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TomSea:
Monday, April 2nd 2018 Music Thread, Marvin Gaye, Leon Russel, Emmylou Harris, etc.
All Music Is Welcomed!
Birthdays today, http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/born_today https://www.onthisday.com/music/birthdays/april/2
Leon Russel's birthday is April 2nd, I see a few articles on the news on him:
http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/features/before-leon-russell-events-things-to-know-about-tulsa-s/article_2c7202f2-62da-54f6-9dbe-37dcfe900d99.html
http://www.news9.com/story/37822920/new-tributes-to-leon-russell-in-tulsa
And this, 8 days ago, "Elton John donates to the Leon Russel Monument Fund"
http://www.whio.com/entertainment/elton-john-donates-leon-russell-monument-fund/ug7BkrpolSPmSIGQI0IdyI/
'Pisces Apple Lady'
"Tight Rope":
Leon and Mary Russel, "Rainbow In Your Eyes":
Next, Happy Birthday to Miss EmmyLou, Valedictorian of her class (or Salutorian, I forget), born in Alabama, but she might be a bit of a Military Brat, don't quote me on that...largely discovered in Bal-T-More, singing folks songs. I think, one can find a really early album of hers that is actually folk vs. the country sound, country rock, however one wants to call it, Emmylou's music.
"Tulsa Queen":
"Beneath Still Waters", from one of the youtube videos, they say this was a number one song:
Of course, about 4 or 5 Emmylou songs were posted about 6 weeks ago, so these are some different ones...
Marvin Gaye, "What's going on"
"Mercy, Mercy Me"
Serge Gainsbourg, Frenchman, sang with British-woman Jane Birkin of Birkin bag fame, just famous. ' Je t'aime... moi non plus', to me, the organ at least, sounds a lot like Procol Harum's "Whiter Shade Of Pale":
That Pam Geller blog, once had some stuff on her, on the weekend, she writes about movies, they have like a movie of the week, other topics sometimes. I guess, Jane Birkin was a "fashion icon".
Free Vulcan:
Emmylou Harris is a national treasure.
TomSea:
Merle Haggard, sure, the finest, Johnny Horton who died young is also up there and some Dwight Yoakam too. Johnny Horton was a creative genius who was killed by a drunk driver when he was about 33 years old. Dwight has something about him that seems very authentic in the traditional sense.
Johnny Horton, 'North To Alaska' for one:
Fine cover by Dwight Yoakam:
Connie Smith singing "Seattle", more excellent stuff, Bobby Sherman sang it too.
Buck Owens, mentioned in the other thread though, really, made his mark on the West Coast, even up into Seattle.
Back in those days, it was Bakersfield and Nashville, or something like that.
As for Roy Orbison, I'm not sure if Wink, Texas is listed as his official birthplace, I got that from somewhere but it's a bit away from that panhandle area, if I remember correctly, kind of around the corner of New Mexico into West Texas.
pookie18:
Birthday related...
Lou Monte:
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Marvin Gaye:
(backed by Martha & The Vandellas)
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(backed by The Supremes)
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EasyAce:
Birthdays today include Herbert Mills of the Mills Brothers . . .
The Mills Brothers, "You Always Hurt the One You Love"
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. . . jazz guitarist Larry Coryell . . .
Larry Coryell, "Oleo"
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. . . David Robinson, drummer for the original Modern Lovers . . .
The Modern Lovers, "Old World"
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. . . and the Cars . . .
The Cars, "Panorama"
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