After seeing a number of "No Beatles" or "Buddy Holly lives" threads & one or two "alternate albums" threads, I had this idea (or question).
If a particular musician lives instead of dying, what songs do they record? What songs become hits? (What songs don't?)
Is it possible they write &/or record analogs of OTL songs? IMO, it seems probable they'd work with some existing songwriters, anyhow, so some (if not all) of their records would resemble OTL.
So, to take some well-known examples (& feel free to add your own): Buddy Holley & Richie Valens, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline, Jim Croce, & Stevie Ray Vaughan. (I personally think J. P. Richardson would never have another hit.)
Frex, I picture Patsy Cline doing something like [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]"When Will I Be Loved", "[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue", or "Stand by Your Man", & all of them hitting #1. I see Holley doing something like [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]"Third Rate Romance" (OTL, Amazing Rhythm Aces 1975), [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]"Indiana Wants Me" (OTL R Dean Taylor 1970), maybe "L.A. County" #8 (OTL Lyle Lovett 1987), "In America" (OTL CDB 1980), or a patriotic version of "One Tin Soldier" (instead of OTL's antiwar one), maybe covering Hank Snow's "Jambalaya" (& sounding a lot like the Carpenters' 1973 version). I'm seeing Valens doing tracks off Linda Ronstadt's [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Canciones de Mi Padre[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] (1987), [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]"Oye Como Va” (covering Tito Puente & sounding a lot like Santana), maybe "[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Long Lonesome Hwy" (OTL, Michael Parks 1970) or something like "[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Spooky" (OTL ARS 1979). Croce, I'm hearing a lot of Lyle Lovett, in the humor & slightly "bent" approach. Stevie Ray, I really have no clue... [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]
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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]So, any thoughts? Am I completely off-base?[/FONT][/FONT]
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If a particular musician lives instead of dying, what songs do they record? What songs become hits? (What songs don't?)
Is it possible they write &/or record analogs of OTL songs? IMO, it seems probable they'd work with some existing songwriters, anyhow, so some (if not all) of their records would resemble OTL.
So, to take some well-known examples (& feel free to add your own): Buddy Holley & Richie Valens, Jim Reeves, Patsy Cline, Jim Croce, & Stevie Ray Vaughan. (I personally think J. P. Richardson would never have another hit.)
Frex, I picture Patsy Cline doing something like [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]"When Will I Be Loved", "[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue", or "Stand by Your Man", & all of them hitting #1. I see Holley doing something like [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]"Third Rate Romance" (OTL, Amazing Rhythm Aces 1975), [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]"Indiana Wants Me" (OTL R Dean Taylor 1970), maybe "L.A. County" #8 (OTL Lyle Lovett 1987), "In America" (OTL CDB 1980), or a patriotic version of "One Tin Soldier" (instead of OTL's antiwar one), maybe covering Hank Snow's "Jambalaya" (& sounding a lot like the Carpenters' 1973 version). I'm seeing Valens doing tracks off Linda Ronstadt's [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Canciones de Mi Padre[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif] (1987), [FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]"Oye Como Va” (covering Tito Puente & sounding a lot like Santana), maybe "[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Long Lonesome Hwy" (OTL, Michael Parks 1970) or something like "[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Spooky" (OTL ARS 1979). Croce, I'm hearing a lot of Lyle Lovett, in the humor & slightly "bent" approach. Stevie Ray, I really have no clue... [/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][/FONT][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]
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[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]So, any thoughts? Am I completely off-base?[/FONT][/FONT]
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