I just got done listening to Tony Rices "Night Flyer" Cd. To say the least it is an A-One compilation of some of Tony's best work. The very last song is a tune called "Pony" by Tom Waits....all I have to say is..wow...Its no secret that T's voice isnt what it used to be..but to cite Tony..This was "Another tune that I thought 'Well, too bad I aint never going to be able to do this' because by then my voice was gone. But I got to toying around with it one day in a real low voice, which was the only way I could pull it off..so during the recording of "Running Wild" with Chris Hillman and Herb Pederson everbody was taking a break. John Carroll was there, and I hit him and Billy Wolf up with the idea of this tune. Billy set up the mic and I started singing a little bit and then by the time I'd sung it for a few minutes I realized I could probably hold it together enough to sing - not in my normal voice from the past, but enough to hold pitch. This is probably the only tune that I could ever sing with the voice that I have left".
I have to hand it to Tony...its not the old Tony voice but I still get the emotion from that mans voice...Number #1 in my book on all levels.
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