Monday morning, hang on for dear life as 15 year old Jacob Johnson blazes through Foggy Mountain Breakdown.
Thanks to YouTuber Kasey Lawson
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You Really Got A Hold On Me: Allison Young
Monday morning, the great Smokey Robinson song as performed by Allison Young. We always enjoy her duets with Josh Turner, but even some of her much earlier YouTube videos, made in her bedroom, as seen here, show her extraordinary voice and artistry.
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I Want All My Friends To Be Happy
Monday morning, musician Steve Poltz sings about his utmost wish. I think by the time you reach the end of this video, you, too, will be smiling ear to ear.
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Thanks to YouTuber Shakypix
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Joan Baez and Earl Scruggs At Home
Monday morning, banjo legend Earl Scruggs pays a visit to Joan Baez’s house in the California hills. It’s 1972, and the courageous Earl Scruggs was the first (and one of the very few) major country western star to have come out against the Vietnam war.
Earl decided he wanted to expand his musical horizons, so he paid a visit to a slew of young singers, including Dylan and Baez. Documentarian David Hoffman got it all on film and turned the footage into an award winning documentary.
Here’s a scene at Baez’s home with Baez singing “Love is Just A Four-Letter Word” and Scruggs playing backup. Baez’s singing voice here is incredible, unearthly almost, just sitting there in her living room with no equipment. Earl’s talented 16 year old son Randy is on the other side of Joan, playing guitar.
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Gentle On My Mind
Yet another version of a country favorite by John Hartford. Elle Cordova and Toni Lindgren are the lyrical lasses here.
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Maria
Monday morning, “Maria,” played on the guitar by Per-Olov Kindgren as perfect as perfect can be. Even Bernstein would have to agree.
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Heavy Metal
A unique addition to guitar playing.
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Thanks to YouTuber hanelinetwins
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Happy Yodeling
Monday morning, as our thoughts turn to a Texas trip, Pete yodels T for Texas and that gal named Thelma for a Czech crowd.
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Thanks to YouTuber Kálmán Tóth
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Stairway To Gilligan
If you’re familiar with both Stairway to Heaven and the Gilligan’s Island tv show theme song, then this mash up by Steve Poltz will more than amuse you, and it may have you laughing out loud.
Thanks to YouTuber justfragvideo
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“This Is My First Beer With My Brand New Liver”
Steve Poltz raises a glass and sings to modern medicine!
Thanks to YouTuber BrianMillerConcert
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Time…Time…
Monday morning, the Chambers Brothers keep hitting that clock, as the “Time Has Come Today.”
Thanks to YouTuber nokewan
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Fistfight At A Vegan Brunch
Monday morning, a short-haired Steve Poltz sings the truth concerning an unfortunate knuckle sandwich incident.
Thanks to YouTuber The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Beach Boys Campfire: Surfer Girl
This was from a TV special shown only once, a nice end of summer treat.
Thanks to YouTuber Dan Thomas | Travel and Music
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Apache: The Shadows
The Shadows, though not very big in the US, were successful in the UK during the early 1960s, pretty much at the same time as the Beatles. But even in the US, this instrumental was a song that every garage band of the time couldn’t wait to learn in order to play it at their high school get-togethers.
Thanks to YouTuber Classic Hits Studio
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I’d Love To Change The World
Fifty-three years after Ten Years After, a powerful video to accompany the song.
Thanks to YouTuber Ricardo Meneghini
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Long Time Gone
Josh Turner, Elle Cordova, and Toni Lindgren take on a Dixie Chicks song with toe-tapping results.
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Blues Run The Game
Monday morning, a haunting song by Jackson C. Frank, a folk singer who was not well known, but was influential. Simon & Garfunkel recorded this song for their Sounds of Silence album, but it didn’t make it into the original release. Years later, it was added as a bonus track to the Sounds of Silence CD. If Jackson Frank’s arrangement sounds very early Paul Simon-ish here, it’s because Paul Simon was the producer of Frank’s only album.
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Everything I Own
Monday morning, David Gates singing lead with Bread in this 1972 song–according to Gates, written about his father.
Thanks To YouTuber DOJOTONE Chan
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Something So Right: George Clements
Marieke: Jacques Brel
Monday morning a rare clip of Brel singing his own song to a passionate fare-thee-well.
Thanks to YouTuber alenaapril
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Dream
Sonny Step, Josh Turner, Allison Young, and Martina DaSilva with a soulful cover of the 1944 Johnny Mercer song, “Dream,” originally sung by the Pied Pipers.
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Their Back Pages
Monday morning, the Lockdown International Band with a cover of Dylan’s “My Back Pages.”
Thanks to YouTuber Lockdown International
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We Gotta Get Outta This Place
Kathy’s Song
Monday morning, an early Paul Simon song for his then girlfriend from England, Kathy Chitty (still living in Wales). This is one of the few songs that came out on a Simon and Garfunkel album that was sung solo by Paul Simon. Later at some Simon and Garfunkel concerts, Art would sing the song, but to my mind, Paul’s version was more affecting. Garfunkel has said that he thought it was Paul Simon’s best love song.
Thanks to YouTuber kylecrazyford
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“My 500th Video”: Josh Turner
Regular readers of this blog know that I really enjoy musician Josh Turner’s videos. His musicianship is amazing and every collaboration he is part of seems to bring out the best in his collaborators.
To mark his 500th YouTube video Josh and wife Kelly put together a compilation of all his videos, starting from the 15 year old Josh to right now, as Josh does a voiceover commentary,
I highly recommend exploring his catalogue at Josh Turner Guitar
