Jim Reeves never heard the version of his song. He made a vocal-guitar demo as a favour to its writer Cindy Walker. After his death Jim's wife Mary supervised the haunting overdub and " Distant Drums " became a number one country hit. I made the backing-track using my accoustic guitar as drum.
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