Just got an email from Kim, forwarding an email from Gene Sculatti:
Book given to my friend Tom Vickers by his friend Billy Gibbons last week: LITG.
Cool.
Two steaming cups of chocolate goodness. Courtesy of whomever I swiped it from out of the cupboard.
Ben ,'The Killer In Me'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
DavidS - May 09, 2005 5:11:53 am PDT #8558 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hayden - May 09, 2005 6:29:20 am PDT #8559 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
That's so bad, it's nationwide.
joe boucher - May 09, 2005 6:56:22 am PDT #8560 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
That's so bad, it's nationwide.
Rimshot!
Corwood's been bad; he's been good. Austin, TX. Hollywooooood. He ain't askin' for much. And out of respect for Mrs. Corwood I won't finish the lyric.
David, thanks for the Iris Dement. I was really surprised that "Whispering Pines" wasn't a cover of the Richard Manuel song. And kinda bummed. I was waiting for Iris to break my heart with it. Thanks again!
Hayden - May 09, 2005 8:11:49 am PDT #8561 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
And out of respect for Mrs. Corwood I won't finish the lyric.
She thanks you in absentia.
Iris DeMent did a different song called "Whispering Pines"? Doesn't she know that we retired that title after the perfection of the Band version?
Lilty Cash - May 09, 2005 8:19:48 am PDT #8562 of 10003
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Doesn't she know that we retired that title after the perfection of the Band version?
I like Dar Williams' cover.
Hayden - May 09, 2005 8:24:29 am PDT #8563 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Covers are ok; writing a different song and calling it "Whispering Pines" is perverse.
Lilty Cash - May 09, 2005 8:35:58 am PDT #8564 of 10003
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Yes, yes it is.
joe boucher - May 09, 2005 8:56:33 am PDT #8565 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Just checked AMG & Iris's "Whispering Pines" seems to be a cover of a Johnny Horton ("Battle of New Orleans") hit, which pre-dated the Richard Manuel song by a few years. Can't tell if Horton had the original, but it looks like he had the hit.
The Manuel song is soooo desolate that I think someone who knew nothing about him, but who, after listening to "Whispering Pines" and "Lonesome Suzie," was told that he committed suicide would not be surprised. Iris seems fundamentally more together than Richard Manuel (though that's not saying much, and I've heard interviews where she sounded profoundly depressed), but she can reach those dark areas, too, and I'd love to hear her cover his signature song.
DavidS - May 09, 2005 9:41:35 am PDT #8566 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Iris seems fundamentally more together than Richard Manuel (though that's not saying much, and I've heard interviews where she sounded profoundly depressed), but she can reach those dark areas, too, and I'd love to hear her cover his signature song.
I think Iris has been pretty happy since she hooked up with Greg Brown.
Atropa - May 09, 2005 12:35:42 pm PDT #8567 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Oh darling Hecubot ...
Did you catch last week's VH1 Alternative shows on the magic Tivo? Because Pete turned on Sunday's airing of it just in time to catch the last ten seconds of the video for "Bela Lugosi's Dead. After I got done wailing and stomping my feet, he said "Well, Hec probably caught it and will put it on the videotape you're getting."