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Category Archives: Music
LOUISIANA BELLE
Some music to go with my series of swamp-themed paperback covers. This Stephen Foster song from 1847 was his first big hit on the minstrel circuit and was the signature song for one group of black minstrel singers.
THE GOOD OLD DAYS
AN LP COVER FOR TODAY
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AN LP COVER FOR TODAY
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AN LP COVER FOR TODAY
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PEGGY GORDON
This is a very sad song.
AN LP COVER FOR TODAY
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THE WILD MOUNTAIN THYME
Sometimes I think this is the greatest song ever written. Beauty, romance, gallantry, community, resignation all have a place in it. And this is one of the great renditions of the song, not least because of the stirring singing of the audience.
Will ye go, lassie, go?
AN LP COVER FOR TODAY
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NIGHT RIDER’S LAMENT
They’ve never seen Spring hit the Great Divide . . .
I NEVER WILL MARRY
Sung by a couple of youngsters — with thanks to Juniper Bacon . . .
I’LL BE YOUR SAN ANTONE ROSE
If wishes were fast trains to Texas, oh, I’d ride and I’d ride — how I’d ride . . .
ODE
This made me cry — proof that if Hollywood won’t make joyful and moving musicals, people will make their own.
With thanks to Facebook friend Jessica Ritchey.
SCOOP DOOBIE DOOBIE
Jesse Hill says it all.