Normally it is difficult to listen to covers of Classics, because the original is usually such perfection (that's why it has achieved legendary classic status in the first place) that any subsequent version is alway compared to the unreachable "High bar" set by the initial release. However, the Grascals version is excellent in its own right. It might even have been a hit, in the absence of the original. This version is very similar to the version subsequently recorded on Blue Highways TV by one of Rodney's later versions of the Dillards, which included Steve Cooley on banjo. That version is also posted here on YT. Excellent job to the Grascals for their version.
@@malagutigene Yes, but he didn't change the strings, they're upside down (fat bass strings on the bottome and thinner strings on top). Like if you grab a right handed person's guitar and flipped it to the left handed position without doing anything to it.
@Andy Jones No he didn't. He flipped his guitar, as many lefties do, but he strung it as you normally string a guitar: www.quora.com/Did-Jimi-Hendrix-play-upside-down
The singer is Terry Eldridge. I love his voice. To me, it has the traditional high lonesome sound that is a trademark of bluegrass. I used to see him at Station Inn in Nashville when he was with Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time.
Great bluegrass sound. My thought is that Jamie and Terry are pickin Tanglewood guitars. Their headstocks are a little different than mine. Am I correct re: "T" ? Thanks for sharin wonderful bluegrass.
adamaj Good eye! Some people aren't just lefties, they invert the whole guitar! I believe Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix both played that way but I could be wrong about that.
But here's the kicker. That's Jamie Johnson and he doesn't always play like that. Sometimes he strings the guitar backwards so he can strum in the traditional fashion.
