Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Cody Townsend – Best ski line of the year
An evening pause: And how will you spend your weekend? I hope in as interesting a manner.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
The World’s Most Famous Unknown Band
An evening pause: Performed live 1990. Performers include unknowns Glen Campbell, Jerry Reed, & Steve Wariner (guitar); Roy Clark (mandolin), Ray Stevens (piano), Ricky Skaggs (fiddle), Lee Greenwood (saxophone), Steve Gatlin (bass), Barbara Mandrell (steel guitar), and Irlene Mandrell (drums).
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
National Opera of Ukraine – Nutcracker ‘Grand Pas de Deux – Adagio’
An evening pause: By Tchaikovsky of course. Performed live December 2020. Note how no one is wearing masks or social distancing. Apparently the Ukraine had some common sense during that time of madness.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Sugarloaf – Green Eyed Lady
Soojin Ha – Chopin Nocturne No.20 in C minor
Al Stewart – On the Border
Charlie Daniels – Long Haired Country Boy
Restoring a historic racing yacht after buying it for a dollar
An evening pause: The yacht, the Tally Ho, had won an important race in 1927 in Great Britain. The goal is to get this work done so it can compete in 2027 in a similar race in Britain that it won one hundred years previously.
Though after watching the video, it seems this is more like a complete rebuild from scratch rather than a restoration.
Hat tip Cotour.
Valentina Lisitsa – Mozart’s Fantasie In C Minor
Eric Clapton – Change The World
Gamazda – Metallica’s Nothing Else Matters
Beto and the Fairlanes – Right Clickin’
Camille Saint-Saëns – from the Symphony No. 3
An evening pause: Performed live December 7, 2024 for the reopening of Notre Dame in Paris. Gustavo Dudamel is the conductor, leading Olivier Latry and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Billy Joel – The Downeaster Alexa
Jerry Lee Lewis – No headstone on my grave
An evening pause: Performed live 1982.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Posted so late because I spent the weekend doing taxes (yuch), and forgot I needed to schedule evening pauses.
Dovydas – Dreams
An evening pause: Actually Dovydas is a street performer who provides the background music and asks passersby if they want to sing something. Diane was listening to this across our house and I asked her if that was Stevie Nicks and Fleetwood Mac. Nope, but about as good. The singer’s name is Brielle Anderson, as per the first comment on the youtube page.
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
John Fogerty – Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
Billy F Gibbons, ZZ Ward, & Orianthi – Sharp Dressed Man
Liz Callaway – Meadowlark
Johnny Nash – I Can See Clearly Now
Ballinator – History & Lore of 32nd of an Inch Bolts
An evening pause: Some engineering history for the weekend. I know the title makes this sound boring, but it is worth watching, because it illustrates the incredible complexity of some of what we think are the simplest tools. I wonder if the engineers in the space business are thinking about these issues.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Samantha Fish – No Angels
An evening pause: Performed live 2018. Good music and playing, but the cameraman was clearly not listening to the music, as he often couldn’t find the person playing or singing.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Tim McGraw & Faith Hill – I Need You
The Teskey Brothers – Take My Heart
Jeff Beck – Cause we’ve ended as lovers
An evening pause: Performed live 2007. The guitar soloist opposite Beck is Tal Wilkenfeld.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Sting – Fields of Gold
An evening pause: Performed live in Italy on September 11, 2001, at the very day the World Trade Center came down.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
Alison Balsom and the Balsom Ensemble – excerpt
An evening pause: An example of some Baroque music as it actually sounded when written, using instruments of the time. This is a follow-up to the evening pause last week.
Sean Mann – Little Wing
An evening pause: Worth contrasting with the playing of Bach by Andrés Segovia, posted as an evening pause last week. Very different music but equally unique and beautiful. And the talent to play it is as equally magnificent.
Hat tip Cotour.