RIBBON OF DARKNESS by CONNIE SMITH

[GUIDOBRAT]

the GREAT Canadian folk icon Gordon Lightfoot composed it..and my favorite female country artist sang it....a perfect combination if you ask me :)

[dandyu]

what a good voice . love all her songs

[Comprised]

did u guys know that.... Gordon Lightfoot wrote this song?

[dbitnblinkers]

Its a great song,I wish the song from this album (gathering flowers from the masters bouquet) was on here. thanks

[indyvic]

This is a nice version of Gord'e great song. Connie was such a talent! Good Post!

[jag111307]

@indyvic not was,but still is great talent....just ask marty stuart her husband

[jag111307]

@indyvic not "was"till is.just ask her husband Marty Stuart

[vegas4al]

That's Jerry Reed pickin' his heart out in the background.

[Factnotfictionpeople]

And I thought The late Marty Robbins had the sole rights on this one..........

[TheFalconracer]

A great Gordon Lightfoot song done up very good. Thanks for the Post!

[shapeepster]

Best rendition of this song EVER! And the guitar playing is AWESOME!

[LaCantarella1]

Amour... Merci for this Song.

[willchopan]

I love her voice. and she's damn cute.

[theRedPilll]

wow - i remember her but didn't appreciate enough, she ... there are no words that describe the perfection of so much expression (i'll stop trying to describe!)

[joepilot48]

Reminds me of driving through Kentucky on my way home to Ohio from school in Florida. Funny how a song reminds you of things. Driving along Lake Cumberland near Somerset. I must have heard it on the radio. Sweet gal; great song.

[konawaruk]

Absolutely heavenly! I love her version oh so very much. Thanks for posting this video.

[derequwc]

Oh boy, what a reading. In my book this is even better than Gordon Lightfoot's original and Marty Robbin's cover which I thought could not be topped. What a singer Connie Smith. Then couple her beautiful voice with cascading orchestration and freewheeling guitar-playing and what have we got? a smorgasbord of heavenly sounds. Such perfection. Thank you for posting this thing of beauty.

[dandyu]

every song is perfect ,love her voice and she is no 1 in my books love her all my life

cheers

thank you for sharing

[banaba71]

thanks for posting

[banaba71]

oh my god,finally i found this video connie smith,,i still remember i grw up with her songs,thanks for posting this video,,awesome,i really like her song SURELY but i cant find it..

[rickkemp1]

Lovely cover, but it was written by Gordon Lightfoot.

[konawaruk]

What a lovely rendition of this marty robbins song. Truly heavenly! Thanks for posting this video.

[hagfan46]

the greatest female singer ever....GO CONNIE

[lola11860]

awesome lady! what a name too! Long live all connies!

[Debbiesblessed]

Thanks for posting! Drop by my page and see my home cut version of a song off this album.

Thanks again!

[lola11860]

awesome! my older sister has all her Lp records and now all that is on Cd. She still sings awesome today and even seems happy with marty!

[Debbiesblessed]

I turned every record store in Nashville up side down looking for that first album! My mom had it when I was a child, I grew up listening to her. I finally found it, and it was worth the search! I had the pleasure of meeting her by chance one day, and she even gave me a hug. It was just a casual day at work, and I just happen to be in the right place at the right time. She sings alot of gospel with the Whites now, she says. She is a real doll! Shes the real deal ppl!

[monkeyseawater]

She does a wonderful version with "goodbye my love" love her singing style

[Lsbud]

I used to have a crush on her. Beautiful woman.

[luckystar2020]

this is so pretty a song, i never heard it before,,and didnt know Gordon Lighfoot wrote it....great!!!! 5 stars!

[ray6200]

Whatever happened to Connie? Is she still in the music business? Retired? Does anyone know? Please respond.

[dwi55]

I saw Connie not to long ago. She makes an appearance every now and then. She is married to Marty Stuart now. He has a weekly show on RFD TV now. Maybe she will make some appearances!

[bobbyk57]

The more I hear this, the more I love it. Gordon is the best songwriter ever-period. He has no peers. Although I enjoy Gordon's rendition, it's really cool to hear the various covers of his songs - each with its own unique sound. Connie does a great job on this one, as does Marty Robbins in his version..

Bob

[babybluejean]

Connie Smith was the greatest woman of Country music. Nobody could top her. She was just too good for NAshville.

[sparwood8]

Kudos to Lightfoot for writing it. Applause to Connie Smith for making it sound even better

[luvut]

This is just one of many songs sang beautifully by Connie. Thanks.

[MerrittStDiner]

How about a round of applause for the gentleman who wrote this terrific song - Orillia's own Gordon Lightfoot?

[Comprised]

@MerrittStDiner hey good job knowing a thing

[Cris43130]

We could still have a live duet between Connie Smith and Gordon Lightfoot. That might be even better than Connie and Marty Robbins relying on tracks that were not originally recorded with a duet in mind.

[awannabesinger]

Awesome. She is one of my favorites. I have to many to mention. I was raised on old school country and I love it. I sing all the old greats in karaoke but of course I try to sing I should say. There will never be music like this again. These folks made country music in my opinion.

[cladious1]

beautiful nice version

[BRUVICSAM]

Maybe Marty Robbins can duet with Connie Smith with some great mixing and engineering work, like they did with the duet by Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole. It would seem to be a daunting task. This is one of my favorite Marty Robbins songs, and I like Connie Smith's version.

[tarquin45]

You know Alan, I would sure have liked to hear Connie duet with Marty Robbins on this great song.

[7246a]

I love Connie's version to this song...great post...thank you Alan*****

[MisterCanning]

Absolutely beautiful song, Alan.

[norst1]

thanks for yuor 1950,s and 1960,s country and western and pop from the same era anything after that, dont care about..to me its crap

[annie92220]

I agree 95%

[maurieer]

Connie deos a great job on this song.

Written by Gordon Lightfoot.

Excellent.

[AlanPaladin]

..thanks maurieer, guess i forgot to mention that gordon wrote this :)