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See you raise you:
Wipeout !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4IfxAQ4TqQ
Posted by: Joe Odegaard | Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 01:12 PM
That's pretty good, Joe, but it can't hold a candle to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56SAxtf-RTg
Here is the original, by the Chantays, in 1962. You may recall that we discussed this song with your mother when it first came out. She put a damper on my enthusiasm with remarks about its simplicity and lack of subtlety.
Posted by: BV | Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 04:20 PM
The original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6zR7qJ9frA
Here is the King of the Surg Guitar with his version of "Misirlou": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIU0RMV_II8
Hava Nagila: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6gAmC-fTTc&list=RDs6gAmC-fTTc&start_radio=1
Posted by: BV | Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 04:30 PM
"Apache" on fender steel guitar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J1CqjgdJWA
Doug Beaumier, who is playing the above, has some other tasty slide and pedal steel videos on you tube.
My mom, who knew how to sing, would dismiss pop singers who were "breathy."
Posted by: Joe Odegaard | Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 05:54 PM
Another Pipeline:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfPIfezFFus
Checkmate.
Posted by: DaveB | Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 08:03 PM
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See you raise you:
Wipeout !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4IfxAQ4TqQ
Posted by: Joe Odegaard | Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 01:12 PM
That's pretty good, Joe, but it can't hold a candle to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56SAxtf-RTg
Here is the original, by the Chantays, in 1962. You may recall that we discussed this song with your mother when it first came out. She put a damper on my enthusiasm with remarks about its simplicity and lack of subtlety.
Posted by: BV | Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 04:20 PM
The original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6zR7qJ9frA
Here is the King of the Surg Guitar with his version of "Misirlou": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIU0RMV_II8
Hava Nagila: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6gAmC-fTTc&list=RDs6gAmC-fTTc&start_radio=1
Posted by: BV | Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 04:30 PM
"Apache" on fender steel guitar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J1CqjgdJWA
Doug Beaumier, who is playing the above, has some other tasty slide and pedal steel videos on you tube.
My mom, who knew how to sing, would dismiss pop singers who were "breathy."
Posted by: Joe Odegaard | Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 05:54 PM
Another Pipeline:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfPIfezFFus
Checkmate.
Posted by: DaveB | Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 08:03 PM