Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Eric Burdon & War – Spill The Wine
Danny B. Harvey & Annie Marie Lewis – You Win Again
MonaLisa Twins – Dream A Little Dream Of Me
An evening pause: Recorded live one month ago, of a song that was written in 1931 and is still a classic.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Evan Nicole Bell – Catfish Blues
Evie Sands – Take me for a little while
An evening pause: More old television, but the music this time is quite different. Performed live 1965 on the television show “Shindig.”
Hat tip Diane Zimmerman.
Jayne Mansfield – Concerto No. 6 in A Minor
Van Halen – Jump
An evening pause: Its an “official video,” so much of this is lip synched footage cobbled together to make what looks like a single performance. Much of it however is the actual performance, and the song is good.
Hat tip James Street.
Santana – Flor de Luna
An evening pause: Performed live 1977. The filmwork leaves a lot to be desired, and the sound might not come from this particular performance. No matter. Just listen to the music.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Heart – Mistral Wind
Canned Heat – Let’s Work Together
Crosby Stills Nash – Judy Blue Eyes
An evening pause: Performed live 1969 at Woodstock.
Hat tip both Mike Nelson and Wayne DeVette, who separately suggested this one day apart.
Skid Row – I Remember You
Kenny Rankin – Blackbird
Eric Sahlström Institute – Nyckelharpan
An evening pause: The instrument, the nyckelharpan or key harp, is played by Olov Johansson, and four of his students at Institute, Jonathan Wanneby, Elisabet Ryd and Lydia Ievins.
Hat tip Doug Johnson.
Nina Simone – My Way
An evening pause: Recorded live 1971. We should all live our lives in this manner.
Hat tip James Street.
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 23: II Adagio
An evening pause: Performed in 2020 by the National Orchestra of France with a piano solo by Khatia Buniatishvili and a ballet duet by Jordan Kindell and Verity Jacobson.
Hat tip Judd Clark.
Mireille Mathieu – La Marseillaise
An evening pause: Performed live in 1989, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Eiffel Tower. What I especially like are the English subtitles, because for some reason this song is rarely translated. Knowing the meaning of what they are singing in the scene in the movie Casablanca makes that scene even more moving.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Sam and Dave – Hold On I’m Coming
Monteverdichor Würzburg Orchestra – Finale from Handel’s Israel in Egypt
Sarah Gillis – Rey’s Theme
An evening pause: The music is by John Williams. The lead violinist is space-walking Sarah Gillis, playing from the Resilience capsule in orbit right now.
Hat tip Gary.
HARMONY OF RESILIENCE: Recorded in space and sent to Earth via @SpaceX’s @Starlink constellation, Polaris Dawn crewmember and violinist @Gillis_SarahE invites you to enjoy this music moment in support of @StJude & @ElSistemaUSA → https://t.co/My8cUwAWzg pic.twitter.com/OoxTllCZNP
— Polaris (@PolarisProgram) September 13, 2024
Leonid & Friends – One Fine Morning
An evening pause: This Russian band does a fine cover of the Lighthouse hit. It is also the third different Leonid & Friends cover that I have posted over the years, all suggested by different people (see here and here for the previous two).
Hat tip Alex Gimarc.
Junior Senior – Move your feet
An evening pause: Hat tip Diane Zimmerman, who adds “My gym class instructors must like this song because they play it a lot.”
Sheryl Crow, Eric Clapton, Vince Gill, Albert Lee – Living on Tulsa Time
An evening pause: Performed live 2007.
Hat tip Judd Clark, who notes that at one point he counted “five lead guitarists on stage, besides Sheryl.”
Naomi SV – The Sounds of Silence
An evening pause: Short but sweet. As she notes, the performance “turns into a Disney movie.”
Hat tip James Street.
John Lee Hooker, Carlos Santana, Elvin Bishop – Blues Boogie Jam
Fernando Ortega – Just As I Am
An evening pause: A Christian’s prayer, set to beautiful music and performed live 2011. I post a lot of hard rock celebrating sex, drugs, and rock & roll, because the music and performance is great. I post this for the same reason. I wonder how many of my non-Christian readers will be open to listening and enjoying it.
Hat tip James Street.
Scary Pockets & Frankfurt Radio Big Band – Harder Better Faster Stronger
If – Forgotten Roads
An evening pause: Recorded live 1971, and in every way is part of that time period.
Hat tip Alec Gimarc.
John Gabriel & Nelson Riddle – El Dorado
An evening pause: I think this song quite fitting to end the summer season. Sung by George Alexander, it plays over the opening credits to the classic 1966 John Wayne film of the same name, directed by Howard Hawks. The magnificent paintings that form the backdrop to the credits were painted by Olaf Wieghorst.
My daddy once told me what a man ought to be.
There’s much more to life than the things we can see.
And the godliest mortal you ever will know
Is the one with the dream of El Dorado.So ride, boldly ride, to the end of the rainbow.
Ride, boldly ride, till you find El Dorado.