Sister Morphine

Sister Morphine has been one of my favourite songs for decades.  Originally an album track from The Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers album, it was released in 1971.
When I first heard it, I was floored.  Such brilliance, both in composition and sound!
It epitomized the acoustic guitar for me - I've always felt that it is a very raw instrument.  When I pick one up, the acoustic guitar either  becomes angry or lonely.  As such, my acoustic parts are either soft and sparse (Johnny Cash's version of Hurt is a perfect example), or furious (Pinball Wizard by The Who).  I can't bear to play "happy-clappy-singalong" songs with it (think Big Blue Sea or The Barenaked Ladies).
As I've said before, Keith Richards was THE reason I wanted to be a guitarist.  And this song, one of my favourite Stones tracks, shows the moodier, more vunerable side of the band.

The other morning, I was having breakfast when Sister Morphine appeared on my random iTunes playlist.  Love.  Inspiration.
2 hours later, I had recorded a rough cover version of the song.  I know I can't recreate the feel of the original track (linked at the bottom of this post), so I took it in a different route.  More electronic, Depeche Mode-y.  Just a little bit of guitar to really give it a punch.
Almost finished the song, it seemed to lack something.  I had put a delay effect on the snare drum, to carry through the sparse arrangement.  I decided to slow down the decay a little, to pull it out of the tempo.  Now it seems to be limping.  PERFECT.
I'm really proud of this track - I think I very quickly managed to compile my interpretation of the lyrics and give them a "swift touch."

Have a listen to this:
http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=208439&html5=yes

And now this: