Chet's original version of "Smokey Mountain Lullaby"
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 8:10 am
Hope everyone here on the Chetboard is doing well! It's been awhile since I last posted
I thought some of you would enjoy this since it's not an arrangement heard very often. I wasn't aware Chet had done the instrumental backing for the Amy Grant audio book, "The Gingham Dog and The Calico Cat," so when I found out, I made sure to poke around the internet and find myself a copy! I was especially glad his original version of "Smokey Mountain Lullaby" was on there as well because I've always been curious about how Chet originally intended for it to sound before recording it with Tommy. There are definitely some obvious differences, most surprising for me being that the album liner said Chet recorded it on acoustic guitar, and that there is a beautiful single note section about halfway through.
Hope you enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzDBkR8E5Ps
I thought some of you would enjoy this since it's not an arrangement heard very often. I wasn't aware Chet had done the instrumental backing for the Amy Grant audio book, "The Gingham Dog and The Calico Cat," so when I found out, I made sure to poke around the internet and find myself a copy! I was especially glad his original version of "Smokey Mountain Lullaby" was on there as well because I've always been curious about how Chet originally intended for it to sound before recording it with Tommy. There are definitely some obvious differences, most surprising for me being that the album liner said Chet recorded it on acoustic guitar, and that there is a beautiful single note section about halfway through.
Hope you enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzDBkR8E5Ps