April 9: Carl Perkins Birthday

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 He really stood for freedom. That whole sound stood for all degrees of freedom. It would just jump off the turntable… we wanted to go where that was happening.
~Bob Dylan (note on the flower arrangement sent by Dylan @ Carl Perkins’ funeral service – January 23, 1998)

Paul McCartney with Carl Perkins: My Old Friend [Rare documentary] 1993 (45min):

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Bob Dylan: The Songs he didn’t write





37th AFI Life Achievement Award - Show

 

In this series of posts we will focus on songs Dylan has performed (either in concert, rehearsal or studio), but not written.




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-Egil

The Black Crowes covers Bob Dylan

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The Black Crowes covers Bob Dylan

The Black Crowes were an American rockband formed in 1989. Their discography includes nine studio albums, four live albums and several charting singles. The band was signed to Def American Recordings in 1989 by producer George Drakoulias and released their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, the following year. The follow-up, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, reached the top of the Billboard 200 in 1992.

After a hiatus between 2002 and 2005, the band released Warpaint, which hit number 5 on the Billboard chart.[1] After the release of a double album, the greatest hits-like and mostly acoustic Croweology in August 2010, the band started a 20th anniversary tour that was followed by an ongoing second hiatus. The band announced that they would return in early 2013 but that December they returned to hiatus status with no specific return date. They announced their break-up in 2015.

Here they are in a new post in our series where some of our favourite artists covers Bob Dylan. Enjoy!

Girl from the North Country:

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10 Great Songs by Irish Artists

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As with most musicoholics I need to create playlists associated with upcoming travel destinations. It is a mandatory part of the planning process.
I will travel to Dublin tomorrow and hence a playlist is created. Here are videos of 10 great songs from the list & the spotify playlist embedded.

Only one song from each artist

Van Morrison – Cyprus Avenue, 9/23/1970 – Fillmore East, New York, NY

Well, I’m caught one more time
Up on Cyprus Avenue
Caught one more time
Up on Cyprus Avenue

And I’m conquered in a car seat
Not a thing that I can do
I may go crazy
Before that mansion on the hill

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April 8: Elvis Presley – “Elvis is Back!” (1960)

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 Recorded when Presley was 25, fresh off a two-year military stint and musically fit to burst, Elvis Is Back! might be the King’s greatest noncompilation LP: wildly varied material, revelatory singing, impeccable stereo sound.
~Will Hermes (rollingstone.com)

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