just like hank wrote it.

[mopinko]

prolly my all time favorite song is "i'll never get out of this world alive". til i started singing it, i had never heard anyone's version but steve earle's since forever.
when i got the sheet music, i realized he'd changed it a.lot. and left out a lot. but it's pretty much the way hank recorded it. and how every other vid i saw did it.

finally bumped into this one-

teach tried to teach me a simple piano accompaniment, but it didnt make sense. watching this, i can see that steve took some liberties w the pitch. randy keeps it flat, like hank wrote it.
i want to go back and listen to steve's version, but i am trying to forget his lyrics.

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. Randy Travis

Billion dollar voice. And he sounds fine on this number.

Is that Hank Jr. playing guitar in the backup band?