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re: The Great American Songbook
Posted on 1/11/26 at 5:17 pm to Kafka
Posted on 1/11/26 at 5:17 pm to Kafka
It was a very good year
The Turtles - folk rock version
Reverend Horton Heat - alt.psychobilly version
quote:From the Andy Williams TV show. Some amusing in-song banter, although Chad (or is it Jeremy?) should have tuned his guitar before the damn show started.
Ervin Drake composed the song in 1961 at the suggestion of record producer Artie Mogull, who told Drake that Bob Shane of The Kingston Trio needed a solo to include in the group's upcoming album Goin' Places. Drake wrote the song in less than a day, although he had been considering employing the metaphor of life as a vintage wine in a lyric for several years prior
The Turtles - folk rock version
Reverend Horton Heat - alt.psychobilly version
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Posted on 1/30/26 at 8:02 pm to Kafka
Posted on 2/5/26 at 6:16 pm to Kafka
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A film made c. 1934 showcasing many songwriters of the 1890s, including William McKenna, Harry Armstrong ("Sweet Adeline"), and eighty-six year old Theodore Metz (who wrote "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight"). For a special treat, we get to see Maude Lambert sing "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling."
It's interesting seeing the nostalgia of a long ago generation, when now both the young and the old are equally ancient
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