426: Summertime....?

Hi.

Today  is the day before Summer officially starts...

Nothing but rain ALL day!

So much for global warming....

But over here in Holland we probably drown before we get cooked [:-)

I'd like to present the versions I gathered past year,

together a 3 hour 52 minutes journey through

the wonderous worlds of this song.

Again I had a lot of help and feedback from 
Hans & Henry

(THANK YOU!).

I hope you guys & dolls will dig in

and find some real treasures here & there.

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1.Amrit & Ian - Summertime (7:06)

2.Angel Forrest - Summertime (6:03)

3.Ari Ann Wire - Summertime (5:14)

4.Audio BLK - Summertime (3:54)

5.Caleb's Cosmosis - Summertime (2:06)

6.Dave Wilson Quartet - Summertime (7:54)

7.Essra Mohawk - Summertime (2:29)

8.George Gershwin - Summertime (5:29)

9.Friend 'N Fellow - Summertime (4:32)

10.Graham Bond Quartet - Summertime (3:59)

11.Greg Osby - Summertime (5:01)

12.Hope Masike - Summertime (5:28)

13.Janis Joplin - Summertime (live) (4:36)

14.Jessica Williams - Summertime (5:53)

15.Jill Salkin - Summertime (5:51)

16.John Perreault - Summertime (8:28)

17.Juana Rodriguez - Summertime (2:35)

18.Keiko Higuchi - Summertime (7:00)

19.Kim Nalley - Summertime (6:00)

20.Lee Gagnon Quartet - Summertime (11:04)

21.Les Clarinettes Urbaines - Summertime (3:05)

22.Letizia Brugnoli - Summertime (4:11)

23.Louis Ella Billie - Summertime (JPOD remix) (7:55)

24.Lovisa Adolfsson - Summertime (6:15)

25.Maia Majunder - Summertime (2:58)

26.Malik - Summertime (10:27)

27.Mandy Harvey - Summertime (4:18)

28.Marco Riva - Summertime (4:55)

29.Matthew Shipp - Summertime (4:32)

30.Melinda Stanford - Summertime (4:26)

31.Mika Pusse - Summertime (7:45)

32.Petko Georgiev - Summertime (9:01)

33.Randy Rayment Quintet - Summertime (4:44)

34.Reuben Wilson - Summertime (7:38)

35.Sam (The Man) Taylor - Summertime (2:34)

36.Sammy & Freedom Unity - Summertime (4:08)

37.Sinne Eeg & Thomas Fonnesbaek - Summertime (4:24)

38.Sound Dimension - Summertime (3:02)

39.Sweet Baby J'ai - Summertime (3:33)

40.Ted Curson - Summertime (1999) (5:59)

41.Ted Curson - Summertime (2006) (6:35)

42.West End Trio - Summertime (5:26)

43.Willie Nelson - Summertime (3:54)

425: Son of a ....

Hi. Today a 40 minute take on this great little tune.

Hope you like it [:-)

1.Happy Day Youth Choir - Son Of A Preacher Man (3:12)

2.Henry Jerome - Son Of A Preacher Man (2:35)

3.Honey Cone - Son Of A Preacher Man (2:29)

4.Irene Reid - Son Of A Preacher Man (2:27)

5.Jessica Lee - Son Of A Preacher Man (2:53)

6.Judy Mowatt & The Gaylettes - Son Of A Preacher Man (2:34)

7.Laini Risto - Son Of A Preacherman (3:11)

8.Lucky Peterson - Son Of A Preacher Man (4:36)

9.Mavis Staples - Son Of A Preacher Man (2:16)

10.Mel Brown - Son Of A Preacher Man (3:32)

11.Mongo Santamaria - Son Of A Preacher Man (2:32)

12.Rebecca Jenkins - Son Of A Preacher Man (2:54)

13.Shimi Sonic - Beat Of A Preacher Man (2:42)

14.Sylvie Vartan & Axelle Red - Son Of A Preacher Man (2:02)

424: Feelin' Good

Hi.

Today a reboot with a 13 track, 1 hour collection of 

this great little tune.

Hope you like it.

Ben L'Oncle Soul - Feeling Good (4:10)

Billy Paul - Feelin' Good (8:35)

Dottie Warner - Feelin' Good (3:33)

Ester Rada - Feeling good (3:42)

Isabel Stover - Feelin' Good (6:16)

Joan Chamorro & Andrea Motis - Feeling good (4:05)

Lyambiko - Feeling Good (4:14)

Mary Stallings - Feeling Good (5:01)

Max Wellman - Feeling Good (3:26)

Meshell Ndegeocello - Feelin' Good (4:12)

Ruth Dolores Weiss - Feeling Good (5:58)

Viva Vox - Feeling Good (3:45)

Voodoo Child - Feeling Good (4:00)

Sean Hayes

Hi.

