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Compared To What?

18 Thursday Oct 2018

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Nellie and Company take a swing at the Eugene McDaniels classic made famous by Les McCann and Eddie Harris

piano & vocals – Nellie McKay; bass – Alexi David; guitar – Cary Park; drums – Kenneth Salters

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“Go To Sleep, You Weary Hobo”

11 Thursday Oct 2018

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Woody Guthrie’s rendition of Goebbel Reeves’s “Hobo Lullaby,” a song about a heaven where there are no policemen around to harass anyone.

That’s David Carradine playing Woody hopping the boxcars in Hal Ashby’s film, Bound For Glory.

Thanks to YouTuber FreeNeverSaid

Nellie’s Updated Fixin’s

08 Monday Oct 2018

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Monday Morning, Mckay makes mischief.

The versatile Nellie McKay, performing on The Jimmy Dore Show, updates an old Country Joe and The Fish anti-war standard. (NSFW)

Thanks to YouTuber The Jimmy Dore Show

More Nellie at http://www.nelliemckay.com/

“Autumn Leaves Must Fall…”

05 Friday Oct 2018

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Chad and Jeremy singing “A Summer Song” 40 years after it was first released in 1964.

Thanks to YouTuber Independent Musicians Foundation

Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Crying

26 Wednesday Sep 2018

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A terrific version of the Gerry and the Pacemakers’ song by the multi-talented Nellie McKay. It’s so good it makes me want to keep playing it over and over.

Thanks to YouTuber eTown

Angels on High

24 Monday Sep 2018

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Monday morning, atheists believe.

If there is a heaven, then surely one must be greeted by something like the celestial sounds of Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, and Linda Ronstadt singing Neil Young’s “After The Gold Rush.”

Thanks to YouTuber Don Giller

Ashokan, Farewell

31 Friday Aug 2018

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Jay Ungar, Molly Mason, Mike Meranda, Ruth Unger, and a host of others bid farewell to the 2018 Summer Hoot in Ashokan with Jay’s haunting ballad, “Ashokan Farewell.” The song gained fame by being featured as the theme song of Ken Burns’s Civil War series.

 

Stay: Maurice Williams And The Zodiacs

27 Monday Aug 2018

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As summer winds down on Monday,  a voice behind you pleads, Stay…just a little bit longer.

Maurice WIlliams, who wrote the song at age fifteen and sings lead on the shortest #1 pop song on record, said in an interview that they deliberately kept the song short so that it would get more radio play. They figured that the DJs would use it as a sign off before a commercial break if it was short enough. They were right.

That’s Henry “Shane” Gaston on the falsetto.

Thanks to YouTuber Ken Schilling

Yesterday’s Gone

26 Thursday Jul 2018

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The MonaLisa Twins with another summer British invasion hit of the 60s, Chad and Jeremy’s “Yesterday’s Gone.” Ever-Reliable Wikipedia tells us it was Chad’s first published song.

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Hugh Laurie Sings The Answer

25 Wednesday Jul 2018

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Mr. Laurie’s splendid Dylan-like folk singer imitation in which he tells us “All We Gotta Do Is.”  In such trying times as these, we can only be thankful for his clear vision.

Thanks to Youtuber thereallalablue