Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)

Stary Olsa performing a medieval rendition of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)".

Wish You Were Here

To mark David Gilmour's 70th birthday, here he is performing an acoustic version of one of the most beautiful songs ever written, "Wish You Were Here".

Wish You Were Here

Gary Nichols performing "Wish You Were Here".

Comfortably Numb

David Bowie's last public performance—singing on "Comfortably Numb" with David Gilmour at Royal Albert Hall in 2006.

Shine On You Crazy Diamond

"Shine On You Crazy Diamond" performed by Roger Waters and the Wounded Warrior Band, as well as Jake Clemmons, G.E. Smith and Tom Morello.

Wish You Were Here

The Milk Carton Kids covering Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here".

Wish You Were Here

David Gilmour performing the Pink Floyd classic "Wish You Were Here".

Mother

My last post was of Roger Waters and Eddie Vedder performing "Comfortably Numb", a song originally from Pink Floyd's The Wall album. Here is "Mother", another song off The Wall album, performed by Natalie Maines and Ben Harper. Maines—a Dixie Chick—just released her first solo album, and this is the title track. I am not sure if this is an appropriate song for Mother's Day weekend, but at least it is on topic.

The second song below is a Maines/Vedder duet of the James Taylor song "You Can Close Your Eyes", which I am including because this makes the second post in a row with an Eddie Vedder duet.

Rodrigo y Gabriela

I went ot see Rodrigo y Gabriela at the Rams Head Live Saturday night. It was a great concert, but a little crowded since the place was sold out, and I got there late. It is pretty amazing when a totally instrumental show can sell out a place like Rams Head Live. So, of course, I am posting some of their videos today. Unless you see them you cannot appreciate that all of the music is coming from two acoustic guitars, when it sounds like there is an entire band playing.

Their latest Album is 11:11. Titled this because there are 11 tracks dedicated to 11 different artists who inspire them. Here is a performance of "Hanuman", off ths album.



I usually just include music videos, but in this case I am including the following Tavis Smiley interview that followed the performance in the previous video.



This song, "Diablo Rojo ", is off their first album.



Here is their version of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" with the audience singing the words. They did this the first time I saw them. I am amazed by the number of people who were not born when Pink Floyd broke up, but still know the words to this song.