I like Keith Urban’s rendition. I usually love anything by Johnny Cash, but his, I thought, was terrible!
Johnny Cash’s versions of “The Ballad of Ira Hayes” and “John Henry” are the best I’ve ever heard. Which makes me think we lost a great folksinger when Cash decided to go pop/country.
I agree with you. Cash’s version was not too good.
Before I watched the video, I was thinking “Yeah, this one’ll be good”.
It wasn’t.
I somehow missed Keith Urban’s version. I’ll check it out later.
BTW, what did you think of REM’s version?