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Mooding |
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January 18, 2012 08:35:13am |
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'best of's for radio special |
I'm producing a several hour radio special next month featuring African-American artists playing songs they wrote and/or popularized followed by the GD covering it in (at least) one version. A draft working song list is at bottom.
These songs run the gamut from a single performance to hundreds. For many I have (often several) GD versions in mind, but would like to know if you:
- have enthusiastic suggestions for particular GD performances (longer is not automatically better);
- are aware of any 'ranking' lists for GD performances of these songs;
- see noteworthy gaps in the list below (mostly pulled from Song & Lyric Finder
http://www3.clearlight.com/~acsa/intro.htm)
Thanks for any assistance and I'll post an announcement here as time gets closer to the special (2/18/11). Yes, you'll able to listen live online.
(Song list updated 1-18)
Ain't It Crazy
Around and Around
Baby What You Want Me To Do
Beat It On Down The Line
Big Boss Man
Big Boy Pete
Big Railroad Blues
Bring Me My Shotgun
Dancing in the Street
Death Don't Have No Mercy
Death Letter Blues
Don't Ease Me In
Good Lovin'
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
(Let the) Good Times (Roll)
Got My Mojo Working
Hard to Handle
Hey Bo Diddley
Hey Pocky (A-) Way
Hoochie Coochie Man
I Ain't Superstitious
I Just Want To Make Love To You
I Know It's A Sin
I Second that Emotion
I'm A Hog for You (Baby)
I'm A King Bee
Iko Iko
In the Midnight Hour
It Hurts Me Too
It's A Man's Man's Man's World
It's All Over Now
Johnny B Goode
Katie Mae
KC Moan
Let It Rock
Little Red Rooster
Louie Louie
Meet Me in the Bottom
Mona
Monkey And The Engineer
My Babe
New Minglewood Blues
Next Time You See Me
On The Road Again
Overseas Stomp (Lindbergh Hop)
Pain in My Heart (Ruler of My Heart)
Promised Land
Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu
Rollin' And Tumblin'
Run Rudolph Run
Samson & Delilah (If I Had My Way I'd Tear the Building Down)
Samson & Delilah (If I Had My Way)
See that My Grave is Kept Clean
She's Mine
Smokestack Lightning
Spoonful
Stealin'
The Same Thing
Thirty Days
Turn on Your Lovelight
Two Trains
Viola Lee Blues
Walkin' Blues
Wang Dang Doodle
Who Do You Love
This post was modified by Mooding on 2012-01-16 22:35:32
This post was modified by Mooding on 2012-01-17 01:25:42
This post was modified by Mooding on 2012-01-17 01:30:30
This post was modified by Mooding on 2012-01-18 16:35:13
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rdenirojb87 |
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January 16, 2012 07:06:20pm |
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Re: 'best of's for radio special |
Here's some particular versions I suggest using:
Beat It On Down The Line: DP 8, 06/18/74, or Ladies & Gentlemen
Dancin' In The Streets: DP 8 or 05/06/70
Death Don't Have No Mercy: 03/02/69 or 10/12/68
Don't Ease Me In: DP 19 or 03/24/70
Down In The Bottom > I Ain't Superstitious: 06/28/85
Let The Good Times Roll: 09/29/89
Hard to Handle: 08/06/71
I'm A King Bee: 02/28/69
Iko Iko > Mona: 10/27/91
It's A Man's World: 04/12/70
It's All Over Now: 07/16/90
Man Smart, Woman Smarter: 09/12/88
New Minglewood Blues: 05/08/77, 04/17/78, or 06/24/85
Next Time You See Me: 04/11/72
Samson And Delilah: 06/09/77 or 06/24/85
Smokestack Lightning: 02/12/67 or Three From The Vault
Turn On Your Lovelight: 12/02/71
Viola Lee Blues: DP 8, 06/18/67, 03/18/67, or 04/21/69
You Don't Love Me: 08/01/66
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January 16, 2012 09:36:07pm |
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Re: 'best of's for radio special |
Hey Pocky Way
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January 17, 2012 06:23:02am |
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Re: 'best of's for radio special |
My son has often said that Pig sounds like James Brown. (And not in reference to Man's World in particular.) Which I'm sure would make Pig pretty happy.
In fact, I bet Pig took his rap schtick from African-American blues artists. It would be interesting to find one that sounds Pig-ish. Not that I have any actual suggestions ... but maybe someone who really knows the blues would?
