A few weeks back I was in the car headed to the high school track where I run (because
I'm an American, and that is what we do: we jump in our cars and drive to the places where we exercise) hopping from radio station to radio station, and finally settled on Prairie Home Companion as the least annoying thing. My timing, for once, was spot on: as I pulled into the parking lot, the band Joy Kills Sorrow started into an exceptionally compelling performance of an old country song.
Later that night I went hunting for their version of the song on the internet, and found a live performance on
YouTube. The next day the Prairie Home Companion performance was put online. And since then I've
been listening to the two versions quite alot. Over and over, in fact.
And over.
Here is my favorite version from YouTube:
