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  • Fantastic singing and playing.

  • Beautiful version, true to teh feeling of the song, very nice finger fills on the acoustic, and a nice tone on the rhythm guitar - that's not a Seagull is it?

  • @Bulletproof716

    Hello Thanks for your comment.

    the Guitar is a Takamine C20

    Happy New Year 2012

    The Bluefrogers

  • I REALLY enjoyed this. Thank you !!

  • MY FAVORITY VERSION.

  • It's been a couple of years since i've commented on your tunes. Excellent as ever. Love all of your stuff. A real treat for us music lovers.

  • great cover, thanks for posting, greetings jw58

  • 2 people are tone deaf.

  • @hall0833 Lol! thank you! we really appreciate the support!

    Take care Sarah xx

  • What a fantastic cover of this sweet, homey song. The sound quality and musicians are top drawer, too. Okay, so now I have to check out your facebook!  Lovely voice, lovely choice. (love if you'd try Dreadful Wind and Rain)

  • Wow .. you sound like Iris! .. very good rendition!! .. love it!

  • The best cover of this Iris Dement song I've heard! Great cover of a Great song!!!

  • vg,but no one will ever sing this with as much heart and soul as Iris Dement.....she owns this one

  • Ducks not bad, you have a wonderful voice and I would buy a C.D. if you made it. delightfull. You and Iris remind me of my home town. missing it badly.

  • I'm so glad I found you guys. You have a beautiful voice, one that gives me chills. Thank you for what you do!

  • Totally awesome version of a fantastic song. Beautiful voice.

  • Pretty damned good.

  • you guys are great.what a fantastic version of the song. I 1st heard it in key west by a local singer down there,thought she was the best til i heard you all.good as iris as well.listen to it all the time

  • Love this Song and the way its sung and played, I always come back to hear it again and again, thank you.

  • this is a wonderful version of our town,,,you are a very talented singer and your music is in perfect tune.....

  • Reply to your note in my inbox: Your version of "Our Town" is good. I like Iris DeMent's rendition, although it can be a bit shrill, because it fit in so well with the mood in the TV show, "Northern Exposure's" last scene of the last episode, where most of the characters have found their mates, even two dogs running together out on the moonlit street of "their town." Iris' voice has a plaintiveness that expresses the sadness of leaving her town. Touching.

  • Your version of this song is a pleasure to listen to. I love the sound of your voice.

    

  • Just soo nice, love it !!

  • Very nice cover of Iris. Thanks for sharing. Thumbs up.

    ~Keith

  • brilliant , as good as the original

  • I agree with Suze! Wonderful to hear this again tonight!! Your voice is so lovely in this one Sarah and the boys did great too!!

  • This is as good as it gets!

  • The easiest thing there is to do is to listen to really good music!

    Thank you for all of your great work.

  • Wow! The words to this Song are coming true due to our economy!

  • Stunning. I'm speechless. Are you on Facebook?

  • @Philtheactor

    thank you for your lovely comment, glad you liked it! yes we are on FB search for 'obviously 3 believers'

    Thanks again Sarah x

  • Authentically Fantastic – I am a huge fan of Iris Dement and to cover “Our Town” is no easy task - you have nailed it, tremolo and all, indeed yours is cleaner to my hearing - Bravo.

  • Love it,

  • Yeah very nice

  • Very nice voice

  • Great job guys. Lovely guitars and vocal. Iris would love it.... !!!

  • IRIS YOU ARE IN MY C-D. THANKS. I LIKED.

  • REALLY NICE JOB, GREAT voice

  • Sara this is very good

  • nice...........

  • wow - this is absolutely beautiful song and a great presentation !!!

    best greetings from Austria

    God Bless You my friends

    your Ernesto....

  • I've been a die-hard Iris fan for a ten years, she is not easy to cover.

    You did a great job !

  • I know I have commented on this video before but its great. What kind of weak scared insecure child could vote they dont l;ike this. Great rendition. I hope I did the song justice with my beginner version. Its such a good song to enjoy listening to, playing and singing. Cheers! Good Health n Good Music. Read my bio. Jim

  • Dave here. Not to take anything away from sweet Iris, but this vocalization's a little less piercing than Iris' though Iris' sound has the plaintiveness appropriate to the last scene of "Northern Exposure." Nice work. Ever the critic, I feel compelled to suggest you might want to watch your volume levels. It sounded a bit distorted.

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  • Needed to come by and hear this great version again. You did a lovely job on this, Sarah - along with the guys, of course. :) Cj

  • I really enjoyed this version. I think one of the earlier posters used the word 'respectful' to describe it, with which I heartily agree. Your voice has just the right degree of wistfulness for the song. Well done!

  • Great Job. Wow!

  • I was very taken up and impressed with your version of this song. Wow!

  • What a beautiful woman with a lovely voice.

  • Great job, you brought a tear to my eye, which is what this song does to anyone who was raised in a small midwestern town.

  • I found this by accident and I was stunnd.I like this ladys voice better than Iris dements.Just a great proformance you guys should be Nashville!

  • Much nicer voice than Iris Dement's. keep up the good work.

  • i would like to hear this band and iris or emmy play and sing "I'll follow yuo into the darkness"

  • the lady has such a sweet voice. hers is made for ballads. this band should be on the circuit

  • outstanding performance thank you for letting us be a part of this great song

  • Beautiful ! Someone sent me the link to your video . I am so glad they did . I have never heard the song before and I am entraced by it . You have a lovely honest and true voice and I enjoyed so much watching and listening to you all . Good to see such genuine talent . I wish you all the very best in your lives and thanks for giving me such pleasure .  Warmest wishes from the UK .

  • I LOVED it!! Very respectful of the original song and melody. I just loved it. I am a beginner and did my own version and did my best to give the sng all respect it deserves. There are just some songs that shouldnt be made into another version by someone. Just my opinion.

    Thanks for sharing this. I appreciate it.

  • wow love iris and this is real good same tempo too 5 stars

  • @mrblindfreddy9999 Thank you for your lovely comment on both tis video and our profile page, we are really glad you liked it... thank you for letting us know!!

    Sarah x

  • Lovely song well performed. always brings tears to my eyes.

    Thanks.

  • Iris is fascinating to watch and has a quirky voice that can sometimes go right through you. Yours is every bit as good but more relaxing.

    Lost John

  • Thank you so much for that John, really pleased to hear you enjoyed your visit!

    Sarah x

  • 5 stars!! Awesome voice! Good group!

  • Thank you for watching and for leaving such a kind comment!

    All the best Sarah x

  • Lovely cover !Beautiful all round,thanks for posting.

  • That was a great take on this cover tune.

    Your vocals are just super. Iris would be proud.

    And fellas nice playing.

  • Thank you Really glad you like it!

    Sraah x

  • Great! Great! Great!!

  • Thank you so much really appreciate that!

    Sarah x

  • you made my day, thanks

  • Really glad you liked it... thank you for letting me know!

    Sarah x

  • Love this beautiful ballad song. Makes me feel how someone felt leaving a town with cherished memories never to be forgotten.

  • Thank you Glad you liked it!

    Sarah x

  • Love this song!!! Very nice version, You folks are very good!

    Tony

  • I'm glad to have discovered you here on Utube. I'll keep a look-out for more. Thanks

    Steve

  • Thanks Steve, Appreciate that!

    Sarah x

  • incredible. Great vocal!!

  • Thank you i appreciate that!

    Sarah x

  • Very goooooood, what a great voice,  Gary B.

  • Hi Gary, thank you for taking the time to watch!

    Sarah x

  • This is really good. The girl has a real good voice and sings alot like Iris Dement. Nice song! I enjoyed it.

  • Thank you !

    Really glad you liked it!

    Sarah x

  • Really well done-and ive seen them both about 10 times. Some record label should sign you.

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  • As Mr.Burns from the Simpsons

    would say....EXCELLENT

  • Thank you very much indeed!

    Sarah x

  • You are now broadly listened to...all the way to Finland ! I followed

    JyHiable 's lead to your song...and I am glad I did.

    Thanks for your music.

    Tom in Utica NY

    PS..little if anything keeping you from being pro except the potential loss of enjoyment playing

  • Thank you for your lovely comment, i am so glad you followed jyhiable here to....!

    It seems really funny to think we can be listened to all over the world!! guess thats the beauty of YT! so greetings to you from England, and again thank you for listening!!

    sarah x

  • I am nearly never up this early (7.49 am Eastern US) but I had just writen to someone, and when finished, found a new iinbox item not there when I started ! Yours !

    Yes, I was determined to sample your wares...and I am glad I did.

    Cheers.

    Tom Loughlin jr

    watch for a submission.

  • Hey Tom....

    Thank you again for your comment and now your sub! We really do appreciate your support, and look forward to getting to know you better!

    Take care Sarah x

  • Very Nice ! Besides sounding good , I can tell you enjoy playing together.

  • Thank you very much for your kind comment, really glad you enjoyed it

    Sarah x

  • lovely version of a powerful song--thanks so much!

  • Thank you, really glad you liked it!

    Sarah x

  • Not so bad. You keep the wholeness from beginning to the end fine together. You make no rythmical sidesteps. The vocalist has surely sung much even before this performance.Very fine work, especially if you are not professionals. But even for professionals there is nothing to shame over.

  • Hi Thanks so much for your comment, and no we are not professionals..... just enjoy playing and singing when we get 5 mins!

    All the best

    Sarah x

  • Fantastic. The vocals supreme. You all lifted my day with this cover of a unique song. Thanks.

  • So pleased you enjoyed our version of this great song, and you also put a large smile on my face today with your great comment, so Thank you once again!

    Sarah x

  • Very very very good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Thank you so much really do appreciate that!

    Sarah x

  • Absolutely nailed this Iris Dement song . Great job on a great song, I bet you could do justice to Rowland Salleys song "Killing the blues" but thats getting away from the point, Well done & thanks

  • Hi Thank you so much for your great comment, really pleased you enjoyed it!

    Sarah x

  • This is has got to be one of my favorite videos on you tube

  • wow.... thank you for such a lovely comment!

    Sarah x

  • Props Big time!! Great vocals  Great jobs keep it up!!!

  • Will try to.... thank you Sarah x

  • you guys are wonderful...john prine is such a great musician glad to see you performing his music...you should play "Donald and Lydia"

  • Thank you for your very kind comment glad you enjoyed it!

    Sarah x

  • Shoot...I liked it all. Good work...post these anytime ! Thanks

  • Glad you liked it.... thank you for commenting.

    Sarah x

  • Lotsa talent here! Best cover I have ever heard of Iris's classic. Great vocals!

    *****

  • Wow thanks for that, really glad you liked it.

    Sarah x

  • Excellent***** you made a good job of it

  • Thank you i really do appreciate that!

    Sarah x

  • I've commented on this video before, but having just watched it again, I'll have to comment again. This is a very beautiful cover of the song.

    By the way, John Prine had nothing to do with writing the song: it was only Iris Dement. Of course, John Prine is the one who "discovered" Iris and helped her get started, and then this song was played on the final episode of "Northern Exposure" and then she was set. But mainstream radio still won't play her songs.

    Thanks for the fine video.

  • Really glad you liked it, and we too think Iris is pretty amazing,

    thank you for taking the time to listen and comment again we really appreciate it!

    Sarah x

  • I likeddddddddddd.

  • Thats great ..... thank you!

    Sarah x

  • What a voice and you have your own sound rather than triying to sound like Iris. Keep it comming!

  • Ah... Thank you so much, i really do appreciate your kind comment!

    Sarah x

  • WOW.....nice

  • Thank you, i appreciate that!

    Sarah x

  • i first heard this song one day before i left the US back in Dec 2002. I still listen to it and still love it. You got your own way of singing this song and i love love love it...

  • Thank you.... so glad you enjoyed our version!

    Really appreciate you letting us know!

    Sarah x

  • Great...:)

    Kappa

  • Thanks Kappa!

    Sarah x

  • That was Good....Lovely:-)

  • Thank you i appreciate that!

    Sarah x

  • Beautiful, just beautiful. It takes a lot of nerve to try to do a cover of a song by of one of the uniquely finest singer-songwriters alive (Iris), but I'd say you did a very nice job of it, and you did it with your own interpretation. (The way you sing it is kinda cute.)

  • Well, thank you thats really very kind of you!

    So glad you liked it and thank you for taking the time to let us know!

    Take care Sarah x

  • I didn't rate this because I couldn't decide between a four and a five... I love the original so much... but I did add it to my favorites!

    And how very talented you all are. Bravo!

  • Thank you very much, really appreciate you commenting and we are just pleased that you would consider it a a 4 or 5 star rate!

    thanks again Sarah x

  • In your simple setting.. your voice rang

    Angelic..

    Thanks,

    Kyle C.

    College Station, Texas

  • Thank you Kyle, thats such a lovely thing to say, i appreciate it!

    Sarah x

  • great vocals--bettter than the original--5 stars

  • wow.... what a compliment!! Thank you so much..... really pleased you enjoyed it!!

    Sarah x

  • Oh wow, what a voice! You guys are amazing ... I'm heading to your website now. Can't wait to hear more.

  • ah... thank you, really hope youliked what you found!!

    Thank you for your kind comment, we appreciate it!!

    Sarah x

  • awsome cover

  • Thank you i appreicate that!

    Sarah x

  • Love this song, you all did it terrific!

  • thank you very much indeed!

    Sarah x

  • great lovely song

    thank you

    awesome

    Best regards Ernesto

  • Hey Ernsto....

    Really glad you enjoyed it, thank you for letting me know!

    Sarah x

  • Fantastic job!

  • Thank you i appreciate that!