 I'd like to invite you to discover the music of Sean Hayes.

(click the pic for a direct link)

The other day I was on a sentimental journey

and got re-acquainted with a lot of my favourite tracks

from this gifted singer songwriter.

Both the lyrics, his voice and the music are a

"schot in de roos"

as we dutchies like to say.

[:-)

3x Great stuff from El Gran Capitán Afrobeat

Check out their 3 EP's !

https://elgrancapitan.bandcamp.com/

Bessarabian Journey...

Fantastic guitarwork!

https://www.mixcloud.com/jazzariumPL/marcin-olak-quartet-bessarabian-journey-2016/

Pink Polka...

It made me smile from ear to ear...

a Breathe/Time

teaser for ya in the comments...

Happy 90's fusion...

I'd like to promote this band by presenting the first track of the album to you.

By God, I hope it's OK to do so......

have a go at it on:

http://www.epicallycracked.com/

Yawn,,,,back from hibernation... or not?

That's the question, indeed.
I've had numerous reasons why I stopped posting new posts,
(mainly 'cause life was/is giving me shit)
and couldn't find reasons weighing enough to change that.

Now I'm thinking, I haven't changed, I still am a sucker for the 
weird covers versions, I keep my ears open for new funk, jazz, soul and what have you not.
I still stash away theme-laden songs ....
Hell, I even got a Summertime song I can't share with you, because of legal reasons....

My question is a simple one:
Should I bother putting out new posts?
With little to zero life expectancy of working links to the songs?
(me serving re-ups for every request....well it's sigh-full (to say at the least)
Does anyone really care for 25 new versions of Sunny?
Or, is anyone interested in 25 Nirvana covers songs?
Or even 25 new songs with the devil, a strut, all Hammond, drugs, 
all flute, or any other theme I conjured up in my posts in the past?

I feel blogging music and musical ideas isn't the same as it was back in the days
when I started this (2007).

But maybe I'm wrong.

If I am, please let me know, and (depending on the response)
I might spill the beans once more - every week!

God knows I (still) have plenty of goodies [:-)

423: Soul, part 4

Hi.

Today (finally) a new post.

A 4 hour 19 minutes search for soul.

It's a wee bit on the jazzy side of that quest,

filled with horns, hammond and of course humungous 

amounts of heavy SOUL!

When I do a next Soul-themed post it will be

on the funky side of town, but, like I said,

this 40 tracks cover more jazzy & r&b grounds...

I am glad to find out that I still liked the 

"job" of selecting a bunch of tracks that (together)

could be considered a very soulful trip,

a search for soul, indeed...

My blogging espirit has/had faded a lot past couple

of, well, years, I guess, time to try to pick up

the pieces, hope you guys & dolls enjoy the mix.

1.Akira Ishikawa Count Buffalo Jazz And Rock Band - Blue Soul (5:08)

2.Andy Haas - New Maladies Of The Soul (3:29)

3.Avishai Cohen - Old Soul (5:44)

4.Billy Preston - Soul Derby (9:08)

5.Brandee Younger 4tet - Soul Vibrations (4:32)

6.Brinsk - Soul Devoured (6:47)

7.Buddy Terry - Natural Soul (5:42)

8.Christy Doran's New Bag - Happy Black Soul (9:45)

9.Dan Baraszu - Soul Bossa Nova (3:52)

10.Darryl Harper - Walking With Old Souls (5:09)

11.Dee Dee Bridgewater - Soulville (4:17)

12.Deli-Kutt & Renegades Of Jazz - Soul Season (3:57)

13.Digital Primitives - Soul Searchin' (8:25)

14.Donald Alexander Strachan & The Freedom Ensemble - Soul Release (2:55)

15.Duke Of Burlington - Soul Clap 69 (2:40)

16.Ernest Dawkins - Flowers For The Soul (12:20)

17.Frank Lowe Sextet - Close To The Soul (14:01)

18.Idris Muhammad - Soulful Drums (4:42)

19.Inner Thumb - Soul Submarine (3:41)

20.Jackie McLean - Soul (10:18)

21.James Carter - Soul Street (8:16)

22.Johnny Lytle - The Soulful Rebel (4:29)

23.Joshua Redman - Molten Soul (8:10)

