[bit.listserv.allmusic] Simple Man

DERLECT@CLEMSON.BITNET (NIX, LARRY 882-2669) (02/08/90)

The first time that i heard a song called 'Simple Man'
it was done by lynard skynard... Is this the same song?
Skynard did quite a job of it.The lyrics tell of a mother
speaking words of wisdom to her son, telling him:

       Son, be a simple kind of man.
       Be somthing you'll know and understand.

What is this about hank?
                                             Derlect

RICHST@MOREKYPR.BITNET (02/08/90)

Derlect,

    In a previous posting I said that _Simple Man_ by the Charlie Daniels
Band, was a "borrowed sound of _A Country Boy Can Survive_ by Hank Williams
Jr.  Allow me to clarify myself.  What I should have said was that the 2
songs sound simular.  Sorry about that.  Wow, I feel better now!!

    The Lenord Skynard tune _Simple Man_ isn't the same one as CDB's.  With
some help of some people I can't think of right now, Charlie Daniels wrote
his own version of _Simple Man_.


                                 Steve