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Post by rizzuto on Oct 4, 2024 15:57:07 GMT -5
In the study today and in a John Prine mood. I listened to Spanish Pipe Dream and John Garfield Blues just a day ago. |
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Post by rizzuto on Oct 4, 2024 16:02:18 GMT -5
He used Lake Marie for final encores at many of his concerts I attended. My wife and I particularly enjoyed “In Spite Of Ourselves” with Iris DeMent. We would sing our respective parts while I picked out the chords. Great memories! |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Oct 7, 2024 12:52:10 GMT -5
Listening to some Bromberg as I work out this morning. Probably the best version of "Possum Up a Gum Stump" I've ever heard. Do you know that one Bump?
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Oct 21, 2024 11:56:02 GMT -5
Last night in the study paying some bills, got the urge to listen to a little bit of Jay and The Americans. Man could Jay Black (David Blatt) sing.
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Post by pippsheadache on Oct 21, 2024 13:27:17 GMT -5
Last night in the study paying some bills, got the urge to listen to a little bit of Jay and The Americans. Man could Jay Black (David Blatt) sing. He was right up there with guys like Roy Orbison and Gene Pitney when it came to vocal chops in the mid-60s. Probably his most astonishing vocal exhibition, at least among the hits, was the note he holds at the end of the bridge in "Cara Mia." When that song came out my friends and I believed it was a recording trick, but I later saw him singing it definitely live on TV and he held it even longer, at one point looking at his watch as the seconds went by. You probably know there was an earlier "Jay" named John Traynor who sang lead on their first hit "She Cried" but it was all David Blatt after that. I always liked "Come A Little Bit Closer" from 1963. They had a lesser hit in 1966 called "Livin' Above Your Head" that I thought was good but didn't get much airplay. |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Oct 21, 2024 13:31:14 GMT -5
Last night in the study paying some bills, got the urge to listen to a little bit of Jay and The Americans. Man could Jay Black (David Blatt) sing. He was right up there with guys like Roy Orbison and Gene Pitney when it came to vocal chops in the mid-60s. Probably his most astonishing vocal exhibition, at least among the hits, was the note he holds at the end of the bridge in "Cara Mia." When that song came out my friends and I believed it was a recording trick, but I later saw him singing it definitely live on TV and he held it even longer, at one point looking at his watch as the seconds went by. You probably know there was an earlier "Jay" named John Traynor who sang lead on their first hit "She Cried" but it was all David Blatt after that. I always liked "Come A Little Bit Closer" from 1963. Come A Little Bit Closer was a really fun song. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Oct 21, 2024 13:39:17 GMT -5
He was right up there with guys like Roy Orbison and Gene Pitney when it came to vocal chops in the mid-60s. Probably his most astonishing vocal exhibition, at least among the hits, was the note he holds at the end of the bridge in "Cara Mia." When that song came out my friends and I believed it was a recording trick, but I later saw him singing it definitely live on TV and he held it even longer, at one point looking at his watch as the seconds went by. You probably know there was an earlier "Jay" named John Traynor who sang lead on their first hit "She Cried" but it was all David Blatt after that. I always liked "Come A Little Bit Closer" from 1963. Come A Little Bit Closer was a really fun song. Yeah, she could definitely switch sides in a hurry. Jay wanted no part of José! I remember their follow up to that was the too-similar "Let's Lock The Door." Jay also belted out some serious notes in his version of "Some Enchanted Evening." Thanks for dredging up some good memories 55. |
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Post by azbob643 on Oct 21, 2024 13:55:55 GMT -5
He was right up there with guys like Roy Orbison and Gene Pitney when it came to vocal chops in the mid-60s. Probably his most astonishing vocal exhibition, at least among the hits, was the note he holds at the end of the bridge in "Cara Mia." Saw him on one of the PBS "Oldies" shows. Before singing "Cara Mia" he told the audience he wasn't sure he could do it, but he'd give it a shot. Nailed it... |
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Post by 1955nyyfan on Oct 21, 2024 13:58:49 GMT -5
Come A Little Bit Closer was a really fun song. Yeah, she could definitely switch sides in a hurry. Jay wanted no part of José! I remember their follow up to that was the too-similar "Let's Lock The Door." Jay also belted out some serious notes in his version of "Some Enchanted Evening." Thanks for dredging up some good memories 55. There is cottage industry of young people who give their reactions to songs that are typically from our music era. I find them amusing to watch as they will often start by saying somthing like I've never heard of the Beatles but let's give it a listen. The reactions are typically titled "First time hearing ....fill in the blank. Cara Mia was one of the songs I punched in recently and it's fun watching the reactions. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Oct 21, 2024 14:02:13 GMT -5
