Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
Al,

John Williamson does a wonderful version of "The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" on one of his CDs -- very haunting indeed.

T.
I don't believe the original Bogle version can be beat personally. I do know it's been covered hundreds of times though, to the extent that some accredit the song to "trad" ignoring the fact the writer is still alive, Eric Bogle laughs at that one himself. When it first hit the sales charts as a hit, he didn't know at all, he was working in a power station in Scotland temporarily while settling his mothers affairs after she passed. His boss came up to him one day and asked "Are you Eric Bogle..."

The Pogues have a good one too, very different. I love the Banjo solo at the start.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPFjToKuZQM



Al