Sweet Dreamer arose from an interpretation of country music superstar's Don Gibson's Sweet Dreams whose most famous version of the tune was by Patsy Cline. Hunter Ronson listened to the song on the road tour bus and then as adapted by the creative mind of Mick Ronson the song became an instrumental and was also a part of live shows with a version available from 1989.
Mick loved slow and simple songs and he made it his own and something really special. Hunter says this is his all-time favorite Ronno solo. This was Mick as a master of style applying electric lead guitar to a country standard. Hunter added a bit of gospel piano.
Ian Hunter On Track for Sonicbond Publishing, TheDoctorOfDigital@pm.me
"Sweet Dreams" or "Sweet Dreams (of You)" is a country ballad, which was written by Don Gibson. Gibson originally recorded the song in 1955; his version hit the top ten of Billboard's country chart, but was eclipsed by the success of a competing version by Faron Young. In 1960, after Gibson had established himself as a country music superstar, he released a new version as a single. This version also charted in the top ten on the country chart[1] and also crossed over to the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number ninety-three. The song has become a country standard, with other notable versions by Patsy Cline and Emmylou Harris.
Sweet Dreamer | 6:28 | Originally issued on YUI Orta. |
Sweet Dreamer (live 15th February 1989) | 7:42 | This live version (recorded The Dominion, London England) can be found on BBC Live in Concert. |