When it came to varied tastes, Gram Parsons had a mandate on cool. A large part of what has contributed to the artists enduring legacy was his preternatural sense of style, which, in terms of music, transcended the confines of genre boundaries. A sponge, Parsons soaked up everything around him and recast it in his own light. This is no more evident than the Burrito Brothers cover of Aretha Franklin’s soul drenched “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man,” which under Parsons care, transforms into a slow burning country gem.
Related: As we mentioned earlier in the year, the Amoeba Records release of Gram Parsons Archive, Vol. 1, a two CD live document of the Burritos at the Avalon Ballroom, recorded in San Francisco, in April 1969, saw its release, last Tuesday, November 6th. The show was recently unearthed in the Grateful Dead’s archive, and was previously unavailable.
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MP3: The Flying Burrito Brothers :: Do Right Woman (cover)
MP3: Aretha Franklin :: Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
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i LOVE this song. thank you for cluing me into the FBB version!!
1 | theMike November 11th, 2007 at 8:10 pmSoul and country music are black and white twins. Most soul ballads are really country songs performed R&B style. Just compare Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham’s country-flavoured versions of their songs with the soul versions by singers like James Carr.
2 | Private Beach November 11th, 2007 at 10:00 pmprivate beach, spot on, man.
3 | Satisfied '75 November 11th, 2007 at 10:19 pmany word on the amoeba release? I really want to check it out but I’ve heard the burritos didn’t put on the best shows.
4 | brendan November 11th, 2007 at 10:23 pmI love GP’s interpretaion of this song (and several others!). Thanks, AD!
5 | Analog Moon November 12th, 2007 at 2:13 pmOne of my all-time favorites, from two of my all-time favorites. Both versions give me chills still to this day.
6 | DJohnson November 13th, 2007 at 1:08 amGP does a great version of William Bell’s “You Don’t Miss Your Water” on the Byrds’ Sweetheart of the Rodeo. I guess due to some contract issues, his vocal gets muffled and mixed in with McGuinn’s, but the version is still about as pretty as anything. I think that there may even be an un-muffled version on the Legacy Series version of the album released a few years back. There a great chapter on what Parsons, Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham, Chips Moman and others were doing with spriritual music in Peter Guralnick’s book, “Sweet Soul Music.”
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