One of my fave PS ditties… :laughing:
Back to my roots…
Rock is my Religion,
Judas is my Priest.
Talk about contrast ^.
^^^ Rob Halford singing like his life depended on it for Judas Priest!
Bugger!
Laci Kaye Booth Joins Boogie Woogie Pianist
Laci Kaye Booth, who reached the top 5 in season 17 of American Idol, stumbled upon boogie woogie pianist Brendan "Dr. K" Kavanagh while passing through a London Underground station recently.
The two banged out this impromptu rendition of the Willie Nelson classic "Crazy."
Enjoy.
believe it or not…a store’s background music:
Naw… THIS is what you need:
An acquaintance who works/-ed retail threatened that she was going to put this on as the store’s background music 5min before closing, loudly, just to make sure people were “encouraged” finish up their shopping.
‘Reacher’ on Prime brought me here. Very catchy. Well that didn’t work. :FACEPALM: The song is called PTP. Don’t know how to post YouTube vids as done ⬆️.
Thirty years later….how appropriate.
appropriately, today at the Vet:
Sandy Denny
Here are four songs from Sandy Denny.
I've included some links to alternate versions in the text, along with my own reviews, but you should feel free to skip all the reading. Just click the pictures to hear the music. Otherwise, you can dig in, as you wish.
Denny came to prominence in the late 1960s, first with the Strawbs, and then later with Fairport Convention. After three highly regarded albums with Fairport, she made a single album with Fotheringay, before launching a solo career that saw the release of four more albums before her death in 1978.
Richie Unterberger, in his bio of Denny at AllMusic.com, rates Sandy at the top of British folk-rock singers, saying, "Maddy Prior, Jacqui McShee, and June Tabor all give her a run for her money, but the late Sandy Denny remains the preeminent British folk-rock singer."
Sandy was only 31 when she died in 1978 from injuries sustained in a fall down a flight of stairs. The accident was alcohol-related, as Wikipedia explains, "[Her death was] due to injuries and health issues related to alcohol abuse."
"Who Knows Where the Time Goes" by Sandy Denny
Written when Sandy was just 19 years old, Who Knows Where the Time Goes is her most famous—and perhaps greatest—composition. It has become a standard among folk singers, with many cover versions, including the popular one released by Judy Collins as the B-side of Both Sides Now.
Judy's rendition, which features Stephen Stills on guitar, can be heard here. Although I am a fan, it's a pale second compared to Sandy's. For one thing, Judy sings a slightly different melody than Sandy, one that lacks the detail Sandy brings. Sandy's subtle trills are missing, as are her careful dynamics and phrasing.
In addition, Stills, who was the producer, includes a gratuitous modulation before the second verse that abruptly interrupts the mood of the song. The key change gives a buoyant uplift to a song that is supposed to be sad. Eventually, Judy decided the key change was misplaced. By the time of her live performance in 2002, Collins had ditched the modulation.
In 1969, as a member of Fairport Convention, Sandy Denny recorded the definitive folk-rock version of Who Knows Where the Time Goes. It can be heard here. It is one of the jewels of British folk-rock, and it is the version (by Sandy) that many of you will know. In 2007, it was voted by listeners of BBC Radio as the Favourite Folk Track Of All Time.
For this review, I have selected Denny's BBC performance from September 11, 1973. Sandy plays solo, accompanying herself on acoustic guitar. Lyrics can be found here.
For musicians: There are some good instructional videos on YouTube that show how to play Who Knows Where the Time Goes on guitar: 1. chord voicings, 2. strumming pattern, 3. lead guitar parts.
Guitar tab can be found here, although one or two of the chords in the tab are different from those taught in the first video. I prefer the ones in the video, but I am including the tablature because the fingering is not always clear in the video. Look for the paragraph that begins, "Please IGNORE ANY CHORD BOXES the webpage might automatically suggest, and use the shapes in text suggested below."
"Tam Lin" by Fairport Convention
In America, a large part of the folk music revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s traces its lineage through Pete Seeger back to Woody Guthrie and the 1930s. Another thread passes through Lead Belly to Louisiana and the Mississippi delta. Still earlier roots link to the Carter Family, Appalachia and the 19th century.
In the UK, folk music has much deeper roots, going all the way back to renaissance times. The song Tam Lin, featured below, is a traditional song that dates back to the 1500s.
The folk-rock version released by Fairport Convention, however, hardly sounds dated. As Richie Unterberger explains, "[Fairport Convention] makes it over into a rock song, with a heavy beat that alternates between 3/4 and 4/4 time. Although the melody of Tam Lin is repetitious, it's a good haunting tune, sung with habitual graceful power and sorrow by the finest British folk-rock singer, Sandy Denny."
Tam Lin tells the story of Janet, who rescues her true love from the Queen of the Fairies. An interesting article on Wikipedia details a fable full of magic that is now more than 450 years old. The article demystifies a lyric that had been, for me, only vaguely medieval before now. It is remarkable how closely Denny's lyrics follow the original fable. Reading the article and lyrics as I listened was a real eye-opener.
"Banks of the Nile" by Fotheringay
Here is another traditional song from the canon of British folk music. This one dates to the campaigns against Napoleon in the early 1800s. I learned a bit of its history at MainlyNorfolk.com.
While it is not exactly an anti-war song, Sandy sings with a delicacy and sense of sadness that might make you think it is. The narrative describes the separation of a woman from her lover, who has been conscripted for duty in Egypt. For the most part, the subject of the song is their parting, rather than the war itself. Here is a link to the lyrics.
Careful listening will be rewarded. That's when you hear the beautiful nuance of the vocal. Sandy's singing on Banks of the Nile is probably the best of the four songs featured in this review, but you won't notice when the song is played as background music.
Reading the lyrics as I listened was the best approach for me.
"The Battle of Evermore" by Led Zeppelin
This famous Led Zeppelin tune has Sandy singing harmony with Robert Plant. Odds are, you know this one, and if that's true, you can't say that today is the first time you ever heard Sandy Denny!
Hopefully, it won't be the last.
Lyrics can be found here.
