ANABlog: Many Rivers to Cross

ANABlog: Many Rivers to Cross: "Not trying to demean Jimmy Cliff's gorgeous hymn to perserverence, but it does come to mind when you listen to Willie Nelson's version of his 'The Harder They Come', which prompts the predictable onslaught of headscratching from critics.

To wit: (from Ted Drozdowski) 'What's stranger: Willie Nelson singing lilting reggae melodies, or a Jamaican chestnut like 'The Harder They Fall' set to an acoustic country arrangement, complete with Dobro?'

Well, neither strikes me as particularly strange, now that you mention it."