Jo-El Sonnier: Tear-Stained Letter (1987)
From an era when Country music’s banquet table served up a relative feast of diverse flavors comes Louisiana Cajun singer/accordionist Jo-El Sonnier’s top ten cover of Richard Thompson that actually beats Thompson’s original for raucous energy.
Lines like “she danced on my head like Arthur Murray/The scars ain’t never gonna mend in a hurry” and “my head was beatin’ like a song by The Clash/She was writin’ checks that my body couldn’t cash” are pure Thompson.
Every Moment Has A Song 