So, what have you been listening to lately?

[Dave W]

Terry Kath, gone 44 years ago today.

[Rob]

What a talent.

[uwe]

Hendrix thought that too of him.

[uwe]

An unlikely cover, I know. But Marc's significant other and almost-wife (the car accident intervened), Ms Gloria Jones, does a fine job with it.



Noteworthy not just for the Bolan connection






but also for charting this first in 1965:



Cool version of daddy's song here:

[gearHed289]

Cool version of daddy's song here:

Dig that, thanks.

[uwe]

Neither whitey nor whiney, just beautiful:



OK, she couldn't really whistle in tune! 

[uwe]

Say what you will, I thought he was great. And using the same chord changes for verse, bridge and chorus, yet they all sound different, but just as catchy, is just brilliant musicianship. Three chords.

[Dave W]

This popped up in my YT algorithm. The original.

[westen44]

I discovered that last year while looking for something.  I can't even imagine how impressed I would have been if I had been living in 1928 and heard that.  The song is timeless. 

[uwe]

This popped up in my YT algorithm. The original.

Wow, they even nicked the flute parts. I had no idea. Thank you for shattering another myth for me, Dave! Don't do this to Deep Purple stuff, ok?

[4stringer77]

Well you must know about this one right? I dig the psychedelic vibe of the Purple version but can understand why  the Cream version is more popular. Is it the only old blues the Purp covered?

[doombass]

Wow, they even nicked the flute parts. I had no idea. Thank you for shattering another myth for me, Dave! Don't do this to Deep Purple stuff, ok?

Same here. I know Canned Heat were serious blues historians but I never thought of looking up this original. Thanks!

[Dave W]

I'm sure more are out there. I've listened to tons of old blues over the years, but this one was a revelation to me.

Speaking of old songs, a local friend posted this in his FB feed, Mona and Lisa Wagner are Austrian-born twins now living in Liverpool.

My father was a fan of Gene Austin, he had Gene's original hit from the late 1920s. But it's funny that every single cover I've heard since Patience & Prudence's 1956 version is based on their duet, not on the 1920s hit.

[Dave W]

[westen44]