Luca Sestak – Swanee River Boogie Woogie
An evening pause: He was 14 when he did this.
Hat tip Tom Biggars.
Tag: music
Jean Sibelius – Finlandia
An evening pause: Takes us also on a magnificent tour of Finland’s natural world, with some breath-taking film footage.
Hat tip Björn Larsson.
Mnozil Brass – lonley boy
An evening pause: Hat tip Phill Oltmann.
Irene “Granny” Ryan – I’m a woman
An evening pause: For the younger audiences, Ryan played Granny Clampett on the silly 1960s TV show, The Beverly Hillbillies.
The song is fun, but I just can’t get that vision of her incompatibility with her boyfriend out of my head.
Hat tip Alton Blevins.
Eddie Van Halen – Eruption Guitar Solo
An evening pause: R.I.P.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
Yodeling!
An evening pause: Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who writes,
If I understood German, I think I would enjoy this performance even more. Angela Wiedl is Bavarian, Melanie Oesch is Swiss, and Herlinde Lindner is Austrian. From what I read in the comments, each singer sings the “Erzherzog Johann Jodler” in her own country’s version of German.
Henry Mancini – Pink Panther theme
An evening pause: Performed by a student group.
Hat tip Phill Oltmann.
André Rieu – Nearer, My God, to Thee
An evening pause: This pause seems most appropriate, following yesterday’s pause, since this is thought to be the last thing the Titanic’s band played just before the ship sank.
We can hope this also does not become the epitaph for America, following the election.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Don Gibson – Woman Sensuous Woman
An evening pause: Performed live 1971.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Emerson Lake & Palmer – From The Beginning
An evening pause: Performed live 1997 in Rio de Janeiro.
Hat tip Roland.
George Strait – Amarillo By Morning
An evening pause:
I ain’t a dime but what I got is mine.
I’m not rich but Lord I’m free.
Hat tip to Robert Pratt of Pratt on Texas, who doesn’t know he suggested this. This song is something he plays for his guests during commercial breaks so they don’t have to listen to commercials. I decided after last Thursday’s appearance it needed to be an evening pause.
Tuba Skinny – Yes Sir That’s My Baby
An evening pause: Performed live on Royal Street, New Orleans, April 9, 2012. Don’t you wish we could return to this kind of free world?
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Ray Stevens – The Quarantine Song
An evening pause: As absurd as he portrays this situation, Stevens only captures a tiny bit of the stupidity.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
Michael Nesmith – Joanne
An evening pause: Performed live 1992. For my young readers, Nesmith was one of the Monkees, but was also a successful songwriter and performer in his own right.
Les Paul & Mary Ford – There’s no place like home
An evening pause: From the youtube page:
Les and Mary perform “There’s No Place Like Home” with some classic add libbing, especially from Les. Mary Ford was a fine guitarist in her own right and that fact is ably demonstrated here. Watch for when Les goes wild and breaks his high E string. Mary is about to punish him when… Well, watch the video. And, dig those gorgeous 1952 Gibson Les Paul guitars, heavily customized by the master himself. Trivia: Les shattered and almost lost his right arm in a 1948 car crash. Les had the doctors set his elbow at an angle so he could still play guitar but he could never again fully extend his right arm.
Hat tip Wayne DeVette.
Oasis – Don’t Look Back in Anger
An evening pause: Hat tip Roland.
Natalie Merchant – Wonder
An evening pause: Performed live 1995.
Hat tip Cotour.
Camille and Kennerly – Metallica’s “One”
An evening pause: Very nice cover, with both women playing on the same harp. Note however that this is not live, nor are the visuals from a single performance. It appears to me that the players recorded the song in a studio, then shot themselves performing it several times at different angles. Later they edited those visuals to match the studio taping.
No matter. Very well done, and quite hypnotic.
Hat tip Phill Oltmann.
Larkin Poe – Black Betty
An evening pause: Hat tip Cotour.
Peter Frampton – Do You Feel Like We Do
An evening pause: Performed live 1975.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.