Despite being a bluegrass picker, I was a Kiss fan as a kid, probably because it really upset my parents...
Fast forward 10 years or so to dusty southern New Mexico, where I was invited to join a country-rock band because the lead singer/rhythm guitar player was on the run from the law and they needed someone to fill in...
The Kiss tribute CD Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved was released with a mystery singer doing a freakin' awesome version of Hard Luck Woman. I recognized that it was Garth Brooks immediately and almost went crazy. My band mates would not let me do it on stage; our crowds were too traditional. My Bob Seger renditions were about as edgy as we got.
Anyway, here it is, a classic rock ballad redone: Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley*, Gene Simmons, and Peter Criss* on drums, with ... Garth Brooks on vocals. It's a great example of how genre really doesn't matter. Good music is good music. I love the acoustic guitar riffs...
Endnote: Wikipedia reports that Giuliano Palma & The Bluebeaters did a cover version on their 2005 album "Long Playing". Ain't the innerwebz just full of useful tidbits?
* Update from Bastiatarian: Ace Frehley and Peter Criss aren't in this one. "I think that's Eric Singer on drums and Bruce Kulick on guitar. (They were in the band in 1994.)"
Have a great weekend!