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January 17, 2012 07:24:39am |
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Off the top of my head Althea, I think the person who sounds most like Pig is Leon Russell, especially in '70 and '71. Its funny that another white guy playing essentially black music sounds identical to Pig - who in my opinion sings and sounds like a black man. Very soulful, powerful blues sound, and of course the raps.
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January 16, 2012 03:58:05pm |
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great idea for a show. I look forward to listening, please post a link.
Don't Ease Me In is based on the Henry Thomas song Don't Leave Me Here. Henry Thomas was a wonderful Texas bluesman who played a mean panpipe aka quills. He also inspired Canned Heat's Goin' up the Country with his Bull Doze Blues and has also been covered more recently by the Carolina Chocolate Drops.
http://www.archive.org/details/HenryThomashttp://www.archive.org/details/HenryThomas-bullDozeBlues
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Mooding |
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January 16, 2012 05:31:16pm |
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Re: 'best of's for radio special |
Thanks, I've added Don't Ease to the list.
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elbow1126 |
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January 16, 2012 05:43:03pm |
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I would go with an acoustic Don't Ease from the Dead, the 05-02-70 is a fav or mine.
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January 16, 2012 04:13:03pm |
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Yes, great idea -- I notice not too many suggestions yet. I will note that four songs listed here were played on one recording - Beat it on down, Ain't it Crazy, Second That Emotion, and Hard to Handle can all be found on the Ladies & Gentlemen disc, and all are excellent choices. Very fresh, clean 1970 sound live at the Fillmore East.
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Mooding |
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January 16, 2012 05:33:43pm |
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Yup, that run is already in my mind for if nothing else, the 'I Second that Emotion' on the 29th.
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January 16, 2012 05:44:45pm |
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Since you mentioned 4-29-71, that reminds me that the boys played their last version of Midnight Hour during the encore of that show. A great version and clearly a cover from an African American artist.
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thekind78 |
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January 16, 2012 04:29:48pm |
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"Iko, Iko" and/or "Man Smart, Woman Smarter"?
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Mooding |
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January 16, 2012 05:35:31pm |
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Re: 'best of's for radio special |
Thanks, Man Smart is on my list, I just spaced adding it here then, but it's on there now.
I've added Iko Iko.
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Mooding |
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January 16, 2012 05:37:25pm |
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Re: 'best of's for radio special |
thanks very much. they're on the list to be considered.
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Mooding |
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January 16, 2012 02:39:05pm |
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Thanks very much. I even have the GDProjects site bookmarked, I just couldn't remember that IT was the place for those lists. Now I'm on it.
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January 17, 2012 11:58:51pm |
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Re: 'best of's for radio special |
FWIW you can add Good Lovin which was first recorded by The Olympics (yes the Rascals version was a cover).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFj-I16SQ2Y&;feature=related
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February 01, 2012 11:38:41pm |
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turns out The Olympics weren't the first recording artist for Good Lovin'. Lemme B Good
recorded it about 6 months earlier.
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Mooding |
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January 18, 2012 08:33:50am |
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Re: 'best of's for radio special |
yeah of course, silly oversight on my part. thanks for the catch. The Olympics also recorded Big Boy Pete.
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January 16, 2012 02:47:41pm |
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Re: 'best of's for radio special |
I have a few questions, if you don't mind answering whatever you're able to/willing to disclose.
Who are the African-American artists covering these GD songs? Are they famous, or relatively unknown? If I were to suggest songs that aren't on your list already, how would you include them? Didn't these cover song performances already happen?
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January 16, 2012 04:12:19pm |
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Re: 'best of's for radio special |
If I understand correctly, these are songs that were written and/or performed by African-American Artists and subsequently covered by The Grateful Dead.
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January 16, 2012 07:07:46pm |
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oh yea, that high time is pure money. one of the best ive ever heard. That show has its handful of gems.
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January 16, 2012 05:57:59pm |
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Why not? It's great fun!
I was listening to that new Matrix as well today. Sounds amazing! I put on 6/28/76 afterwards because I fucking love that show, and Happiness is Drumming is so sweet. I find it much more enjoyable than many Fire on the Mountains.
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January 16, 2012 06:33:19pm |
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And don't forget that killer 06/28/76 "High Time".
One for Wisconsin.
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