Comments on: Retro Single Review: George Jones & Alan Jackson, “A Good Year for the Roses” http://www.countryuniverse.net/2012/07/28/retro-single-review-george-jones-alan-jackson-a-good-year-for-the-roses/ Thu, 20 Jun 2013 01:49:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: the pistolero http://www.countryuniverse.net/2012/07/28/retro-single-review-george-jones-alan-jackson-a-good-year-for-the-roses/#comment-1184775 the pistolero Mon, 30 Jul 2012 03:39:19 +0000 http://www.countryuniverse.net/?p=22290#comment-1184775 I agree with this review. The original recording of the song was perfect, and why mess with perfection? I mean no offense to Messrs. Jones or Jackson, but when I heard this version of the song I felt as if something was missing as well.

But then I have never been a fan of artists’ re-recordings of classic hits.

]]> By: Ben Foster http://www.countryuniverse.net/2012/07/28/retro-single-review-george-jones-alan-jackson-a-good-year-for-the-roses/#comment-1184762 Ben Foster Sun, 29 Jul 2012 21:14:27 +0000 http://www.countryuniverse.net/?p=22290#comment-1184762 I agree that the string sections added intensity to many of Jones’ classic records, but for me their absence doesn’t necessarily take anything away from this track.

Lorrie Morgan and Sammy Kershaw also did a duet version of this song that I thought was pretty great. It was on Lorrie’s War Paint album (1994).

Just one question… What’s the grade? :)

]]> By: Tom http://www.countryuniverse.net/2012/07/28/retro-single-review-george-jones-alan-jackson-a-good-year-for-the-roses/#comment-1184749 Tom Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:09:21 +0000 http://www.countryuniverse.net/?p=22290#comment-1184749 …there aren’t so many better songs in all of country music than this one (original). the five stages of grief (according to kübler-ross) have probably rarely been expressed more artistically and with greater emphasis on painful details than in this song. if that ain’t a good enough reason in itself to bring on steel and strings – what else would be?

a few years ago mark chesnutt played in zurich/switzerland, yet with a stripped down touring band. it was great to see him so far away from home, but without steel and fiddle his music was a bit like coffee without the black colour – something just didn’t feel right. same here, when you’ve heard george jones’ original before.

]]> By: Sweetcheeks http://www.countryuniverse.net/2012/07/28/retro-single-review-george-jones-alan-jackson-a-good-year-for-the-roses/#comment-1184745 Sweetcheeks Sun, 29 Jul 2012 14:47:36 +0000 http://www.countryuniverse.net/?p=22290#comment-1184745 “The Bradley Barn Sessions” was the first George Jones tape i ever bought, in the mid 1990s. I was a teen and heard he was a “legend” so this CD tempted me because it also had many of my then-favorite stars on it. I’ve since heard many of George’s solo versions of these songs, but I really like most of the tracks on “Bradley Barn,” especially “One Woman Man” with Marty Stuart.

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