"Man of Constant Sorrow"

Gary North - January 06, 2018

First, the movie version: O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (2000). George Clooney lip syncs Dan Tyminski. The soundtrack became a smash hit, but with a tiny budget: production and marketing. Wikipedia reports:

The soundtrack CD became a best seller, certified eight times platinum as of October 2007 with sales of 7.9 million copies in the United States as of January 2015. It won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 2002, the Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals (for singer Dan Tyminski, whose voice overdubbed George Clooney's in the film on "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" . . . .

In 2001, the album spent over 20 weeks on the Billboard Top Country Chart. It won an award for album of the year and "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" won an award for single of the year from the Country Music Association.

It was the #1 album, 2000-2002.

The black man in the group was Chris Thomas King. Here is how he sings it.

Now it's time for Tyminski, live, with Alison Krauss and the Union Station (2002).

I end with Bob Dylan's version, from his first album, Bob Dylan (1962). I remember when I heard it first: on Les Claypool's Los Angeles FM show, soon after it was released. I thought this: "I hope that old man lives long enough to make more records." He did.

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