Musical Interlude: I'm a longtime fan of Shawn Colvin, and while some disdain her covers, I like them. Here she is doing a Tammy Wynette classic.
"Till I Get It Right," performed by Shawn Colvin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wr01kXw294
#MusicalInterlude #ShawnColvin #TammyWynette #CountryMusic #CoverVersion
For #MusicWomenWednesday here's Shotgun Down the Avalanche by Shawn Colvin, plus a #request - If anyone has a recording she made of this song in the early 90s, distributed on "sampler" CDs & cassettes given out as promos, I would be most grateful if you point me to it. I first heard this song on such a CD ("Summer Sampler", maybe distributed by X96, the alternative station in Provo, UT). Compared to later versions I can find (not including this acoustic take, which is lovely) It was less produced, a little more raw, and more emotionally impactful. I've been looking for years; I never ripped that CD to computerized format, and now the CD is gone.
Sunny Came Home 🌭
#ShawnColvin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfKKBDFCiIA
Sunny Came Home ☀
#ShawnColvin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S5iANxYIYQ
#OnThisDay in 1956, #ShawnColvin, American country folk singer-songwriter ("Sunny Came Home"), born in Vermillion, South Dakota. 🎂🥳🎉🎊
#HappyBirthday #69
Sunny Came Home 🌶️
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S5iANxYIYQ
Shawn Colvin, Uncovered, 2015 on Fantasy
This is actually at least Colvin’s second album of covers, ~20 years after she put out Cover Girl (1994). Some well known tunes here – Paul Simon’s “American Tune,” Gerry Rafferty’s “Baker Street,” and Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan’s “Hold On” – but also some lesser known songs – Robbie Robertson’s “Acadian Driftwood,” Graham Nash’s “I Used To Be King.”
For many years, as a performer in clubs and bars and coffeehouses, all I did was play songs written by other artists. I did not write, although I longed to.
Eventually I was able to. After I got a recording contract in 1988, it seemed fitting that at some point I ought to pay tribute to those songs that sustained my career for such a long time. So, in 1994 I made a record with Steuart Smith, and it was aptly called Cover Girl.
Twenty-one yearrs later, even though I am primarily known as the composer of my material, I’ve never tired of learning covers, and I had more than a few in the hopper. It seemed fitting to get together with Ssteuart once more and record a follow-up to Cover Girl.
Not sure where I picked up my copy – normally i track this but did not seem to for this one. We did get to see her at the Shalin Liu but I’m sure I picked this up second-hand in a record store.
Side note: Apparently Steuart Smith, who is a touring member of a little band called the Eagles, lives (or lived?) in Salem MA
#2015 #Fantasy #PaulSimon #salemMA #ShawnColvin #SteuartSmith #TomWaits #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds
Sunny Came Home 🏘
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfKKBDFCiIA
Last night Shawn Colvin & KT Tunstall at Edmonds Center for the Arts. Wow! Great show! I'd long been a fan of Shawn Colvin, first heard her on KMTT The Mountain and saw her at the Ballard Backstage in 1991. But KT Tunstall put on a great performance, stole the show! I'd heard her music, but seeing her live made me a solid fan. (photos not allowed 🙁) #music #concert #KTTunstall #ShawnColvin #ECA #Edmonds
https://youtu.be/N4iZNTwi2Rk?si=tPlw3oN8WvHW-anp
Today I was listening to "A Few Small Repairs" by Shawn Colin (1996)
#music #listening #ShawnColvin
Ted Tocks Covers - Year 7 - Day 91
Killing the Blues
Happy 75th Birthday to song writer Roly Salley!
He gave us’ Killing the Blues’. I was introduced to this song by John Prine but an impressive list of artists have recorded it through the years.
“I am guilty of something
I hope you never do because there is nothing
Sadder than losing…yourself in love”
#RolySalley #JohnPrine #ChrisIsaak #ShawnColvin #ChrisSmither #RobertPlant #AlisonKrauss #LindsayLou
Sunny Came Home 😱
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfKKBDFCiIA
Musical Interlude: Here's an old favorite, the kind of song you want to sing to a troubled friend...or that you'd love to hear from someone in your own times of trouble
"Cry Like an Angel," performed by Shawn Colvin.
It's been 25 years or so, and I've never told anyone this:
Shawn Colvin's (gorgeous) "Shotgun Down the Avalanche" doesn't need drop D tuning.
The only tab I could find back then--and it seems the only/easiest one now--tells you that you have to drop your E string to D.
Pfah! the alternative is that you fret two adjacent strings two frets apart. You know, like you always do. For everything.
Completely unnecessary Drop D tuning advice.
#NowPlaying I am currently listening to Knowing What I Know Now by #ShawnColvin from the album #AllFallDown see #spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/2GnwAJQHALvJ7c8EF52YJK
#NowPlaying I am currently listening to #VenetianBlue by #ShawnColvin from the album These Four Walls see #spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/4xHSTdRHJpb9jsKQbxJDAF
#NowPlaying I am currently listening to Polaroids - Live by #ShawnColvin from the album Dragon Clouds (Live Los Angeles #1994) see #spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/3lFGfJriwfGn9WjhMe26Qs
#NowPlaying I am currently listening to #American Jerusalem by #ShawnColvin from the album #AllFallDown see #spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/4qeGhdN0tMi1yqXkYgpV6Q
The #ShawnColvin take on "Outbound Plane" is marvelous. A slow burn in swing time with transcendent lap guitar. I've been listening to it almost every waking moment for two days.
My musical listening highlights for the week ending 2023/11/09 as curated by https://www.Last.fm
#happyCurrentListening #LastFM
#MichaelBolton #NicoletteLarson #StevieNicks #BonJovi #Evergrey #ShawnColvin #Foreigner #Make You Feel My Love #HeleneFischer #AllAboutEve #BarryManilow
