In 1974, Elton John released a cover version as a single featuring backing vocals and guitar by John Lennon under the pseudonym Dr. Winston O’Boogie (Winston being Lennon’s middle name). During their collaboration, Elton John appeared on John Lennon’s song “Whatever Gets You Thru the Night”. Elton John once said, “Lucy in the Sky with …
I’ve loved a Mick Hucknall version of this song for a few years now, but delving into amazon revealed a whole new level of amazing with this version by David “Honeyboy” Edwards. From Wikipedia: Edwards was born in Shaw, Mississippi in 1915. Edwards was 14 years old when he left home to travel with blues …
From the video description on youtube.com: In Radiohead’s new video for “House of Cards”, no cameras or lights were used. Instead, 3D plotting technologies collected information about the shapes and relative distances of objects. The video was created entirely with visualizations of that data. Directed by James Frost From the album IN RAINBOWS Go to: …
Be prepared to die for this cover of a Simon & Garfunkel classic! Thanks for the lead, Dad! It’ll be released in a few days on Jerry Douglas’ newest album Traveler from eOne Records. Go here to hear the song!
I love Canada and it’s alive music scene in all the provinces! I love the classics! I love a good cover! This recording is everything to me! I heard the full version on grooveshark here. You can also here it on the band’s myspace page here.
“Minnutes” by More To Luv (Pretty Baby).
“Frédéric Chopin’s Prelude in E-Minor (op.28 no. 4)” by Aldona Dvarionaite As heard in the documentary They Came To Play, about a non-professional piano competition involving virtuosos from throughout the world.
Beautiful tune performed by Duke Ellington and John Coltrane in 1962. According to Ellington, the song was born in Durham, North Carolina. “We had played a big dance in a tobacco warehouse, and afterwards a friend of mine, an executive in the North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company, threw a party for us. I was playing …
“Bags & Trane” by Milt Jackson & John Coltrane (Bags & Trane, Atlantic Records, 1961). I heard it while watching the documentary Chops about high school jazz bands competing in a Duke Ellington competition at Jazz At Lincoln Center in New York.
“Dat Dere” by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (Bobby Timmons on Piano) (The Big Beat, Blue Note, 1960). Music by Bobby Timmons & lyrics by Oscar Brown, Jr. I heard it while watching the documentary Chops about high school jazz bands competing in a Duke Ellington competition at Jazz At Lincoln Center in New …