    Sarah x

  • Stumbled on your stunning vers of Our Town by accident. Very glad that I did. Just spent an enjoyable time listening to your other stuff, esp Louise and Angel From Montgomery.

    I'll be back for more....

    Mar sin leat..

  • Well i am glad you did find us!

    Really appreciate your kind comment.... thank you!

    Been across to your channel and really enjoyed your song, 'more like you' very much indeed!

    Take care Sarah x

  • wow, i think i may have commented on this video before, but i just watched it again and it's still awesome

  • Hi There, well i appreciate you popping backing and having another listen!!

    thank you!

    Sarah x

  • I believe . . . I believe you do a wonderlful job on this lovely song, a 5* job! BTW who is the 4th believer.  I mean who plays the guitar during the instrumental breaks (dubbed in afterwards I presume)?

  • Hi There,thank you for your very kind comment!

    And yes we are fortunate enough to be able to record the basic track and then add bits in here and there!

    Glad you liked it, and i appreciate you letting us know!

    All the best Sarah x

  • Mr. Frog ~ Why not title it "Our Town"  performed by Obviously 3 Believers ?

    As it reads I expected an ID, JP and EH video here. Good job though.

  • Thankyou for your comment ...Job Done

    Best regards

    The Frogers

  • Hey, Alienhuman, thank you for stopping by!

    Take your point about the titile, Originally when we first posted this we did excactly as you said, and then some people conplained that they thought it was James Taylors Song "Our Town" Which is a whole different song! So ID JP and ELH were added so folks knew which song it was...... guess you can't please everyone.....Lol!

    But thank you all the same, we are glad you paid us a visit!

    Take care Sarah x

  • Sarah I listened to the Lily Rosemary mp3 on your web site but at 6.25 it just ends?

    Sounds great what's there though. I'd love to see you do it with all three singing a la the Tom Russell - Eliza Gilkyson - Joe Ely version, don't know if you've heard that one. Nice vocal Sarah, as is your great version of Our Town,

    Cheers Gary

  • Hi Gary!

    Your so sweet for listening, to Lily Rosmary, thank you.... yes i think your right it does finish around the 6 and half minute mark, we only did some of the verses, as we thought people might lose the will to live listening to it!!

    I havent heard the one your talking about, i like the idea of 3 of them singing, it would definatley make it more interesting to listen to the full version, i am gonna check it out now!!

    Thank you Gary, love hearing from you!

    Take care Sarah x

  • Love this song. Very well done!

  • Thank you very much!

    I appreciate that!

    Sarah x

  • Very sweet. I could listen to this every day and never get bored. Classic song, nicely rendered, thank you!

  • Thank you for stopping by and leaving such a lovely comment, its appreciated!

    Sarah x

  • i love this song.....i also love the obviously bob dylan inspired name that you've chosen for your trio....anyway great job!!

  • Hi there, thank you very much indeed!

    Really glad you enjoyed it!!

    Take Care Sarah x

  • Beautiful!! Love Iris Dement and you all do this song proud!

  • Thanks so much really appreciate your comment!

    Take care Sarah x

  • Great song! Great vocals!  I never thought I'd hear a version of this song that I like better than Iris Dement's. Sorry Iris. The only thing missing is Emmy Lou's harmonies.

  • Wow what a compliment..... thats very kind of you, thank you very much indeed!!

    Take care Sarah x

  • This is my favourite Iris Dement song and I must say that you perform it beautifully. Lovely arrangement - I particularly like the little instrumental breaks - and a very fine, melodious voice. First rate.

  • Thank you very much indeed, really glad you enjoyed it, have to say its one of our fav's too!

    Sarah x

  • That was fantastick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it!

    Sarah x

  • I like this version much more than Iris Dements version. Your voice is far better and the rest of the band are wonderful.

  • Wow what a wonderful thing to say, you are very kind indeed!

    and thank you for the sub, we appreciate your support!

    Sarah John and Mike.

  • Great job-good voice-very acoustic*****!!!!

  • Thank you for stopping by and leaving a nice comment we appreciate it!

    Sarah x

  • A tough song to cover but a great job. Well done!! Mike

  • Thanks Mike i appreciate that!!

    Sarah x

  • Thank you appreciate that!!

    Sarah x

  • No disrespect intended to the Lady singing who did great.....but it really demonstrates that something extra that sets Iris Dement apart from anyone else.

  • would definatley agree with you there, Iris is just amazing!!! guess thats why she is a superstar and i am a nurse!!! LOL!!

    Thanks so much for watching, i really appreciate your comment!

    Sarah xx

  • Great rendition! Love this song - and your voice! Looking forward to listening to your other songs.