There are a lot of great covers of Folsom Prison Blues, but none reinvents the song more than Keb' Mo's. The most iconic line of the song "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die" was changed to "They say I shot a man in Reno, that was just a lie". In that one line, the song becomes something entirely different. I've got several covers of Folsom Prison blues on my youtube channel, so I decided to put my own take on Keb' Mo's version of the lyrics. Let me know what ya'll think.
Gear used:
Guitar: "Smokey"
Effect: Sabella Studios Spring Reverb tank with Tremolo
Amp: Fender Bassman
Cab: Motion Sound SRV-212
Guitar Mic: Motion Sound SRV-212 built in microphones
Vocal Mic: SM58
Camera/Mixer: Zoom Q8
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Bob. the lyrical changes aren't mine, they are Keb' Mo's changes. Also, the Nevada / California issue goes back to Johnny Cash's lyrics :)
John, I found it. I have a song written, just need to record it.
Thanks for the kind words everyone!
Excellent blues guitar on Jonny’s classic. Nice slidin.
Nice rendition. I like the way you added the slide in there.
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Some nice gear Constantine ! telecaster CBG ! Smoking ! cool dude ! Yup do ! send entry i mean ! he did one i believe two versions back ,but i have to look up what he send in , but i allways wonderd why he never sends in while he does video;s all year round ?UJ i mean you got the gear ,now the song!
but mind no copy righted songs!
This is an awesome cover!
Constantine, Reno being in Nevada would not land you in a California prison for shooting someone. Maybe the city should be Frisco or Fresno. Other than that I like your lyrics change. No one wants to sing about shooting someone to see if they die unless it was a politician.
Cool! I didn't know about it, though certainly would like to submit something!
Pretty good KebMo/Johnny. I saw a good special on Johnny and June last night,
Hey, Constantine. Did you see there is a CBN Christmas album being made and looking for songs? I think they don't want songs with copy rights. So far, I have not come up with a song I have not done on past albums. I am in kind of the mood for doing John Denver's Please Daddy Don't Get Drunk This Christmas. But, nahh.
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