What are you listening to?

[AtomicEraTom]

It reminds me a bit of Porter Wagoner's "The Cold Hard Facts of Life" however Porter's song isn't as edgy.

[video=youtube;BaC7W12N1ic]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaC7W12N1ic[/video]

Never heard it before? :eeek: Hard to believe...

Anyways, it's a great song, written by Leon Payne. There are couple of other nice renditions on Youtube (Beasts Of Bourbon and Earl Clifton have great versions).

I love those whacky psycho killer country songs, but then I have a penchant for murder ballads in general.

Here's another murder ballad, one of my favorites. A hauntingly, heart-wrenchingly beautiful song, written & performed by Tom Waits:

 

[Mario]

It reminds me a bit of Porter Wagoner's "The Cold Hard Facts of Life" however Porter's song isn't as edgy.

Good one. Here's a an Old Time/Bluegrass murder ballad classic, performed by Ralph Stanley:

Pretty Polly

[video=youtube;fZd7wOpyK7I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZd7wOpyK7I[/video]
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[Cousin Hepcat]

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE... after a lifetime of extreme poverty & hardships, this guy has only in the last year or two begun to have a "successful career", starting at age SIXTY-TWO...

LOVE these kinds of stories...

First, a trailer for the forthcoming documentary film on vintage-style singer Charles Bradley, then a song:

[video=youtube;uegzZWp6Y4w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uegzZWp6Y4w[/video]

[video=youtube;moiUyFQQE-0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moiUyFQQE-0[/video]

 

[HoosierDaddy]

A new voice....

[video=youtube;4rikbY-YePU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rikbY-YePU[/video]

 

[Fletch]

80° at supper time in Iowa in March is a Heat Wave. Jack Payne and His Band from London in 1934.
[video=youtube;s4JWosnEynM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4JWosnEynM[/video]

 

[Mario]

[video=youtube;moiUyFQQE-0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moiUyFQQE-0[/video]

Yes! This is beautiful! :eusa_clap

 

[Alex Oviatt]

In advance of tomorrow's Irish shenannigans I have been listening to Glenn Miller's version of the Londonderry Air. Oh, yes, Danny Boy makes all American Irish weep, but I prefer this. Maybe it is because I am not Irish? Tomorrow I will be Irish for the day, though--every one in Los Angeles is, including our mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. He will be at a dinner I am going to--and go to every year--and he will be crying into his beer with the best of them. Happy St. Paddy's Day, everyone!

 

[Cousin Hepcat]

80° at supper time in Iowa in March is a Heat Wave. Jack Payne and His Band from London in 1934.

Love those c. 1933-34 "almost-swing" bands... (although there were some which were already in full swing by then, before Goodman rose to fame) Been on a big Jan Garber kick lately, both his hotter earlier stuff, and his later c. 1939-40 sweeter Brunswick stuff (one of the first 78s I ever got as a kid was a '39 Garber brunswick from Granddad)

A new voice....

Niiiice....

 

[HadleyH]

Month of March belongs to Ireland! Julie Feeney - Impossibly Beautiful



you have
no idea
how
beautiful
you
are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:eusa_clap



[video=youtube;eyVtLpfGobU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyVtLpfGobU[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Smith Ballew and his Orchestra -- Just You, Just Me (1929)
vocal by Smith Ballew

[video=youtube;8JbEhKlBaMs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JbEhKlBaMs[/video]

 

[AtomicEraTom]

[video=youtube;_ONH6-9K4ho]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ONH6-9K4ho[/video]
Just recently discovered this song. A bit of a tip of the hat to a legend.

 

[Noirblack]

Music of the spheres

Give it a try

http://www.whitevinyldesign.com/solarbeat/

 

[Cousin Hepcat]

Yes! This is beautiful! :eusa_clap

Glad you like - If you're a vinyl (& shellac) record addict like me, Bradley's got several vinyl singles & an LP album available (daptone records website) - I just ordered a couple of his 45's, the one from that video, and one for future Christmas holidays...

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

George Olsen and his Orchestra -- Say, Arabella (1925)
vocal by Billy Murray

[video=youtube;c08vnp2MTgM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c08vnp2MTgM[/video]

 

[AtomicEraTom]

[video=youtube;s1ZKIX0ICZo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1ZKIX0ICZo[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Ben Selvin and his Orchestra -- An Eye-ful Of You (1929)

[video=youtube;Obdxm4WrG8U]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obdxm4WrG8U[/video]

 

[Touchofevil]

The Avett Brothers.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Sam Lanin and the Dorsey Brothers' Orchestras (1930)
1. Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra -- When The Little Red Roses
2. The Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra -- Congratulations
3. Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra -- Sing A Little Theme Song
4. The Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra -- Beside An Open Fireplace

[video=youtube;hmZhoChmsJo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmZhoChmsJo[/video]

 

[Mrs Chaddsley_Corbett]

[video=youtube;trW_2-lb0-M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trW_2-lb0-M[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

^^
It's a tribute to the songwriters of the Golden Era that various artists were still doing covers of these songs 20-30 years after they were written.