24.Keith Jarrett - Mortgages on My Soul (Wah Wah) (5:37)

25.Klaus Lenz Modern Soul Big Band - Soul Five (14:39)

26.Larry Young - Majestic Soul (12:02)

27.Lewsh Project - Music In My Soul (6:01)

28.Martha Hayes - Gypsy In My Soul (3:18)

29.Mehrpouya - Soul Raga (4:02)

30.Microscopic Septet - A Snapshot Of The Soul (4:13)

31.Orchester Frank Pleyer - She's Gotta Have Soul (3:18)

32.Orrin Evans' Captain Black Big Band - In My Soul (7:16)

33.Owen Marshall - Casa Del Soul (3:39)

34.Raphael Wressnig & Alex Schult - Soul Dressing (4:24)

35.Rongetz Foundation ft. Gregory Porter - Gogo Soul (4:24)

36.Ross Hammond Quartet - Water Always Finds Its Way, Like The Soul (9:07)

37.Sam Paglia - Soul 69 Theme (4:00)

38.Sfeq - Soul Mates (7:17)

39.The Afro-Semitic Experience - Soul Station (7:55)

40.Tyrone Hill & Elliott Levin Quartet - Soul-Etude (10:13)

I must not forget all the fellow bloggers

out there who still keep the fire burning,

I'd like to thank you all,

without you this little blog would not exist

you know who you are [:-)

Peace,

E-mile

422: Watermelon Man

Hi.

A long time ago somebody suggested to pick the Watermelon Man

song by Herbie Hancock for a E-mile Says post.

Today it's time for a 4 hour 25 minutes answer to that request.

This song is covered so many times, it might even top Summertime!

Would it?

Well, whatever, here's a small selection of cover versions

I gathered for your listening pleasure/terror...

It's a rather diverse bunch, with Hammond, WahWah,

Horns, Strings, Sweet Vocals and what not.

It also bounces through time, as this is a CLASSIC tune [:-)

Hope you enjoy it & have some fun!

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Albert King - Watermelon Man (3:44)

Alexis Korner - Watermelon Man (2:28)

Artie Scott Orchestra - Watermelon Man (2:54)

Baba Brooks Band - Watermelon Man (2:50)

Beep Beep & The Roadrunners - Watermelon Man (2:54)

Bernie Worrell - Watermelon Man (6:50)

Big Mama Thornton - Watermelon Man (4:30)

Billy Martin - Watermelon Man (3:34)

Brewer Phillips - Watermelon Man (3:37)

Browley Guy & Skyscrapers - Watermelon Man (3:18)

Buddy Guy - Watermelon Man (5:18)

Cesar's Salad - Watermelon Man (5:04)

Clark Terry - Watermelon Man (3:39)

Conrad Herwig - Watermelon Man (6:55)

Dave "Baby" Cortez - Watermelon Man (2:03)

David Benoit - Watermelon Man (5:23)

Davy Graham - Watermelon Man (3:00)

Dee Dee Bridgewater - Watermelon Man (3:00)

De Maskers - Watermelon Man (2:49)

Donald Harrison/George Kawaguchi/Terence Blanchard - 

Watermelon Man (5:55)

East Harlem Bus Stop - Watermelon Man (5:37)

El Chicles - Watermelon Man (2:16)

Eric Delaney - Watermelon Man (4:46)

Francisco Aguabella - Watermelon Man (4:20)

Fred Wesley - Watermelon Man (3:38)

Gisha Brothers - Watermelon Man (2:19)

Gloria Lynne - Watermelon Man (3:48)

Helmut Zacharias - Watermelon Man (2:10)

Hi-Revving Tongues - Watermelon Man (2:36)

Howard Roberts - Watermelon Man (2:28)

James Brown - Watermelon Man (3:27)

Jimmy McGriff - Watermelon Man (3:00)

Jimmy Smith - Watermelon man (7:57)

Johnnie Taylor - Watermelon Man (3:12)

Jose Fajardo y Su Charanga - Watermelon Man (2:40)

Julie London - Watermelon Man (2:36)

Karin Krog & Public Enenmies - Watermelon Man (3:10)

King Curtis - Watermelon Man (Utah Saints Remix) (5:44)

Lonnie Sattin - Watermelon Man (2:35)

Los Fabulosos Del Ritmo - Watermelon Man (2:22)

Marcello Minerbi - Watermelon Man (2:52)

Maynard Ferguson - Watermelon Man (2:21)

Mel Taylor & The Magics - Watermelon Man (2:43)

Michel Camilo - Watermelon Man (4:28)

