Sweet Amarillo
"Sweet Amarillo" is a song written by Donna Terry Weiss. Brenda Patterson released the song on her 1974 album "Like Good Wine".[1]
Bob Dylan sang a brief version of the song during a 1973 recording sessions for the Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid soundtrack. Donna Weiss and Brenda Patterson were also singing at the session.[2]
Donna Weiss performed the song several occasions on the second leg of Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue concert tour.[3]
The Old Crow Medicine Show (OCMS) released a version on July 1, 2014 on their Remedy album.[4] Bob Dylan asked Ketch Secor of OCMS to finish the song, and after OCMS sent their demo to Bob, Ketch recalls "…So I finished the song with Old Crow, and we sent it back to Bob and he said, ‘Hey, that sounds great, but I think Ketch should play the fiddle, not the harmonica, and I think the chorus needs to come in at the eighth bar, not the 16th.’ We did exactly what Bob said, and it’s like the song sprouted wings and flew."[5]
References
- ^ "Brenda Patterson – Like Good Wine". Discogs. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ "Bob Dylan - 1973 Recording Sessions". Olof Björner. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ "1976 - Rolling Thunder Revue II". Olof Björner. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ "Remedy (Old Crow Medicine Show album)". Wikipedia. 2016-10-28.
- ^ "The Many Lives of Old Crow Medicine Show's "Sweet Amarillo" « American Songwriter". American Songwriter. 2014-07-09. Retrieved 2017-06-12.