RY COODER

"Get Your Lies Straight"

Now over on a group page on Facebook we had been talking about singles and this came up as the 'B' side to one of my all time favourite Johnny Cash covers in Ry's cover of 'Get Rhythm'  and it is "Get Your Lies Straight" here and we wondered why Ry didn't include it on the album. Someone posted out the wonderful force of nature that is Terry Evans who had recorded it on an earlier (sic) album and maybe Ry thought he wanted to put it on a single but didn't want to take away anything from Terry's version. That doesn't quite work from what you can see below but both are worthy of our attention. I don't know why it was left off Get Rhythm but I am happy too look at both versions here. Noting that I like Terry's mention of the subject of lying for a living in politicians which seemed apposite . . . better get your lies straight

1987



from the album 'Blues For Thought' - Terry Evans 1994