Who performs the most moving "How Time Slips Away"

Sherman Willden · Post by **Sherman Willden** » 28 Dec 2012 8:28 am

In your opinion, who performs the most moving "How Time Slips Away" that brings tears to your eyes? Willie Nelson?

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 28 Dec 2012 9:35 am

It's entirely subjective. Willie wrote it, but I've heard it sung better.

Russ Wever · Post by **Russ Wever** » 28 Dec 2012 10:43 am

For many around here it's 'hands down' ~> JCD!

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 28 Dec 2012 10:54 am

If you mean vocal cuts, I've always been partial to Narvel Felts' version. I think everybody and his brother has done it from country to pop to R&B.

Brint Hannay · Post by **Brint Hannay** » 28 Dec 2012 11:18 am

I haven't heard 'em all, but I like George Jones's performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X_2P5aT0iY

Paul Franklin's steel on it is mighty nice, too.

Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 28 Dec 2012 11:50 am

I agree with Jerry,Narvel's version is my favorite.YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC.

Tony Glassman · Post by **Tony Glassman** » 28 Dec 2012 12:32 pm

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BgqcVfSdbBs. Junior Parker (less the monologue)

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l350dIR4ehQ. Jimmy Day

Sherman Willden · Post by **Sherman Willden** » 29 Dec 2012 6:03 am

Thank you. I hadn't listened to the Narvel Felts rendition.

Steve Hinson · Post by **Steve Hinson** » 29 Dec 2012 9:02 pm

Billy Walker had one of the first hit records on it...he did a great job on it.

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 30 Dec 2012 2:25 am

Arthur Alexander:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKox-sLJhJg

Barry Blackwood · Post by **Barry Blackwood** » 31 Dec 2012 8:45 pm

Tommy White · Post by **Tommy White** » 3 Jan 2013 9:06 am

Jimmy Day.

Dan Hatfield · Post by **Dan Hatfield** » 8 Jan 2013 7:11 pm

If I'm in the easy listening mode, I like this version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbG7mnrywcQ

Dan Hatfield · Post by **Dan Hatfield** » 8 Jan 2013 7:13 pm

If I'm in the "funky" mode, I like this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=e ... 2mq1uALJvY

scott murray · Post by **scott murray** » 8 Jan 2013 10:39 pm

Al Green anyone?

or Jerry Lee.

Ray Riley · Post by **Ray Riley** » 22 Jan 2013 1:03 pm

Narvel Felt hands down

Jerry Hayes · Post by **Jerry Hayes** » 23 Jan 2013 7:36 am

The very first cut I ever heard of it was in the early sixties by a young black singer named Jimmy Elledge... He did the best version I've ever heard to date..........JH in Va.

scott murray · Post by **scott murray** » 23 Jan 2013 10:32 pm

in the end I'll take Willie's original version. the one with the steel guitar featured prominently (and beautifully): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSxFiM41u8s

is it Pete Drake? or Jimmy Day? (i should know this)

Post by **Dave Mudgett** » 24 Jan 2013 2:19 am

That Willie version is great, and sounds like Pete Drake on steel to me.

I don't know about 'most moving' - this is such a great, timeless song that there are lots of fine versions with a wide variety of approaches - I like all the ones listed. But I should add Dorothy Moore's fine version from 1976 (right around the same time she put out Misty Blue) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NITzWY3EW94 - this one was in pretty solid rotation when I was in Detroit in the 70s.

Also Joe Hinton's version - youtube has it blocked, but here's an online streaming version - http://www.last.fm/listen/artist/Joe%2B ... larartists or http://www.last.fm/music/Joe+Hinton/_/F ... Slips+Away

The Spinners did this also in the early 80s, a bit different but cool. Another nice, more recent (90s) version is by Al Green and Lyle Lovett - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhZAoKHWkTI - and yet a different live version with just Lyle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaZYMp1u3nI

Frank Freniere · Post by **Frank Freniere** » 24 Jan 2013 1:35 pm

Favorite version is from "Willie Nelson & Family Live," then the Willie Nelson/Ray Price combination on the "San Antonio Rose" album which featured the Big E.

Dave Harmonson · Post by **Dave Harmonson** » 29 Jan 2013 3:56 pm

Don't know if it moves anybody but here's my take on it.
https://soundcloud.com/user570575107/aint-it-funny11

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 4 Feb 2013 8:06 am

I was just hunting for something in my pile of old vinyl discs and ran across an old Tom Jones LP. His rendition of Funny is pretty soulful.

I'm still staying with Narvel as my favorite vocal cut though.

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Who performs the most moving "How Time Slips Away"

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