Jan and Dean: Surf City
The first surf song to be a No 1 hit in the US, this was part-written by Brian Wilson and given to Jan and Dean, who completed it, though only … Continue readingJan and Dean: Surf City
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Steve Earle: Guitar Town (Live)
Concluding our guitar season, the troubled Texan musician/actor with the title track of his 1986 debut album. I actually prefer the twangy guitar on the original, so here it is … Continue readingSteve Earle: Guitar Town (Live)
Everly Brothers: All I Have To Do Is Dream
This was written by Boudleaux Bryant. The Everly Brothers recorded it in just two takes on March 6, 1958, with Chet Atkins on guitar, and it was released the following … Continue readingEverly Brothers: All I Have To Do Is Dream
George Harrison and Friends: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
I recently featured a version of this by Tom Petty and the Artist Formerly Known As Shortarse. Here’s the bloke who wrote it, with a Who’s Who of rock and … Continue readingGeorge Harrison and Friends: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Gene Clark: For a Spanish Guitar
Five excellent minutes from the 1972 collection White Light.
Jimmy Buffett: Tonight I Just Need My Guitar
From the 2002 album Margaritaville. And here’s a later version.
Neil Young: This Old Guitar
Love song to six strings from the 2005 album Prairie Wind. I’m getting near to the end of my guitar season so if you’ve spotted any glaring omissions, let me … Continue readingNeil Young: This Old Guitar
Tom Waits – the gruff with the smooth
THE name Tom Waits is synonymous these days with a gravelly, world-weary voice described by one critic as seeming like ‘it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in … Continue readingTom Waits – the gruff with the smooth
Guy Clark: The Guitar
Lovely stuff. Live version of the song from 2009’s Some Days The Song Writes You.
Lew Stone and his Monseigneur Dance Band: My Old Dog
Vocals by Nat Gonorrhea on this charming piece from 86 years ago.