Long before the blaring frequencies of electronic music and the helpful touch of audio enhancers, some of the greatest music of all time came from basic instruments and raw vocals.
Music was simple and beautiful.
As a result, these old songs have a classic feel that’s hard to replicate, even as they continue to inspire new generations of artists.
From the simple texture of an original song, younger artists can make all kinds of new covers and interpretations.
This duet is an ode to the simple.
As these two performers showed, just one or two voices accompanied by a simple instrument like a guitar is plenty enough to take your heart for a ride.
In all, this acoustic cover is a great throwback to nostalgic times.
There is no need for a complicated arrangement for this wonderful cover.
There’s real beauty in simplicity.
A simple setup is what they needed to prepare for this music cover: a sofa, an acoustic guitar, a recording microphone, and a single camcorder directly angling towards them.
The curtains were left open, letting the light pass through the translucent windows.
The set was calm, and just by looking at it, it makes viewers feel at home.
Meet Allison Young and Josh Turner.
They have prepared to perform a cover of “Crazy.”
Though the song was originally written by Willie Nelson, these two decided to play it in the style of Pasty Cline.
They kicked it off with a harmonic whistle overture, and it was like listening to birds harmonizing in the forest.
People fell in love in an instant.
You’ll never get tired of listening to Young’s inviting voice. After the intro, Young sings the lyrics on her own while Turner accompanies her on guitar.
She has a powerful voice and a perfect vibrato. Her vocal runs were as mesmerizing as a siren’s voice and it was almost impossible to stop listening to her.
Also, she sang each line full of emotions making us see a clear image of this love ballad’s interpretation.
All the while, Turner gently plucks his guitar strings to turn this song into a lullaby.
Turner’s got a perfect plucking style.
Wrapping his acoustic guitar around him, he plays the tune with ease.
His strings produce a gentle sound, but he plucks and transitions each chord intricately and interestingly.
It’s like soft jazz meets lullaby.
As an instrumentalist, he was able to hammer the soul of music into this particular cover.
Throughout the performance, Turner moves his capo to his right to transpose the song’s original pitch by half.
Turner joins Young in the song.
Young continues to sing the melody part as Turner harmonizes with his blending. With that, they walk the song to its end with a whistling outro.
Just when we thought the video was over, they include a clip of recording bloopers where Turner hilariously fails in his attempts to bend with Allison’s whistle.
This sweet serenade found its way into the internet after Turner uploaded the video to his YouTube channel.
It’s racked up over 4.4M views.
Thankfully for all of us, this is just one of many videos Turner has uploaded to his channel. While this cover can’t be topped, all the others are just as worth the watch.
See Josh and Allison whistle their way into a beautiful cover of “Crazy” in the video below!
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