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Lay Lady Lay Bob Dylan Cover w/Harmonica
Posted on May 20th, 2010 5 comments(c)1969 Words & Music by Bob Dylan on album “Nashville Skyline” Dylan wrote this for the 1969 movie Midnight Cowboy. Harry Nilsson’s “Everybody’s Talkin’,” which was released the year before, was chosen for the theme song instead. Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers has stated in interview that Dylan offered the song to them backstage after an appearance by the duo at the Bottom Line in New York. Phil asked Dylan if he had any new songs that they might record, and answering “yes”, Dylan picked up a guitar and proceeded to sing the song so quietly that the Everlys thought they heard Dylan sing “Lay lady lay, lay across my big breasts, babe.” Thinking it was a song about lesbians, Don Everly declined the song, saying “thank you, it’s a great song, but I don’t think we could get away with that.” Dylan did not question them about it and went on to record the track himself. Months later, they heard Dylan’s version on the radio and realized they’d misunderstood the words. The Everlys felt they’d missed a big opportunity and later recorded the song on their EB 84 album. Covered by a number of bands and artists, including The Byrds, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, The Everly Brothers, Melanie, The Isley Brothers, Duran Duran, and Ministry amongst others. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ harmonica key of A Check cover of LLL shown in Nathan´s channel “NCLUSA” I borrowed this cool GFC chord variation.. for my lazy lay.-) more song info en.wikipedia.org
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A Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harum Cover w/Harmonica
Posted on May 1st, 2010 2 comments(c)1967 on album “Procol Harum”. Procol Harum’s lyricist Keith Reid wrote the words to this song. He told us: “It’s sort of a film, really, trying to conjure up mood and tell a story. It’s about a relationship. There’s characters and there’s a location, and there’s a journey. You get the sound of the room and the feel of the room and the smell of the room. But certainly there’s a journey going on, it’s not a collection of lines just stuck together. It’s got a thread running through it.” Reid got the idea for the title when it came to him at a party, which gave him a starting point for the song. Says Reid: “I feel with songs that you’re given a piece of the puzzle, the inspiration or whatever. In this case, I had that title, ‘Whiter Shade of Pale,’ and I thought, There’s a song here. And it’s making up the puzzle that fits the piece you’ve got. You fill out the picture, you find the rest of the picture that that piece fits into.” Reid formed Procol Harum in 1967 with Gary Brooker, becoming an official member even though he didn’t sing or play any instruments. “A Whiter Shade Of Pale” was one of about 15 songs that he wrote for their first album. Says Reid: “We were really excited about it and liked it a lot. And when we were rehearsing and routine-ing our first dozen songs or so, it was one that sounded really good. But there were a few others that we liked I would say equally – we have a song on our first album called ‘Salad Days (Are Here Again)’ that was a strong …