And a great surf band.
That is super cool.
Yesterday at work, the muzak had a song that intrigued me.
It was a cover of the Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams”. They traded the synthesizer for a xylophone, and gave it sort of a Calypso feel. If they had hired a better singer, it might have been good.
That was probably by Senor Coconut. Find it on YoutTube.
Was this it:
Man, that girl can spread her fingers - I’m jealous
Yet another cover of “All Along The Watchtower”, by the late great Michael Hedges
"Hedges’ body was found at the bottom of an embankment around
11:30 a.m. Tuesday just off State Route 128, approximately 100
miles northwest of San Francisco, according to Lt. Kevin
Broin of the Mendocino County coroner’s office. Road
construction workers discovered Hedges’ body, which was thrown from
his 1986 BMW, and reported the crash to the California Highway
Patrol. Authorities speculate that the crash occurred days
earlier.
The car appeared to have skidded off a slick, curvy road, slid
down the embankment and flipped over, ejecting Hedges in the
process. The guitarist apparently died from internal injuries."
Ouch. And so sad.
Nope, the version I heard had a single female singer (whose English had an American accent), and a much simpler background band. A xylophone was the predominant instrument.
Oh yeah, the live version for sure!
Some performers, some bands just seem to shine live. They can spend months in the studio polishing a song, but it’s not until they’re touring with it that it reaches its pinnacle. Rory had something that was good in the studio, but amazing in a live setting. Chuck Prophet’s another one of these. The studio version of, “Doubter out of Jesus” is kind of, no pun intended, lifeless, but his performance on Letterman(posted on Youtube) takes it to the next level. Even his club performances are like this. Youtube has been incredible for seeing performers live, as I’m old enough to remember when The Midnight Special and Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert were your best way to see live music, back when we had 3 channels to choose from.
Valerie Carter performing a cover of Tom Waits, “Whistle Down the Wind.”
Last night I ran across this Josh Turner cover of Turn To Stone.
The actual songs starts a few minutes after where I have it cued up to. I cued it up to a spot where she briefly plays a ‘nose flute’, something I’d never heard of before.
I searched for ‘nose flute’ to see what it was about, and, among the results, I found this:
They have (well, it’s mostly her) a bunch of other nose flute videos on their channel and there’s lots of other examples, but that thumbnail caught my attention.
It’s a fun version of Turn To Stone. Josh’s previous “Among Friends” travelog was excellent, so I’ll be following the weekly installments of this one.
I linked to a video from that earlier tour back in 2023, and what-the-heck I’ll link to it again. A live cover of Steve Miller’s Swingtown, scored for drums, guitar and six bassoons.
If you need a power trio cover of It’s All Too Much by people in orange NASA spacesuits, this should do.
Paul Gilbert.
This is a creditable live (single take for audio, 3 additional takes for video angles) cover of the Foo Fighters, especially for a band consisting of a 16 year old, 14 year old, and 11 year old.
That Josh is one cool motherfucker.
“In this performance, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra brings the melody into a full symphonic setting. Under the direction of Christian Schumann, the piece reveals how detailed it actually is — rapid tempo changes, sharp accents, and perfectly timed pauses that mirror the restless energy of classic Warner Bros. animation.”
Came here to post this - good that I checked search first.