I don't know if the song's authors, i.e. Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, ever heard that version, although I presume they must have, but I'm pretty sure they would have dug the hell out of it if they did.
I don't know if the song's authors, i.e. Joe Strummer and Mick Jones, ever heard that version, although I presume they must have, but I'm pretty sure they would have dug the hell out of it if they did.
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From Dwight's Used Records, his take on Johnny Cash's Understand Your Man is complete with the mariachi horns.
its excellent. great songs are great songs, but when they are translated into another genre, their greatness multiplies....thnaks!
This is the difference between merely covering a song and re-imagining it.
Reimagining is much more dangerous but potentially much more rewarding.
He pulls it off here, for sure. Great version!
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