Many thanks to everyone who stopped by to listen and cast a
vote on my latest Battle of the Bands! Just when I thought it couldn’t be done, two
different icons laid claim (and accrued acclaim) for outstanding covers of a
legendary train song; proving it can so
be done.
Contenders Song(s) Votes
John Denver City
of New Orleans
7 (Including me and Anon.)
Johnny Cash City of New
Orleans 2
Since the holidays are fast upon us, I won’t fret too much about what happened here ;-) Suffice it to say one John won, and one Johnny didn’t. With that in mind, I present an artist who appeared in my search for songs about trains that might just hold his own – were he to compete against the winner.
Please let me know what you think in the comment section.
I encourage you to stop by and see how the other battles
went (participant links in the upper right sidebar)
Happy Thanksgiving!
I would've still voted for John Denver even if you had used Al Stewart in this showdown. Denver had a landslide win, sorta like Trump, wouldn't you agree? Thanks for letting us know how things went. My results are now up!
ReplyDeleteHa! Why, yes. Yes, I would ;-) On my way to your place -
DeleteWishing you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving, diedre! ☺ I too would pick John Denver over Al Stewart, but Al's song is still pretty good.
ReplyDeleteSame to you, Debbie! I bet it's looking gorgeous where you are, keep taking those awesome pictures ;-)
DeleteLove the Al Stewart song. Don't recall having heard it before.
ReplyDeleteThe outcome makes sense. John Denver is just easier on the ears I think.
Lee
Hi Arlee! I hadn't heard the Al Stewart song before either, but I sure like it. I also like John Denver's style for the battle win ;-)
DeletedIEDRE ~
ReplyDeleteHokey-Smoke!! I'm not only surprised that John Denver beat Johnny Cash, but I am amazed that he beat him so soundly! It seems, considering the history of BOTB, that Cash has been one of those Unbeatables (like Nat King Cole, Ray Charles, etc.) But then again, once upon a time ago in BOTB, Sinatra was also an Unbeatable, but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. I guess nobody gets to be an Unbeatable forever.
I thought the Al Stewart song was pretty decent, but it wouldn't get my vote over Denver's version of 'City Of New Orleans'.
Lastly, I got yer E, and don't give up on Part 2 of the history of Muddy! I've had several things come up that I had to pay attention to, but I've already collected a few photos for Muddy 2.0, and I will complete that project for sure within the next few days, or my name isn't Mary Poppins!
~ Mary Poppins' DogG