VAN MORRISON * TALKING HEADS * BRIAN ENO & DAVID BYRNE * JENNY LEWIS * JESSE ED DAVIS * ROGER TILLISON * PRETENDERS / CHRISSIE HYNDE * DEL SHANNON * DIRE STRAITS * KIM RICHEY * ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
[NEXT PAGE]
[RETURN TO POP & ROCK MUSICIANS INDEX]
Van Morrison adapts William Blake’s poem “What Is The Price of Experience” (from “The Four Zoas”):
From one of Morrison’s best albums, Veedon Fleece:
Above video: RING OF KERRY (by The Welsh Muzhik) AND CONNEMARA, IRELAND
Playlist of entire album of “Veedon Fleece”:
From another great Morrison album, Saint Dominic’s Preview:
Also from Saint Dominic’s Preview:
Entire album of Saint Dominic’s Preview:
All of his incredible, jazzy first American album, Astral Weeks:
Another Morrison tour de force:
TALKING HEADS
Playlist of entire album “Remain in Light”:
Playlist of entire album “Speaking in Tongues”:
The videos below are all from Talking Heads‘ great concert film “Stop Making Sense”:
The entire film:
Talking Heads – “Born Under Punches” – Rome, Italy – 1980:
Three songs from David Byrne and Brian Eno’s ground-breaking 1981 album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts:
This song includes a genuine recording of an exorcism:
Song below (from My Life in the Bush of Ghosts) is sampled from the song “Abu Zeluf”, published in “Music in the World of Islam, 1: The Human Voice” (1976). It features Dunya Yusin or Yunis (Lebanese mountain singer):
Below is a rare track from the original recording sessions of My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts. After a legal controversy with the estate of the late Katherine Kulhman, which refused the license for her sampled voice, it was rewritten/rearranged and it became “The Jezebel Spirit”, with completely different voice and lyrics. The video is amazing:
Playlist of entire album:
***********************************************************************
***********************************************************************
Playlist of all of Roger Tillison’s 1971 album “Roger Tillison” produced by Jesse Ed Davis who also plays lead slide guitar:
From Tillison’s album Songs for Woody:
Chrissie Hynde and company:
A cover of Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released”:
Playlist of the entire 2020 album Hate for Sale:
Playlist of the entire 2021 album “Standing in the Doorway: Chrissie Hynde sings Bob Dylan”:
Featuring Mark Knoepfler, vocals, guitar, composer:
Playlist of entire album “Making Movies”:
Kim Richey’s quieter sound:
Playlist of 85 of her songs:
Playlist of entire album:
