Chris Hillman's 2017 Recording Of "Bells Of Rhymney," Produced By Tom Petty

Compas,

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While I have your attention, I'll "feed two birds with one seed" by drawing attention to Chris Hillman's fresh re-working of the 1965 Byrds song, "Bells Of Rhymney" - produced by Tom Petty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbD1MPuUUvI 

Here is the Byrds' original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6JhTSzZXzg

Chris Hillman's lyrics: http://die-augenweide.de/byrds/songb/bells_of_rhymney.htm

"Bells Of Rhymney" Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bells_of_Rhymney

And finally, here is Welshman Idries Davies' poem on which the song is based. As a song, "The Bells of Rhymney" was first recorded by Pete Seeger. http://unionsong.com/u510.html (The second stanza -- which is not included in Hillman's rendition -- is worth reading and contains the notable line "even God is uneasy.")

"The Bells of Rhymney" is one of three songs that dependably bring tears to my eyes.

Pax

Alan

Byrds Co-Founder Chris Hillman Taps David Crosby, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty For New Solo Album

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Chris Hillman At The Library Of Congress
Autobiographical Talk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcEjCnMlxfY