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Hot takes is what this episode is all about: Lisa and Sean talk about some…well, unpopular…opinions about The Beach Boys. Do you think “Good Vibrations” is a hack job that should have been given to The Pickle Brothers? Or maybe that Country Love blows That Lucky Old Sun out of the water? Perhaps “Ten Little ...click to read more
Chicago DJ Howard Miller chats with singer Frankie Laine on the CBS Radio Network July 25, 1955. Frankie Laine (born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio; March 30, 1913 – February 6, 2007) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spanned nearly 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005. Often billed as "America's Number One Song Stylist", his other nicknames include "Mr. Rhythm", "Old Leather Lungs", and "Mr. Steel Tonsils". His hits included "That's My Desire", "That Lucky Old Sun", "Mule Train", "Jezebel", "High Noon", "I Believe", "Hey Joe!", "The Kid's Last Fight", "Cool Water", "Rawhide", and "You Gave Me a Mountain". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Laine
An interview with Chicago musician Paul Von Mertens, as well as the usual full throated ranting! Paul Von Mertens is a Chicago-based composer/arranger and a performer on saxophone, flute, clarinet and harmonica. He has played and recorded with a variety of artists including Mavis Staples, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Elton John, Stereolab, The Sea and Cake, Poi Dog Pondering, Broken Social Scene, Wilco, and Mono. He has been a member of the Brian Wilson Band since 1999 and is currently musical director.Paul has written arrangements, orchestrations and performed for Brian Wilson's tour and Grammy-winning recording of "Smile," the Pet Sounds Tour, "Live In London," "Gettin' In Over My Head," "That Lucky Old Sun," "Wilson Reimagines Gershwin," "In The Key Of Disney," and "That's Why God Made the Radio" with Brian and The Beach Boys. Paul spent 2016 touring “Pet Sounds 50th Anniversary” worldwide, featuring performances with the Boston Pops. His arrangement of "Dvorak Re-mix Fantasy" was premiered at Orchestra Hall with Poi Dog Pondering and the Chicago Sinfonietta in 2005, and his "Carmen Remix" in 2007.Writing credits include music for Steppenwolf Theater, the Peabody Award-winning documentary "The Lost Children of Rockdale County" and "Merchants of Cool" for Frontline, and the long-running "Workplace Essential Skills" for PBS. Paul and his wife, Cynthia Von Orthal, have created original puppet musicals "Akuba's Dream," "The Yellow Wallpaper," "A White Heron" and "Tara's Story" for their own company, Von Orthal Puppets.
The first of three episodes that play both the early & contemporary music of fellow travelers who first recorded in the 1950s and who are still with us. Over sixty years is a long time to have a recording career, and these are some of the last ones standing. In memoriam Michael McClure. For the next 7 days, you can go to our Twitter page and vote for whose version of "That Lucky Old Sun" is better: https://twitter.com/RainTrains
Installation of solar! Meet our technician Vinnie, at Vinnie’s Northbay Airstream Repair in Wilton, CA. Our first Excella Cafe interview! The post Vinnie Lamica & That Lucky Old Sun appeared first on Living In Beauty.
The four-part harmony-group of Martin, Simon and two Sams wanders in for a quick short back and sides as Tom Waits visits Mr Snip-Snip-Snip for this penultimate track of Foreign Affairs. The variety of this album, the beauty/technicality of barber-shop quartet singing, and the need for emotional commitment in musical performance are all debated, as well as some…mild diversions. Song by Song is Martin Zaltz Austwick and Sam Pay; two musicians listening to and discussing every single Tom Waits track in chronological order. website: songbysongpodcast.com twitter: @songbysongpod e-mail: songbysongpodcast@gmail.com Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include: Barber Shop, Foreign Affairs, Tom Waits (1977) That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day), That Lucky Old Sun, Crossroads/Beasley Smith & Haven Gillespie (2010/1949) We think your Song by Song experience will be enhanced by hearing, in full, the songs featured in the show, which you can get hold of from your favourite record shop or online platform. Please support artists by buying their music, or using services which guarantee artists a revenue - listen responsibly.
Último Future Beats de la temporada 2014-2015 en su formato habitual. Hemos preparado algo especial. Darío Manrique entrevista a Gepe, quien presenta estos días su nuevo álbum Estilo Libre y que nos ofrece una versión acústica de TKM en exclusiva. José Manuel Gómez Gufi, conductor del programa Planeta Jondo en Radio Gladys Palmera, visitó La Mar de Músicas y nos ha enviado dos breves pero expansivas conversaciones con Lila Downs y Camila Moreno. En esta edición de FB estrenamos el último favorito de la temporada, el nuevo y sensacional álbum del productor y compositor canadiense Mocky. Despedimos el programa con Bob Dylan y la grabación “bootleg” de la única interpretación en directo hasta la fecha del clásico That Lucky Old Sun, una demoledora rendición del tema de Haven Gillespie y Beasley Smith incluido en su disco de homenaje a Sinatra Shadows in the Night.
The life and music of song writer, Haven Gillespie. Songs include: Santa Claus Is Coming to Town, You Go to My Head, Whose Honey Are You?, Right Or Wrong, Kiss, Beautiful Love and That Lucky Old Sun. Performers include: Bing Crosby, Billy Holliday, Harry Resser, Sarah Vaughn, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Marylin Monroe and Henry "Red" Allen.
In this excerpt from the interview, Brian fields a few questions about drug use. The legendary songwriter of Beach Boys fame, Brian Wilson, joined us for a chat in Studio Q.