Wonderful wonderful voice and so tragic that she was killed just as things seemed to be working out for her!
"Sir Duke" Ellington, Jazz Composer, Pianist, and Bandleader was born on this day in Washington D.C. in 1899...
85...Country Singer/Songwriter and Musician, Willie Nelson was born in Abbott, Texas in 1933... I prefer him singing this to anybody else...
79... Klaus Voormann, German rock bassist (Manfred Mann), was born in Berlin in 1942, he is also famous for hanging out with The Beatles in Hamburg and designing the iconic cover of their album, Revolver..
Lonnie Donegan, Scottish singer-songwriter and the "King of Skiffle" was born in Glasgow on this day in 1931...
50...Carnie Wilson (of Wilson Phillips) is born in Bel Air, California, to The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson and his first wife, Marilyn Rovell in 1968..
One of those annoyingly happy songs that I love Recorded in 1989, so I class it as an 80s song, bit not released until Jan/Feb 1990 if my memory serves me Love the Beach Boys too, so double whammy here.
I love the thought behind this song. To write a song as a reply to a song that was such a huge hit in 1973 is genius. I heard Cam interviewed about it and I just found it clever to write a reply to Dolly’s Jolene after so many years.
37...Justin Vernon (Frontman and Songwriter for Indie Folk band,Bon Iver) was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in 1981...
42...Amanda Palmer, Singer/Songwriter and Musician for Dark Cabaret duo, The Dresden Dolls was born in NYC in 1976...
I haven't posted much new stuff recently so here is what i've been listening to in the past few weeks... I heard this on Mark Radcliffe's Folk show on the radio. It is a song off of the latest EP from local Southampton legend, Phil "Swill" Odgers of Folk Punk band, The Men They Couldn't Hang...
This is from Aussie Indie girl, Courtney Barnett's upcoming album Tell Me How You Really Feel out on 18th May...