ok lets get some love for this one....

[cleofus1]

http://www.soundclick.com/util/getplayer.m3u?id=3093528&q=hi

[cleofus1]

1. some interesting background

The Streets of Laredo

This song has origins in the misty past as a British broadside ballad. (Meaning that the words were once sold on a single printed sheet, perhaps on Grub Street in London, for a penny or half penny.) The title then was The Unfortunate Rake, about a young soldier dying of syphilis. That song was later reworked into another broadside ballad, The Bad Girl's Lament, about a young lady who made a poor career choice. Captain Grose thought it "old" in 1785, so it could date to as early as the first European VD pandemic in the 16th century. Yes, we realize the melody is almost the same as My Home's in Montana. But it is a truly great melody and Wylie thought it would be good to honor the memory of those who have been shot or made poor career choices.
Anon/ Public Domain

[wildhorses]

2. thank you for that...

I throughly enjoyed it.

[chknltl]

3. That was nice...I'd not heard that song in years...

The additional background was most enlightening too. For some reason I thought that to be a Marty Robbins tune. Perhaps I associate this song to him because of his plethora of cowboy songs and of course that famous "El-Paso" ballad.

[cleofus1]

5. actually i think he did record it

but it is public domain...i do believe his arrangement may be copywrited..

[chknltl]

7. If he were around today....

...he would have been quite pleased with your version. He was a very kind and warm hearted man I hear. Judging by his songs I suspect I have heard right. My fave song by Mr. Robbins is Devil Woman.. Not many can sing this one because of the challenging range variations but perhaps you might enjoy modifying it. Your abilities on a guitar are certainly strong enough to handle this.

[cleofus1]

4. you have to use headsets to listen...

for some reason the encoding is flawed and if you listen thru speakers there is too much distortion...of course that may not be noticeable considering my vocals...but to get the best quality headsets are needed...

the host sight is free...so i plead cheapness...

[cleofus1]

6. ok i re-did this one

and added an intro...i think the quality is much better too...same link...