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Originally Posted by Sione1
"My Maria" the Brooks & Dunn one
any more? anybody disagree?
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My Maria, the original by the late B.W. Stevenson is still the real deal. B&D did OK with it, but they got the tempo wrong, and though Ronnie's got a great voice, he gets dangerously close to becoming Slim Whitman in the chorus.
There was a reason this great song was not covered for so long, (first released 1973) mainly because Stevenson's version is
so definitive and seminal that most were afraid to attempt it. Even Ronnie Dunn was against recording at first.
Compare the 2 and you'll see the original is so timeless that if it was released today it would still make the top ten Billboard.