Off Topic Saints Not606 Music Thread

I'm guessing dad is quite proud...

 

Buddy Holly, Janice Joplin Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, ZZ Top, Doug Stahm, Johnny Winters; Texas has a rich tradition of outlaws, oddballs and one-offs.

Townes Van Zandt stands out even in a crowd like that...The Lone Star State's most singular talent imo

 

Stop me if you've heard this one before...can't remember if I've posted it before

It's a good enough song for that not to matter anyway...

 

Here’s the latest from the son of a friend of mine, Pete Cunningham, who plays all the instruments in his alias band Ishmael Ensemble. He’s getting a lot of interest in the Bristol area. Something to chill out to:

 

Interesting sound Chilcs, not quite my thing though, perhaps Ian might be better suited to comment.

 

This one is for TSS, wherever he may be, as I know he is a fan of this man's music...

Tortured genius Folk artist Nick Drake was born in Rangoon, Burma in 1948 and raised in England, the mercurial and highly influential musician released three albums before his death in 1974...

 

This was written as an elegy to him...

 

And this one is for Jasper...

68...Ann Wilson (lead singer, songwriter of Heart) was born in San Diego in 1950...

 

90...Tommy Devito, lead guitarist, backing vocalist (Four Seasons-Sherry), born in Montclair, New Jersey in 1928...

 

56..Paula Abdul, American singer-songwriter, choreographer (Straight Up) and TV personality (American Idol), born in San Fernando, California in 1962..

 

I love Nick Drake and that’s one of my favourites. Thanks SA.

 

turns up in loads of films (because it's really quite good!)

 

Feed your head!

 

This great man was the subject of my first birthday tribute on here a year ago so i'll only post the one song...

76....Melody and harmony master Brian Wilson, singer-songwriter and producer (Beach Boys), was born in Inglewood, California in 1942...

 

69...Singer, songwriter Lionel Richie was born in Tuskegee, Alabama in 1949. He became a member of The Commodores before finding fame as a solo artist...

 

73...Country/Pop singer Anne Murray was born Morna Anne Murray in Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1945...

Not very seasonal, but here is her signature song...

 

71...Dolores "LaLa" Brooks, 60s Spector Girl Group lead singer (the Crystals) was born in Brooklyn, NYC in 1947..

 

Chet Atkins, country musician and one of the architects behind the Nashville Sound, was born in Luttrell, Tennesse in 1924, (d.2001)...

 

Wakey wakey

 

Don't know why I never marked this Knight of the Realm with a birthday tribute last year as he must be in the running for the greatest living Englishman IMHO...

74...Sir Ray Davies (songwriter, rhythm guitarist, vocalist for The Kinks) was born in Fortis Green, London in 1944.

I doubt if there is another songwriter that has captured "the English condition" quite as well as Ray.
We all recognise Lola, Days and Waterloo Sunset as complete masterful classics, here are some perhaps lesser known but still stamped with the man's special talent...