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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The Many Plans and Schemes of John Prine
What the late John Prine figgered he’d do when he got to heaven. And he probably is.
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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.
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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.”
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We Gotta Get Outta This Place
Samba Ukelele
Allison Young and Josh Turner with a delightful samba inspired tune.
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Purple People Eater
This is one of the first ever songs I remember hearing on the radio. I must have been about five years old. It’s sung by the..uh…less-than-dynamic?…Sheb Wooley.
Thanks to YouTuber The Ed Sullivan Show
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Teach Your Children: MonaLisa Twins
Monday morning, though school is out, lesson plans from Crosby Stills and Nash. In this version, twins Mona & Lisa, and their father Rudi on bass.
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Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee: Paul Simon and Edie Brickell
Paul Simon and wife Edie Brickell with an affectionate cover of the 1957 Bobbettes song, evidently from their house during Covid lockdown days. It was written about a math teacher that the members of the Bobbettes had. The Bobbettes, incidently, were the first girl group to have a top 10 American hit at the same time as a #1 R&B hit.
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Days of 49: Bob Dylan
One of my favorite Dylan cuts, specifically because Dylan’s singing is really expressive on this. I really believe he is “ol’ Tom Moore from the bummer shore.”
Here’s a link to an excellent UK blog post that talks more about the song, and its different versions, and you’ll see how immense Dylan’s contribution to this old-time ballad was:
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I’m Easy
Monday morning, Keith Carradine in the film Nashville apparently singing to three women each of whom think he’s singing specifically only to her, until they finally realize he’s singing to Lily Tomlin, whose silent reaction is something to behold.
The story told by author Michael Schulman is that Carradine originally wrote the song for actress Shelly Plimpton. Carradine, a newcomer to New York City, saw Plimpton in the Broadway play Hair when he was nineteen, and then showed up at Plimpton’s apartment door, playing the song for her. And they became a couple for a while…
Thanks to YouTuber Patrick A
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Something So Right
Lyin’ Eyes: The Eagles
The Eagles famously have been stingy to their fans and each other, but you got to give credit where it’s due–five part harmony and some good story telling there..
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Mona Lisa
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Big Iron
Silly song, originally sung by Marty Robbins, but Carson and Josh sing so well, with great guitar parts
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Your Flag Decal Won’t Get You Into Heaven Anymore
The Clover Saloon
Josh Turner and Allison Young take it acapella in this song about how they lost their credit at the Clover Saloon…
Thanks to YouTuber tastewar
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Strawberry Fields Forever
A ridiculously good cover of the Beatles classic.
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Get It While You Can: Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin giving her all in a 1970 performance on the Dick Cavett Show, a few months before her death.
Thanks to YouTuber reggaegirl1982
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Vincent
Monday morning, while Don McLean tries to set down what Vincent Van G. was feeling last night…he writes a brilliant song…
Thanks to YouTuber wysty67
