FEEL LIKE GOING HOME by CHARLIE RICH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wq1ZeaEAvE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSLSuY5UzLE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJmGAciIBWc

The demo is one of the greatest things I've ever heard.

otm

one of my small pleasures in life is playing this song to people for the first time

considering it is the greatest song of all time, I am surprised at how few people have heard it or even heard of it

but then I play it and they know! they totally know

100% co-sign that Rich's demo is one of the best things ever committed to record.

Trisha Yearwood and Bonnie Raitt did a gorgeous cover on Live With Jools Holland in 1998: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndHxEAEiJY4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrTBjHRk8TM

Such a great song. Thanks for sharing the Trisha Yearwood cover, it’s beautiful.

Charlie Rich re-recorded the song in the 90s on his Pictures and Paintings album but it doesn’t stand up to the demo or album track from the 70s.

one of my small pleasures in life is playing this song to people for the first time

Otm. I’ve made this several people’s favorite song.

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Author Peter Guralnick has always raved about Charlie Rich in his writing but I never quite dug in until more recently.

dunno if this is just “heard it first” scenario but i voted for the album version

well i just cracked the demo version, first time i've ever heard this. moments like these are what makes ilm great in my experience.

I was just thinking a reggae version of this song would be tight

The closet is this: https://open.spotify.com/track/0bbo0K7ZGIaoK6kG1RYf9P?si=pmyZckR9QUGjmZJ8TFCg-g

i understand and support these results, but the walkabouts version is nevertheless also fantastic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJmGAciIBWc

i will bump this thread each time any version comes up because ffs