd WWVA in Wheeling W.V. about 1954/55. I lost a lot of sleep before getting up for high school listening to the "Coffee Drinkin' Nighhawk, Lee Moore. RE. #3 of 3 posts re subject. Ken, Toronto
Since Joan Baez recorded this in '64 ( greatly helping J Cash gain mainstream acceptance) every girl who ever picked up a guitar had tried her hand @ this classic. None has ever captured the intensity of JB, she kept it simple, and more haunting. This is very nice though.
@ snufpark: I've had a Martin D-18 and this is my third D-28. My dream is to get a D-28 with Brazilian rosewould instead of East Indian, but trhe price is prohibitive. In the forty's and fifty's CHUM had a country broadcast every weekday with Josh King from 12 o'clock to 1 o'clock CKEY had a top-ten on Sunday's for an hour before it became an all-rock "top fifty" format in 1957 . It competed with CKEY when it did the same. Can you believe it. There was also a station in Bramton every noon hour
You're right. Done by many, the song's recently become a classic among Americana acts. Although Johnny wrote the song, album credits go to ROY, Johnny's brother, probably as a gift.
