dan tyminski sang man of constant sorrow for o brother where art thou.
who sang man of constant sorrow for o brother where art thou?
dan tyminski
the voices of the soggy bottom boys were provided by dan tyminski (lead vocal on "man of constant sorrow"), nashville songwriter harley allen, and the nashville bluegrass band's pat enright. the three won a cma award for single of the year and a grammy award for best country collaboration with vocals, both for the song "man of constant sorrow". tim blake nelson sang the lead vocal on "in the jailhouse now".
o brother, where art thou?
a notable cover, titled "i am a man of constant sorrow", was produced by the fictional folk/bluegrass group the soggy bottom boys from the film "o brother, where art thou?". the producer t bone burnett had previously suggested the stanley brothers' recording as a song for the dude in the coen brothers' film "the big lebowski", but it did not make the cut. for their next collaboration "o brother, where art thou?", he realized that the song would suit the main character well. the initial plan was for the song to be sung by the film's lead actor, george clooney, however, it was found that his recording was not up to the required standard. burnett later said that he had only two or three weeks to work with clooney, which was not enough time to prepare clooney for the recording of a credible hit country record.
man of constant sorrow