Thursday, March 22, 2012

Hank C. Burnette - "I Still Miss Someone" (In Memory of Jennifer Irene)

Hank C. Burnette - I Still Miss Someone (In Memory of Jennifer Irene)

This is undoubtedly one of my own very favourite songs penned by 'The Man In Black', Johnny Cash. I recorded it at my 1997 'infamous' speed-o-matic session (62 tracks laid down in just one month on a simple 6-track Vestax MR-66 cassette recorder!) and I frankly admit I could've done a more versatile job out of it, but it just happened to be a 'quickie', that suddenly sprung to mind, and it only took about 20 minutes to record it, from start to finish, using a Jackson HM electric all the way through! TRIVIA: "I Still Miss Someone" is the title of a song written and originally recorded by American country music legend Johnny Cash. He first recorded it in 1958 as the B-side to "Don't Take Your Guns To Town". Cash wrote "I Still Miss Someone" with his eldest brother, Roy. Cash included the song on his 1963 album, Ring Of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash. Most of Cash's live recordings after the 1960s included "I Still Miss Someone." Cash appeared in Eat the Document, which document! ed Bob Dylan's 1966 world tour, performing "I Still Miss Someone" with Dylan backstage. Cash later recorded the song as a duet with Dylan during sessions for Dylan's album Nashville Skyline in 1969; however, this duet has never been officially released. Four different artists have charted versions of "I Still Miss Someone" on the Billboard charts. Flatt & Scruggs released a version on their album The Versatile Flatt & Scruggs, peaking at #45 in 1965. In 1981, Don King took a version to #38, on his Epic ...





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