Music And All Things BrookJersey (Moran)

Three from David Bromberg, who provided me some of the best live music experiences I’ve ever had the pleasure to attend. The first is from the 1970 Philadelphia Folk Festival with John Hartford on banjo and Tom Paxton on guitar doing the traditional “Sitting On Top of the World”.
The second is, IMO, the finest version of “Mr. Bojangles” there is; no video with it though, the first third or so just a picture of Bromberg, the rest just a black screen.
The third, Bromberg gives a whole new dimension to The Fleetwoods doo wop classic “Mr. Blue”.





 
logen said:
The discussion regarding “Sloop John B” led me back to this cover version of The Beach Boys classic by the band that was not a band, The Fendertones. They were a conglomeration of musicians from various bands in the Philly area who got together to record Beach Boys songs trying to exactly replicate Brian Wilson’s complex arrangements and harmonies. The recordings were done over periods of time as their schedules permitted. I offer the covers of the two classics discussed on the thread, the other being “God Only Knows”. They were finally persuaded to do the songs live for charity and this version is just that.





Finally, Sebaya Project from Indonesia doing a great song which is unfortunately the poster child for ripped off music copyrights. The song was written by a South African, Solomon Linda, original name Mbube, was ripped off and became The Lion Sleeps Tonight in English and made a ton of money for many people while Linda died destitute.
Nevertheless, a great cover of the song.

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The Lion Sleeps Tonight by the Tokens charted in the Top Ten in the 1950's
 
logen said:
Good for her, Lord knows Tina Turner is a VERY tough act to follow!!
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She has a phenomenal voice. They took lots of liberty with the songs as far as mixing them with Tina's solo career and the days with Ike but we really enjoyed the show. My wife is a huge Tina fan and her birthday was Thursday so I'm a star for 24 hours which always helps lol.
 
NCJohnnie said:
She has a phenomenal voice. They took lots of liberty with the songs as far as mixing them with Tina's solo career and the days with Ike but we really enjoyed the show. My wife is a huge Tina fan and her birthday was Thursday so I'm a star for 24 hours which always helps lol.
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Please wish your wife a happy belated birthday for me.
 
logen said:
Good for her, Lord knows Tina Turner is a VERY tough act to follow!!
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It’s funny how in her 60s catalog and 80s comeback catalog, “River Deep, Mountain High” kind of gets lost.

And yet it is one of the great vocal performances ever recorded. No one ever sounded better than Tina Turner on that single. And Spector’s orchestration/production lifts it to something otherworldly.
 
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