Patty Loveless Re-Covers With Mac

Patty Loveless photo courtesy of Saguaro Road Records.

Sept. 16, 2008 — Last Tuesday, Patty Loveless released an entire album of remakes titled Sleepless Nights. This Tuesday, she’s on yet another covers album, doing a new version of "Silver Springs," a song that appeared on the 1997 Fleetwood Mac album The Dance.

This track is part of a multi-artist release, The Imus Ranch Record, in which Don Imus enlisted Randy Travis, Willie Nelson and Dwight Yoakam, among others, to do new versions of classic material. Proceeds from the CD are earmarked to aid children with cancer.

Imus "had already sent me one song, and I turned it down," Patty told the Associated Press. "When he sent me this one, I said I'd try to do it. It's so far from anything that I've done. I felt like this might be a little bit of a challenge."

"Silver Springs" was written by the Mac’s Stevie Nicks and introduced on the B-side of "Go Your Own Way," a Lindsey Buckingham-penned title which has been performed in country concerts in recent years by both Little Big Town and Sara Evans. Stevie also wrote "Landslide," which became a country hit for the Dixie Chicks.

"To some extent, Stevie has a tendency to write lyrics that sort of sound like country songs," Patty observed. "They're very beautiful poetry."

Sleepless Nights features updated versions of songs first made famous by George Jones, Hank Williams and the Everly Brothers, among others. Patty is also GAC's September Fan Focus. Click here to see Patty in the studio, recording the classics from Sleepless Nights and talking about how they inspired her!

The complete track list for The Imus Ranch Record (as well as the artists who made the definitive version of each song) follows:

• "Silver Springs," Patty Loveless (best-known version: Fleetwood Mac)
• "Lay Down Sally," Delbert McClinton (Eric Clapton)
• "Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys," Lucinda Williams (Waylon & Willie)
• "You Better Move On," Levon Helm (Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton)
• "Life Has Its Little Ups And Downs," Raul Malo (Charlie Rich)
• "I Ain’t Never," Little Richard (Webb Pierce)
• "I Don’t See Me In Your Eyes Anymore," Randy Travis (Charlie Rich)
• "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)," Big & Rich (Beastie Boys)
• "What A Difference A Day Makes," Willie Nelson (Dinah Washington)
• "Give Back The Key To My Heart," Dwight Yoakam (Doug Sahm)
• "What Happened," Bekka Bramlett (Gretchen Wilson)
• "Welfare Music," John Hiatt (Bottle Rockets)
• "A Satisfied Mind," Vince Gill (Porter Wagoner)