The Music Thread
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Southern Girl got me pondering...
People always assume that it was this song (with the direct lyrical reference) that inspired Sweet Home Alabama...
But I submit that while Southern Man (released 1970) lit the fuse, it was Alabama that inspired the title and the lyrics. Neil released this in 1973, and Skynyrd's song was released in 1974. Coincidence- I think not...
There was talk of a "feud", but in reality they were friends and mutual admirers of each others work. When Neil released "On The Beach" later in 1974, he did sort of poke fun at the rivalry with a pretty dismissive opening verse to Walk On...Probably directed more to the anti-Neil elements of Skynrd's fan base, than to the band itself...
"I hear some people been talkin' me down
Bring up my name, pass it 'round
They don't mention happy times
They do their thing, I'll do mine
Ooh baby, that's hard to change
I can't tell them how to feel
Some get stoned, some get strange
Sooner or later, it all gets real
Walk on, walk on
Walk on, walk on"
It's an obscure track, relative to the vast catalogue that spans decades, and even with respect to the rest of the album. But it sums up a lot of what Neil has always been about...From a 2000 performance at Red Rocks...With his late wife Pegi and half sister Astrid on backing vocals...
Used to sing Cotton Fields to my niece. She called it Cotton Balls.
Not a fan of Neils version.
Williams was pretty good writer, but his delivery was like Muzak.
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Speaking of icons, and iconic events, huge weekend in Newport detailed in this report form Anthony Mason...Rhymin Simon shows up on Saturday and then if that wasn't historic enough Joni returns to Newport for the first time since '69
Here's the clip of Both Sides Now...
I don't know a ton about Brandi Carlile's music, beyond the fact that she has pretty good taste. Here is a performance from Stern where she recounts performing Helplessly Hoping in front of Stephen (great story) and then proceeds to deliver an incredible cover...
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes were stuck in the mud until their producer heard Teddy Pendergrass messing around singing back up during a rehearsal. He was made the lead singer over Harold Melvin’s objections, and the rest is history. Pendergrass was a phenomenal singer.
How did they get all these people in one place at the same time?
There are literally 100,000 s of music videos on you tube, and I'm always amazed when I discover one that I've never seen. This was uploaded in 2010 (over 12 yrs ago), and I've never heard of the show much less seen the video. There were so many benefits for a variety of causes going on in the 60s,70s and 80s- especially in SF,LA and other regions of Cali...
So this is Dylan, Neil and Rick Danko from a 1972 benefit show in SF...
Of course Neil performed Helpless ( with Rick and the rest of the Band backing) during the Last Waltz shows a little over 4 yrs later...And one of many highlights from those shows...
More than a few versions of this exist, and I'm honestly not sure which one I prefer. I always love Rick's singing, but the shifting verses between Rick and Levon on this alternate version is pretty magical as well...
Not a song, but an awesome story about Miles Davis.
"Turn poison into medicine" is words to live by.
Sea Shanty ..
and one for Jerry .. he would be happy to know so many are carrying on his legacy.
and one for Jerry .. he would be happy to know so many are carrying on his legacy.
hey @larsIU
Franklin's Tower .... was about Benjamin Franklin and the casting of the Liberty Bell.
First time I ever heard this and I own the book it comes from.
Here's the story it's interesting, as all Hunter song origin stories are.
Franklin's Tower .... was about Benjamin Franklin and the casting of the Liberty Bell.
First time I ever heard this and I own the book it comes from.
Here's the story it's interesting, as all Hunter song origin stories are.
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Franklin’s Tower is my favorite Dead song and it ain’t close.
I sing my kids Ripple as a lullaby but FT is the best.
I like Carson's work, but when covering Bruce there are so many masterpieces to choose from that (imho) a song like I'm on Fire is sort of a "settle for a hit" letdown. And that's coming from someone who snagged a position in the Pit in Nashville in 2008 where I was close enough to reach out and touch Bruce's guitar while he sat on a stool and played a solo acoustic version of IOF...
Carson does a better job of choosing deep cuts for many of the other artists he covers so I'd love to see him expand his Bruce library... These are 3 covers of songs that would be much higher on my personal list of favorite Bruce songs than BITUSA- era pop like I'm on Fire or Dancing In The Dark...
Jake Thistle is an incredible talent and he plays several instruments and covers a multitude of people...Bruce, Jackson, Tom Petty, John Hiatt, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash and so many others...
A very creative mashup with 2 different versions of songs about Rosie. Jackson's classic paen to self love (Rosie) along with a solo-piano version of Bruce's immortal Rosalita...
Patty Griffin's cover of Stolen Car is incredible...
And Sam Fenders electric cover of Atlantic City, which owes more to the way Bruce performs it with the ESB than the acoustic Nebraska original. I like this because I prefer the electric reworking that Bruce did for the Reunion tour, and this is a great performance of that version...
