Topic: Other Musical Interests on YouTube

[David Kaatz]

Jerry Reed playing Careless Love. I started transcribing this a few years back, got most of the way through, but left it unfinished. I can transcribe, but I can't play it! Recently revisited.

[Johnm]

Hi all,
I had heard about the Mavericks for years and their lead singer, Raul Malo. I happened to listen to this the other day and thought it was just about perfect, nobody's trying to impress, no solos, just the song, and boy, does he sing it beautifully.



All best,
Johnm

[Slack]

Beautiful... so tastefully done.  I love the Mavericks and listen to them quite often. 
They have a great blend of C&W and TexMex/cajunto/whatever... that Mexican influence that really appeals to me. You cannot tell it by the vocal range in this song... but Malo's voice, in other songs, often sounds very Roy Orbison like... I mean without the irritating aspects of Roy's voice... haha.   If I could have any voice in the world... I think it would be Raul Malos'. 

[Johnm]

I know what you mean, Slack. I think Glen Campbell was a great singer, obviously a great player, too, but when I heard Raul Malo sing this song I thought, wow, that is just perfect. I love that he's not knocking himself out, trying to be expressive--he just trusts his voice, his interpretive instincts and the song itself. And does he ever have good reason to trust his voice!

[lindy]

Amen on the Mavericks -- love the accordion in their music.

The song is such a strong one that it really doesn't need embellishment. I also appreciate Molly Tuttle's renditions in concert--I've been fortunate to see her twice, and there's about 20 vids of her singing this song on YT. For example:

[Stuart]

Thanks for the posts of The Mavericks and Molly Tuttle--they're great, IMHO. It's also worth revisiting the fellow who wrote it. There are a few videos of him performing it available on YouTube.

[Johnm]

Hi all,
Here is Jerry Reed, once again, doing my favorite version of "City of New Orleans", which I just found. He was similar to Kenny Baker, in that he was comfortable exploring new sounds in Spanish tuning, as he does here and did on "That's All Right, Mama". Really nice singing, too. And that interlude before the last vocal phrase is worth the price of admission.



All best,
Johnm

[David Kaatz]

Rick Ruskin, always tasteful.

[Slack]

More great musical talent oozing from the west coast.

[Johnm]

Hi all,
Here is Jukka Perko's Jazztet, from Finland, at a live performance from a few years ago (he's the alto sax player) playing a Jimmy Van Heusen song, "Aren't You Glad You're You?". That's Teemu Viinikainen on guitar, and boy, is he great! The whole band is just a gas.



All best,
Johnm

[Stuart]

Thanks for that, John. You are certainly correct--They really know how to put a song across and Teemu Viinikainen is a great and very tasteful player, that's for sure!

[Johnm]

I'm really glad you enjoyed that, Stuart. I should say the band has a whole series of videos up on youtube from that gig, and another gig and the videos are uniformly excellent and entertaining. They're great players, both as soloists in in ensemble.

[Johnm]

Hi all,
I don't know anything about Rita Payes, but this came up on my youtube feed, and it seems just about perfect to me. Evidently that is her mother playing the lead guitar parts. The whole thing is so lovely and lyrical.



All best,
Johnm

[Slack]

That really is lovely.  I saw the trombone in the background, but was still surprised when she took the break with it for some reason.  Looks like she has some singles on Pandora.... that I'll check out.

Merry Christmas John!

[Johnm]

Merry Christmas to you too, John!