Comments on: Friday Five: Velvet http://www.engine145.com/friday-five-velvet/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=friday-five-velvet A Roots Music Publication Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:57:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Paul W Dennis http://www.engine145.com/friday-five-velvet/#comment-10881 Paul W Dennis Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:26:33 +0000 http://www.engine145.com/?p=18195#comment-10881 I’ve always associated “Girl In The Blue Velvet Band” with Hank Snow

]]> By: Jon http://www.engine145.com/friday-five-velvet/#comment-10813 Jon Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:30:34 +0000 http://www.engine145.com/?p=18195#comment-10813 Not that I don’t like me some Hylo, and not that I don’t think putting the song at the top of the list was the right call, but that is a really unrepresentative version of “Girl In The Blue Velvet Band,” which is almost always done in waltz time. You can hear Del McCoury’s version on his new Bill Monroe tribute album on the player here:

http://www.delmccouryband.com/releases/old-memories-the-songs-of-bill-monroe/

And if you really must favor Hylo’s cut time version, you might as well watch him, backed by the Foggy Mountain Boys, here:

http://youtu.be/xL_C0G9SW5s

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