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illest versions of BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX

Phill_MostPhill_Most 4,594 Posts
edited January 2009 in Strut Central
poast 'em

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  • RAW_HAMBURGERRAW_HAMBURGER 1,438 Posts
    j5
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    j5





  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Issac Hayes version still makes my eyes swell up.
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    Moses Dillard


    Wayne Mcghie


    Willie Tee
  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,899 Posts
    Yeah I like the Wayne Mcghie.

    Others that I can think of

    Dorothy Ashby
    PAPUDINHO
    Erma Franklin
    Rex Garvin & the Mighy Cravers

    Oh and I like The Intruders one as well.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Isaac Hayes and Glen Campbell are running things as far as this song is concerned. All the other versions are just album-track filler.

    Worst "Phoenix": the Mad Lads, who tried WAY too hard to "soul" it up...
  • willie_fugalwillie_fugal 1,862 Posts
    William Bell

    Mighty Doug Haynes

    The Guinness Casanovas

    Senor Soul

    The Escorts

    Doris Duke

    Profile

    Erma Franklin

    Charles Kynard

    The Main Ingredient

    In no particular order. So hard to choose a favorite, there are elements of each one that I really like a lot...Mighty Doug Haynes is though. And the first 20 seconds of Willie Tee is my favorite 20 seconds of any version.
  • Phill_MostPhill_Most 4,594 Posts
    ohhhh yeah, mighty doug haynes is !! like he was in the booth and threw the lyric sheet to floor and just said "F--K them words, i'm singin' my own schitt!"
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    ohhhh yeah, mighty doug haynes is !! like he was in the booth and threw the lyric sheet to floor and just said "F--K them words, i'm singin' my own schitt!"

    ha! now you got me curious - what did he sing, in place of the original lyrics?

    'cause that song tells a story, it aint just words strung together to rhyme. so if some jamoke just randomly decides to "sing their own schitt" 2 this tune, it's either gonna be a classic or a colossal trainwreck. or both simultaneously!
  • Phill_MostPhill_Most 4,594 Posts

    ha! now you got me curious - what did he sing, in place of the original lyrics?


    it's right there in willie fugal's poast... here it is again if you missed


    love this guy's lp cover too...

  • MoogManMoogMan Sao Paulo, Brazil 1,173 Posts
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds did one of the most
    sad versions ever.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts

    ha! now you got me curious - what did he sing, in place of the original lyrics?


    it's right there in willie fugal's poast... here it is again if you missed

    Thanks. Yeah, it's like an ANSWER to "Phoenix" more than the song itself.

    And note that he's singing over the backing track to Erma Franklin's version. (Isn't that whole album basically Doug singing over Brunswick backing tracks that have been used before? Must have been a tax deduction scam for somebody...)
  • UnconSciUnconSci 824 Posts
    I just got a Johnny Rivers version thats pretty nice.
  • Virgil JohnsonVirgil Johnson 1 Post
    Hi SS folks.

    I'm a long time lurker, and I finally told myself I should ask all the knowledgeable people on the board for something I have a hard time to locate.
    The mix you'll find at the bottom page of the following link is a selection of mostly obvious joints put together by Adrian Younge.
    BUT , there's this cover of "By the time I get to Phoenix" which seems pretty obscure.
    Does anybody know it, and feels ok to give a name away?
    Many thanks by advance, I'll try to do my best to share stuff in the near future.
    Here's the link:

    http://www.lemellotron.com/2012/05/11/now-playing-adrian-younge-podcast/

    Cover comes @ 7"44.

    Thanks!
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    pickwick33 said:
    Isaac Hayes and Glen Campbell are running things as far as this song is concerned. All the other versions are just album-track filler.

    Worst "Phoenix": the Mad Lads, who tried WAY too hard to "soul" it up...

    I am not crazy about the song and don't look forward to cover versions.
    So I agree with P33 GC IH.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Hey! It's Phill!
  • strataspherestratasphere Blastin' the Nasty 1,035 Posts
    LaserWolf said:
    Hey! It's Phill!




    Not a full blown cover, but I always liked the Wichita Lineman/By The Time I Get To Phoenix medley on the Love Is Blue lp by The Dells. I, like you, got all excited when I saw the Phillwith2l's and realized that this thread was from 2009....aww schitt.
  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,899 Posts
    Last years a friend dropped the New York City version at a jam and during the first chorus everyone was looking around like WTF. But then it dropped and the place was poppin'. I was surprised it went over so well.

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