The Pretenders

I started the week off with music from the 1980's, so I will just continue on in that vein with some video's from The Pretenders. I saw Chrissie Hynde perform with the current version of The Pretenders a couple years ago. Unfortunately, her sound system sucked. It sounded like she was singing with her head in a bucket of water. Maybe I will get a chance to see her again sometime, when I can actually hear her.

My favorite Pretenders song, "Brass in Pocket".



"Kid"



"Stop Your Sobbing"

Stop Making Sense

My favorite concert film of all time is Stop Making Sense, featuring the Talking Heads in 1984. Here are a few of the videos for old time's sake. 

"Psycho Killer"



"Life During War Time"



"Girlfriend is Better" with the big suit.

Atheists Don't Have No Songs

Not exactly a gospel song, more a song about gospel songs. Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers - "Atheists Don't Have No Songs"

Pinetop Perkins - R.I.P.

Pinetop Perkins died Monday at 97 years old. Earlier this year he became the oldest person to win a Grammy. Originally a guitarist, her was forced to switch to piano after a knife injury in a juke joint left him unable to hold a guitar. He played the piano with Muddy Waters' band for many years. I saw Pinetop perform at the Kennedy Center a couple years ago. That concert can be streamed here. A couple videos.

"Mojo Workin"



"Down in Mississippi"



"They Call Me Pinetop"

Teddy Thompson - Bella

A couple videos from Teddy Thompson's new album Bella.

"Looking for a Girl"



"Delilah"



"Tell Me What You Want" with Jenni Muldaur

Ferlin Husky

I missed posting gospel songs the last two weeks, because of computer viruses. I am thinking that Satan may have been behind that.

Ferlin Husky passed away last Thursday, so for this weeks gospel song I am posting his version of "On the Wings of a Dove".

Lizz Wright - Tiny Desk Concert

Lizz Wright performing "Hit the Ground" and "I Remember, I Believe" at a NPR Tiny Desk Concert. More Lizz Wright in these previous post.

Adele - Need You Now

Adele's appearance on the World Cafe last Friday can be streamed here. She references her performance with Darius Rucker of the Lady Antebellum song "Need You Now". Here is the video of it.

The Chieftains

I have been out of commission because of a computer virus, but I am back in time for St. Patrick's Day. You can't get anymore Irish than The Chieftains, so here are a couple of videos of them performing with friends

Sinead O'Connor & The Chieftains - "The Foggy Dew"



Alison Krauss & The Chieftains - Molly Ban



Martina McBride & The Chieftains - "I'll Be All Smiles Tonight"

Lucy Wainwright Roche

A few videos from Lucy Wainwright Roche. The first two songs are from her album Lucy

"Starting Square"



"Open Season"




With brother Rufus performing Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"

Wrecking Ball

Yesterday's post on the demolition of Lands End has prompted me to post Emmylou Harris' cover of the Neil Young song "Wrecking Ball".

Lucinda Williams - Blessed

I missed posting a gospel song yesterday, because my computer was out of commission with a virus. All is well now, so I am posting a couple songs from Lucinda Williams' just released album Blessed.

"Buttercup"



The title track "Blessed"




There is not a lot of video from the new album yet, but I did find this great old video of my all time favorite Lucinda song, "Side of the Road".