Download Here    She died in a horrendous plane crash at just 30 years old.  Patsy Cline, born Virginia Patterson Hensley in September of 1932, was part of the early 1960’s Nashville Sound – which was a subgenre of country music, replacing the honky-tonk style of the ’50s.  She was known for the intense emotion she put into a song, and for her rich contralto voice.  When she was 13, she was hospitalized with rheumatic fever.  “The fever affected my throat and when I recovered I had this booming voice like Kate Smith”.  Kate Smith wishes…

Patsy’s string of hits began in 1957 with “Walkin’ After Midnight” and ended in 1963 with “Sweet Dreams”.  This song, “Crazy” was somewhere in the middle of all that and is still a crossover standard today.  You’ll hear it performed at the finest night clubs and in the lowliest of local “dives”.  I found this sequence hidden away on an obscure website and thought it most closely resembled the original recording.   I had to completely redo the piano track, but the rest of it was near perfect.  I used a tenor sax on the lead line as it sort of mimics her sultry voice.  Here’s to Patsy Cline – taken away from us much too soon.