Sammy Johns--Chevy Van

[savatage1973]

I just realized that I have the original and three different covers of this song by well-known artists. Which one do you like the best? I have my pick, but would like to know what you think.

Original Sammy Johns

Eric Church

Sammy Kershaw

Waylon Jennings

All opinions welcome, but please include the why?

 

[parman]

holey moley haven't heard that since it was on the radio

 

[Man in Cave]

holey moley haven't heard that since it was on the radio

Love the original. Never heard the covers.

MIC

 

[Balrog2112]

I didn't know anyone had cover it!? But give me he org.

 

[savatage1973]

holey moley haven't heard that since it was on the radio

Yeah--every once in a while I like to take a "walk down memory lane"--this was part of the trip tonight. I knew I had at least one cover, but when I went digging, I found that I had three.

 

[KentTeffeteller]

The original on GRC Records by Sammy Johns is best. Recorded at the Sound Pit in Atlanta, GA by Milan Bogdan. Mastered by Mack Emerman at Masterfonics in Nashville, TN. I played this on a cassette in my first Chevy Van, a 1993 Astro (my college minivan). My original GRC Records 45 RPM single gets lots of action (I own 3 or 4 original 45 singles of this).

 

[satellite]

Based on the picture alone.... I prefer the Sammy Kershaw version!

 

[Bobcat]

Never heard the remakes so I can’t vote but the original invokes strong feelings and memories from a simpler time.

 

[KentTeffeteller]

Indeed. The original takes me back to the old days, dirt road small towns in the South, the innocence of yore. Simpler, less stressful, less worrisome times. That old Sammy Johns 45 is a reminder of me as a young, Southern DJ, (the shortest and youngest jock at an AM directional station, the one who comboed, who had a first phone on the wall, who got to tell young men 10, 20 and more years what to do, and who had to be respected as operationally their senior). I still have fond memories when this 45 single gets cued up.

 

[jcamero]

Sammy's is the better. Not as much of a country "twang" in his voice. The song is suited for a smooth sounding voice, to me anyway.

 

[BigElCat]

I'll vote for Waylon's cover as best.

Original is good stuff, too.

 

[zebra03]

Original first and then Waylon . Just because it takes me back to when ...................

 

[7whales7]

. Fu Manchu does an excellent cover of Chevy Van.

 

[Mystic]

holey moley haven't heard that since it was on the radio

Same here, didn't know there were "covers" of the thing, only familiar w/ the S. Johns rendition.