Thursday, December 1, 2011

Had It All




















"I can hear the wind blowing in my mind, just the way it used to sound through the Georgia pines..." Here's a moody Stones ballad from the Some Girls sessions, recently released on the deluxe version of that '78 album, which is well worth it for the extra disc of surprisingly good outtakes alone. We Had It All is an oft-covered country classic written by Troy Seals and Donnie Fritts, and originally recorded by ole Waylon for his '73 outlaw masterpiece Honky Tonk Heroes. A year later, Fritts had a go at it himself, on his swampy solo debut Prone To Lean. "You were there to answer when I called, you and me, lord knows, we had it all..."

The Rolling Stones - We Had It All
Waylon Jennings - We Had It All
Donnie Fritts - We Had It All

Just remembered that Dylan played this lament to lost love a couple of times as well during his '86 True Confessions Tour, backed by Petty's Heartbreakers and with soulful help from the Queens of Rhythm. So here goes.

Bob Dylan - We Had It All (live in East Rutherford '86)

3 comments:

Ernie Goggins said...

Thanks. You've inspired me as always: http://27leggies.blogspot.com/2011/12/they-had-it-all.html

Ramone666 said...

Cool! Love the Dobie Gray.

FurryBootsCityBoy said...

Waylon does it for me. His voice fits perfectly with this kind of song.