I'll Be Satisified

"I'll be Satisfied" performed by Maybelle & Sara Carter, and Johnny Cash.

Danielia Cotton

Some recent Danielia Cotton videos.

"Rare Child"



"Back in Black"

Dan Peek

A couple videos to mark the passing of Dan Peek, a founding member the 1970's band America.

"Lonely People" - sung here, and written by Peek.



"Sister Golden Hair" - co-written by Peek



"Horse With No Name" - another song peek co-wrote.

Lucinda Williams & Amos Lee

Amos Lee and Lucinda Williams have been touring together. Here is some video of them performing together.

"Little Angel, Little Brother" off Sweet Old World, my favorite Lucinda Williams album.



"Clear Blue Eyes", Williams sings this song with Lee on his album Mission Bell.

Amazimg Grace (A Cappella)

Here is Lizz Wright's a cappella version of "Amazing Grace".

Laying Around

Considering that it is Saturday, and way too hot to go outside, here are a couple songs about laying around. This first song was a big hit a couple years ago, but I just recently became familiar with it from the soundtrack of the Unknown Warrior film I posted a couple weeks ago.

"Chasing Cars" - Snow Patrol



"Last Request" - Paulo Nutini




"I Should Get Up" - Teddy Thompson

The Sunny Side

Considering that the temperature is about to go to 100, this seems to be an appropriate song to post right. The sunny side is about the only side there is these days.

"Keep on the Sunny Side" - Mother Maybelle Carter, and her daughters, Helen and Anita.



Another version by Mac Wiseman, Earl Scruggs and Charlie Daniels.

Jerry Ragovoy

The songwriter Jerry Ragovoy passed away a couple days ago. In tribute, here are performances of a couple songs he wrote.

"Time Is On My Side" - Irma Thomas recorded this song in the early 1960's. You can see her performing the song in this post. The Rolling Stones saw her perform the song, copied her interpretation of the song, and it became one of their early hits.



"Piece of My Heart" performed by Janis Joplin



"Get It While You Can" - This song was also recorded by Janis Joplin, but it was recorded first by this man, Howard Tate.

By the Mark

Today a gospel song written by Gillian Welch—"By the Mark"—performed here by Dailey & Vincent.

Edith Piaf for Bastille Day

For Bastille Day a post to recognize a great French Singer, Edith Piaf.

"Milord", a performance from the Ed Sullivan Show.



"La Vie En Rose"



"Autumn Leaves" lyric by Jacques Prévert, who also wrote the script for my all time favorite film, Les Enfants du Paradis.




I am ending this post with a clip of Marion Cotillard's Oscar winning performance as Piaf.

Gillian Welch

Gillian Welch has a new album out called The Harrow & The Harvest. Here she is performing some songs off the album with David Rawlings.

Also see this post on Just Everything Else with video of the creation of the CD Jacket.

"The Way It Will Be"



"Hard Times" - This video has nothing to do with the song, but this is the only version I can find with decent audio.



"The Way It Goes" - at least so far this is my favorite song on the album




Not on the new album, but I can't resist posting this cover of the Jefferson Airplane song "White Rabbit"

Precious Memories

"Precious Memories" performed by Patty Loveless.

Blue

"Bright Blue Rose" - Mary Black



"Blue Train" - Maura O'Connell



"Once in A Very Blue Moon" - Nanci Griffith

White

"A Whiter Shade of Pale" - Procol Harum



"A Dozen White Roses" - Alecia Nugent



"White Dove", a song written by Carter Stanley, performed by Peter Rowan and Tony Rice

Red

This is Red, White and Blue week, starting with red today.

"Red, Red Wine" - UB40



"Red Rain" - Peter Gabriel, Natalie Merchant & R.E.M.



"The Scarlett Tide" - Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

Bright Morning Stars

The Wailin' Jennys' version of "Bright Morning Stars"