Here’s the original version of a song I’m working on now….”I Never Meant to Make You Cry” by Peter Klimes. This is Peter doing it so well I wonder why I would, but he sings it an octave lower than me so I’ll use that as an excuse……
Peter played the “ghosty” guitars on “Blessed” off of my first CD, and he’ll be playing on this version of his song as well…Thanx Peter!!
Amazing song!
Wow… what a great song, and with that voice from the bottom-of-the-well, it’s a beautiful and haunting piece. (It sounds like it could have been Josh Turner’s followup to “Long Black Train”.) Too bad music this good can’t get to the point where the masses can hear it easily.
It should be on the radio, on tv, in a great movie. It could be done in any style, by many singers. (You should be so lucky to have some diva (country or pop) schmaltz it all the way to your bank account.) I hope your publisher is hawking this everywhere in Hollywood.
Good luck on writing many more. Amazing how beautifully simple it can all be when someone cuts away everything but the heart and soul.
PS: Nice C6 (dropped to B) open tuning. It takes self discipline and good instincts to know to leave well enough alone.
I’m passing all these on to Peter (writer – in video) as he is extremely Internet challenged, but believe me he will stunned and humbled, he’s very old school and down to earth….the real deal…