IF YOUR NEW TO PATSY..WELL YOU ARE IN FOR A GRATE TREAT..SHE HAS LOTS OF RECORDINGS SO YOU WILL HAVE A GRATE TRIP. AN AFTER ABOUT 100 SONGS..YOU WILL SEE JUST .HOW.GOOD SHE WAS... AN WHY ALL OF US.. TELLS YOU SHE WAS THE BEST FEMALE COUNRY SINGER OF ALL TIME!..AN I DONT LIE!
My 3 and 6-year-old grandchildren love listening to young Carson Peters (with Ricky Skaggs and band) playing Blue Moon of Kentucky." They're learning the "difference" between the fiddle and the violin "strings" and "strangs" (per Carson Peters)! In their Stockings, this Christmas Santa is bringing them tickets to take their Mom and Dad to see Joshua Bell "The Man With The Violin" (Kathy Stinson). Ok, Bill Monroe may not be Mendelssohn!. Or Joshua Bell! What do I know! Even so, if the music of either Bill Monroe and Joshua Bell does not capture a 3 and 6-year-old, then what can? As for Patsy Kline's version of Monroe's "Blue Moon of Kentucky," she captures it. Neither Ray Charles' version nor Elvis Presley's version captures what Patsy achieves. This is not to diminish Ray Charles or Elvis. Obviously, I'm not a musician. I'm only inspired by the miracles musicians make. Patsy, once again, you own it! My precious little ones will hear this!
I was never a big Patsy Cline fan growing up but went to see a play about her life when I was in the States. Always.. Patsy Clein, I think the name was. Enjoyed her music on and off since.
Those strings make it "countrypolitan". Much better than the version released on the "Sweet Dreams" soundtrack, where a tenor sax was added. Normally, I love the growl and timbre of the tenor, but NOT in a bluegrass song!
From what I've read Patsy hated the "countrypolitan" sound and would have preferred her records to be much more traditional sounding. Even Chet Atkins questioned his role in the "countrypolitan" makeover of country in his later years.
