RICKY WARWICK's new double album, »When Patsy Cline Was Crazy (And Guy Mitchell Sang The Blues)« / »Hearts On Trees«, was released in February of this year. Today, RICKY returns with a live acoustic rendition of the track 'Psycho', taken from the album. Watch the performance via the Nuclear Blast YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/5HW8-b0OTaw
RICKY comments:
"I heard the song 'Psycho' for the first time almost 30 years ago when I was playing guitar in NEW MODEL ARMY<. It was performed by singer/songwriter Rev Hammer who was on the road with us. I feel in love with the song instantly and it has stayed in my psyche ever since. I found out sometime later that it was written by Texas songwriter Leon Payne. Payne is probably most well known for the song 'Lost Highway' which was a huge hit for Hank Williams.
The twisted macabre excess and understatement of the lyrics set against the beautiful, haunting almost sugar sweet melody drew me in straight away and gave me a strange yet surreal sense of unease. There is no doubt about it's a dark song about a dark day. Leon Payne famously said after he wrote it, "Don't ever record this!" Well… I did."
Order the double album here: http://nblast.de/RWarwickPatsyClineNB