On his new album due out November 25th (the 17th in the UK), Tom Jones covers “The Hitter”, one of my favorites off Springsteen’s Devils and Dust record. So I went to Tom’s web site to track it down. It’s not available yet, but I was quite taken with the title track, “24 Hours” - a very dark, somber track. It brings to mind a couple of tracks dealing with life’s finality from the perspective of Death Row - Bruce’s “Dead Man Walking”, and Steve Earle’s “Ellis Unit One“.

I’m not positive that the subject of “24 Hours” is a death row prisoner, but it sure seems that way: ‘I’ve got one more minute, 24 hours to go..”

Great song, and now I can see exactly how “The Hitter” will fit into the album, and how I’m confident that Tom Jones will do it some serious justice.

Check it out…

Tom Jones.com

Here’s Bruce’s “Dead Man Walking” for good measure.. Oops, embedding disabled (!), gonna have to travel to the YouTube to see it.

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