He was right up there with guys like Roy Orbison and Gene Pitney when it came to vocal chops in the mid-60s. Probably his most astonishing vocal exhibition, at least among the hits, was the note he holds at the end of the bridge in "Cara Mia." Saw him on one of the PBS "Oldies" shows. Before singing "Cara Mia" he told the audience he wasn't sure he could do it, but he'd give it a shot. Nailed it... Yep. And that was probably 25-30 years after the original recording. I saw Gene Pitney do the same thing sometime in the 90s with that spectacular ending to "I'm Gonna Be Strong." Likewise Orbison in that wonderful concert he did in the late 80s with Springsteen and Elvis Costello and Jackson Browne etc. He hit those notes apparently effortlessly. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Oct 21, 2024 14:04:08 GMT -5
Yeah, she could definitely switch sides in a hurry. Jay wanted no part of José! I remember their follow up to that was the too-similar "Let's Lock The Door." Jay also belted out some serious notes in his version of "Some Enchanted Evening." Thanks for dredging up some good memories 55. There is cottage industry of young people who give their reactions to songs that are typically from our music era. I find them amusing to watch as they will often start by saying somthing like I've never heard of the Beatles but let's give it a listen. The reactions are typically titled "First time hearing ....fill in the blank. Cara Mia was one of the songs I punched in recently and it's fun watching the reactions. Yeah I've seen a few of those. I'm mainly surprised that they even like the old stuff. |
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Post by inger on Oct 21, 2024 14:04:38 GMT -5
Come A Little Bit Closer was a really fun song. Yeah, she could definitely switch sides in a hurry. Jay wanted no part of José! I remember their follow up to that was the too-similar "Let's Lock The Door." Jay also belted out some serious notes in his version of "Some Enchanted Evening." Thanks for dredging up some good memories 55. Jay… “The Voice”… |
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Post by azbob643 on Oct 21, 2024 14:05:00 GMT -5
Saw him on one of the PBS "Oldies" shows. Before singing "Cara Mia" he told the audience he wasn't sure he could do it, but he'd give it a shot. Nailed it... Yep. And that was probably 25-30 years after the original recording. I saw Gene Pitney do the same thing sometime in the 90s with that spectacular ending to "I'm Gonna Be Strong." Likewise Orbison in that wonderful concert he did in the late 80s with Springsteen and Elvis Costello and Jackson Browne etc. He hit those notes apparently effortlessly. Don't know if you've seen any of the PBS fundraising specials...Doo Wop, Folk, etc. I'm really skeptical...guys 80+ sounding just as they did in their 20's. I don't think so... |
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Post by pippsheadache on Oct 21, 2024 14:11:09 GMT -5
Yep. And that was probably 25-30 years after the original recording. I saw Gene Pitney do the same thing sometime in the 90s with that spectacular ending to "I'm Gonna Be Strong." Likewise Orbison in that wonderful concert he did in the late 80s with Springsteen and Elvis Costello and Jackson Browne etc. He hit those notes apparently effortlessly. Don't know if you've seen any of the PBS fundraising specials...Doo Wop, Folk, etc. I'm really skeptical...guys 80+ sounding just as they did in their 20's. I don't think so... Yeah I wonder sometimes. There's enough engineering trickery to make things work. Although on the other hand I have to believe some of them can still pull it off. The worst I personally heard was Martha Reeves performing at a Hollywood block party in the late 90s. Martha and the Vandellas were one of my favorite Motown groups, but she was unrecognizably bad. But in general I'm usually favorably impressed with live performances of artists I enjoy. |
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Post by azbob643 on Oct 21, 2024 14:16:52 GMT -5
Don't know if you've seen any of the PBS fundraising specials...Doo Wop, Folk, etc. I'm really skeptical...guys 80+ sounding just as they did in their 20's. I don't think so... Yeah I wonder sometimes. There's enough engineering trickery to make things work. Although on the other hand I have to believe some of them can still pull it off. The worst I personally heard was Martha Reeves performing at a Hollywood block party in the late 90s. Martha and the Vandellas were one of my favorite Motown groups, but she was unrecognizably bad. But in general I'm usually favorably impressed with live performances of artists I enjoy. I saw The Temps a few years ago in Laughlin. Otis Williams the only original, in his 70's at the time...still sounded good. |
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