Tom Waits: Jersey Girl
Unusually melodic cut from the 1980 album Heartattack and Vine. And here’s the Boss doing it live not so long ago.
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Maureen Evans: Like I Do
The lyrics were written by Dick Manning to an 1876 melody called Dance of the Hours by Ponchielli. It was first recorded in 1962 by Nancy Sinatra who did well with it … Continue readingMaureen Evans: Like I Do
Nathan Abshire: Les Filles du Canada
This reminds me of my younger days following Nelson FC in the Lancashire Combination. There was an old geezer in the sparse crowd called Frank who went ‘Heh, heh, heh’ … Continue readingNathan Abshire: Les Filles du Canada
Sandy Denny: By The Time It Gets Dark
I prefer this simple demo version to the full-band outtake from the Rendezvous sessions.
Ry Cooder/David Lindley: Alimony
The first song Ry played when I saw him for the first time, in Manchester in 1977. Taken from his eponymous first album released seven years earlier.
The Beach Boy and the Evil Wizard
IT WAS in the spring of 1968 that Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson stopped his car for two attractive girl hitch-hikers in Malibu, Los Angeles. He invited them back to … Continue readingThe Beach Boy and the Evil Wizard
Etta James: Watch Dog
This lady says she don’t want no watch dog, she needs a man right now. Hmm, no accounting for taste.
Joni Mitchell: If I Had a Heart (I’d Cry)
From her last album of original tunes, 2007’s Shine.
Neko Case: If You Knew
Suggested by Andy Marshall, this is from her 2004 album The Tigers Have Spoken. Backing vocals are by her trusty pardner Kelly Hogan.
Plough Monday
ONE of the less obvious casualties of lockdown will be ‘Plough Monday’ in a couple of days’ time. It was traditionally held on the first Monday after Twelfth Night to … Continue readingPlough Monday