tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1875980412212682099.post1187723057790259787..comments2024-03-19T19:34:23.525-07:00Comments on Comparative Video 101: Tom Paxton's "Bottle Of Wine"Jim Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198555155411979643noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1875980412212682099.post-89920088032073274652011-07-05T17:37:52.138-07:002011-07-05T17:37:52.138-07:00There is no bad version of this song, but I agree ...There is no bad version of this song, but I agree with Mike--the Fireballs it is!Kate Snowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16543007161526487120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1875980412212682099.post-71153823664878369822011-07-01T12:17:19.524-07:002011-07-01T12:17:19.524-07:00Hey Mike - I thought the Fireballs were a bit too ...Hey Mike - I thought the Fireballs were a bit too raucous on it (I like the Harrisses here the best) - but by '68 it was a pleasure to hear any folk-type song get radio airplay. The next year PP&M had a #1 hit with "Jet Plane"; James Taylor broke through the year after that, then Lightfoot - and thus "folk" became completely singer/songwriter and never looked back. I am deliberately overlooking Dylan, of course, because after '65, whatever he was doing (great though some of it was) - it wasn't folk.Jim Moranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198555155411979643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1875980412212682099.post-61432145477824828452011-07-01T11:55:24.972-07:002011-07-01T11:55:24.972-07:00Having started out with the Fireballs version of t...Having started out with the Fireballs version of this song, I heard a lot of "That's not how you're supposed to play it" from purists in my coffeehouse days. Several years later -- several years too late to be useful for me, alas -- I heard an interview with Tom Paxton where he said how much he liked that version. <br /><br />(Of course, that's only one opinion ... )Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807727819590358834noreply@blogger.com