Hank C. Burnette - "It's The Way You Are"

Another one of those obscure songs I managed to track down ages ago. Originally cut by one James Mask (born 1932 in Pontotoc, Miss.) but
never released, until European Collector, White and Redita labels all three decided to include it on three different compilation albums,
"Mississippi Rock and Roll", "Ten Years Collector Records" and "Bandera Rockabillies" respectively. A straight country rendition in it's
original form (I wonder where the guys at Collector and Redita got the 'Rock and Roll' vs. 'Rockabilly' tabs from??). But, as usual, yours
truly's version has more of a rocked up country flavour to it, although still keepin' the country roots intact. My trusty old Gretsch Country Gent
is at it again, but this time taking a back seat and doing that familiar Luther Perkins type 'do-whacka-do' rhythm part. The guitar solo is a
whole different ballgame altogether...same Country Gent but run through a pitch transposer to give it a rather 'peculiar' synth like sound!
There's also a kind of special story behind this particular version, as the couple of versions you will find issued throughout the years, on different record labels, has added instruments to them, while this one is the bare boned raw demo version, which I happened to find by pure incident on an old cassette tape and simply liked more than the actual released versions, in spite of the pretty low-grade sound quality. The reason is that the vocal is more up-front and pronounced on this one than it is on the released ones!
I've done all I could to clean it up and make it listenable and I dedicate it to all you true country addicts out there and hope you like it! The pitch
shifted guitar solo is a bonus, lol!
P.S. Don't forget the usual routine...click on the HQ knob to get a High Quality (??) playback, both sound and visual wise, thanks! D.S.

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[AbreTuCorazon1]

Ohhh... Encantadora!! tu voz suena hermocisima y muy interezante!

me imagino bailar esta cancion... y créeme, que no me canzaré de escucharla

la disfrute mucho y varias veces eeh! ja ja.. amo, amo esta! Gracias, tu eres adorable. abrazos --Gema--

[doowopdesire8806]

One of my fav !Thank You Friend!!!

[HoldorFold]

enjoyed

[TACYELLA11]

Great song and singing.Nice pics too :))

[no2hate]

another great one! you have an awesome sound, hank! peace2u! eric

[coolmamac]

Hank. Keep on playing. You have so many faithful fans here. Myself being your most dedicated.

[pvrocker56]

Gee that's a good one Hank, love that guitar playing....keep up the good work....

[Newmann76]

Nice.

[mynsweet6]

Great song, but ilove your guitar! so splendid, makes me thinking on the 60's, my years, hyppy's time with flowers in the air and also in musics!

[the60man]

oh yes great