Michal Urbaniak - Watermelon Man (6:23)

Moe Koffman - Watermelon Man (4:50)

Mongo Santamaria - Watermelon Man (6:37)

Monk Higgins - Watermelon Man (3:05)

Nat Adderley - Watermelon Man (3:41)

Patricia Barber - Watermelon Man (13:36)

Peter Covent Band - Watermelon Man (3:35)

Poncho Sanchez - Watermelon Man (Dan the Automator Remix) (5:23)

Poncho Sanchez - Watermelon Man (6:13)

Ray Bryant - Watermelon Man (4:54)

Ray Terrace - Watermelon Man (2:50)

Rene Netto - Watermelon Man (4:02)

Rhythm Kings - Watermelon Man (2:55)

Satan And Adam - Watermelon Man (3:33)

Scott Feiner - Watermelon Man (8:59)

Sirius B - Watermelon man (7:00)

Skeewiff - Watermelon Man (4:51)

Surf Mariachis - Watermelon Man (2:55)

Taggy Matcher - Watermelon Man (Disco Reggae Mix) (4:45)

Willie Mitchell - Watermelon Man (2:16)

All Devilish posts reupped...

By special request....

421: House Of The Rising Sun

Hi.

Today finally a complete new version fiesta!

In the past this song has entered numerous times in

twice or thrice as nice cover comps,

but today it's the sole subject [:-)

25 versions, spanning nearly 2 hours,

enjoy & have fun!

Adam Lane - House Of The Rising Sun (7:49)

Bruno Marini - House Of The Rising Sun (7:49)

Claude Denjean - House Of The Rising Sun (4:46)

Colette Magny - The House Of The Rising Sun (4:46)

Dorothy Ashby - House Of The Rising Sun (3:01)

Evereve - House Of The Rising Sun (5:16)

Frijid Pink - House Of The Rising Sun (4:42)

Hugh Masekela - House Of The Rising Sun (2:55)

International Observer - House Of The Rising Dub (6:52)

Judy Henske - House Of The Rising Sun (3:17)

Larry Page - House Of The Rising Sun (3:18)

Maeda Inagaki Allstars - House Of The Rising Sun (3:05)

Maki Asakawa - House Of The Rising Sun (5:31)

Marianne Faithfull - House of The Rising Sun (2:27)

Me'shell Ndegéocello - House of the Rising Sun (ft. Toshi Reagon) (3:38)

Mops - House Of The Rising Sun (4:44)

Papa John DeFrancesco - House Of the Rising Sun (5:34)

Rolf Kühn - The House Of The Rising Sun (2:19)

Ruby Moon - House Of The Rising Sun (3:53)

Russell Watson - House Of The Rising Sun (8:09)

Sarah Brooks - House Of The Rising Sun (4:59)

Sharlee Davis & Will Devitt - House Of The Rising Sun (3:49)

Tru-Tones Combo Of St. Lucia - House Of The Rising Sun (2:55)

Trudy Pitts - The House Of The Rising Sun (3:44)

Wess & The Airedales - The House Of The Rising Sun (4:21)

All Dog posts reupped...

By special request....

(or, as they say in Holland: van uitstel komt afstel [:-)

All wonderful Wah Wah posts rewah´d....

By special request....

all What Is Funk posts reupped....

By special request....

all Fornicate posts reupped...

By special request...

all Drugs posts reupped....

By special request...

all Cat posts reupped....

By special request....

420 Fever, volume 3

Re-upping the previous 2 feverish posts

by request, made it an easy choice what to post next?

Right, a third, modest 15 track, 55 minute FEVER fiesta!

Hope you folks have your "thermometers" ready

to enjoy this fresh batch of influenza'd covers...

Let's contaminate each other here soon again,

for now, enjoy the sweat & break a FEVER!

1-Affinity - Fever (3:15)

2-Andrew Huang - Fever (2:56)

3-Barbara English - Fever (2:13)

4-Betty Everett & Jerry Butler - Fever (2:25)

5-Carolyn Daly - Fever (3:32)

6-Christine Hart - Fever (3:55)

7-Ines Reiger - Fever (5:14)

8-Janine Gilbert-Carter - Fever (4:43)

9-Kim Brewer Band - Fever (4:25)

10-Lulu Roman - Fever (3:31)

11-Molly Cheshire - Fever (4:43)

12-Paulette Dozier - Fever (2:56)

13-Reggaesta - Fever (3:30)

14-Walter 'Wolfman' Washington - Fever (3:46)

15-Wendi Maxwell & Tres Hot Jazz - Fever (4:04)