Wow! Never heard this, thanks Yavar and hope you had a good birthday!
Thanks Henry, and you’re welcome. Yeah I discovered that a couple years ago and we played it at the end of our Fifties Roundup (Episode 8 of the podcast) to lead us from the 50s (when Jerry wrote the theme) to the 60s (this cover is from 1964).
And guess what? It’s still goin’ strong. It really was Jerry’s first hit theme, before Dr. Kildare...and dare I say it, the longer-lasting of the two. Here’s another band that took up their own rendition in 2012 (and there are several live versions of them doing it which you can find too):
About half a year ago I discovered just how deep the rabbit hole went, with covers of Jerry’s Black Saddle theme. And it’s crazy. There are multiple school band performances/arrangements too, for example. In fact we are planning an overview for this theme through the years, for our Gold Nugget 8 episode later this year.
Yavar
Too bad there was never a series called COWBOYS ON SURFBOARDS. This Version is perfect for that!
Glad you dig it, zoob! Incidentally we finally got around to recording our Black Saddle podcast a week ago with a couple of surprise guests...to release next month.
I've always enjoyed Andrew Lloyd Webber's quip when he won the Oscar for best original song, that he was relieved The English Patient didn't have a song!
