Ready To Go Home / We're Getting Closer To The Grave Each Day

"A" was either a demo or live performance with very sparse backing. After Hank's death, The Drifting Cowboys were brought in for additional instrumentation. You can definitely recognize Don Helms on steel guitar and Chet Atkins on electric guitar; Chet was present on many of the early overdubs. It is probably Clyde Baum on mandolin as he provided mandolin backing for Hank on several occasions. This would probably date this side to around 1949 and probably recorded at KWKH. "B" was an obvious vocal/guitar demo used to pitch the song to another artist. Jimmie Skinner would release it in 1953 as (the "B" side of it being a tribute to Hank). An overdubbed version by Hank would appear on in 1960 and would be further overdubbed with the stereo issue of.