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Classic Rewind: Suzy Bogguss – ‘Someday Soon’

5 Comments Posted by Occasional Hope on February 28, 2017

Luckyoldsun February 28, 2017 at 3:39 pm
Suzy’s early ’90s rendition of this Ian Tyson song seems to owe quite a bit to Judy Collins’ from 20-plus years previous.

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- Erik North March 1, 2017 at 7:37 pm
  Yes, it’s very likely that it was Judy’s 1969 version of it that Suzy had in mind. Suzy has a very deep memory of, and a knack for, material of the urban folk music (with C&W influences) of the 1960s.
  
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Greg Jones March 1, 2017 at 2:11 pm
Suzy Bogguss was totally underrated as an artist.

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Paul W Dennis March 1, 2017 at 11:27 pm
Moe Bandy had a good version of the song but my favorite remains the Ian & Sylvia original

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- Luckyoldsun March 2, 2017 at 12:21 am
  Ian Tyson is a national (Canadian) treasure, but I like the covers of “Someday Soon” much better than the Ian and Sylvia original. Among other things, the lyrics are written/sung from the point of view of the young woman, but Ian’s voice seems to dominate and Sylvia seems to just be singing background.
  When Moe Bandy covered the song, he recast the lyrics to the rodeo rider’s viewpoint.
  Here’s a middle-aged Moe singing the song on the wonderful “Family Reunion” series–in front of Bill Anderson, Roy Clark, Gene Watson, a casually-dressed Jim Ed Brown and a very stern looking Jean Shepard and the rest of the gang.
  
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