Saturday, March 17, 2012
Friday, March 16, 2012
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Mack The Knife
Generally speaking, I'm a firm believer in staying far, far away from square dance records. There are, however, a few exceptions. Joe Maphis, for instance, released a few square dance instrumentals that are worth hearing for Maphis completists.
Another exception is this oddly captivating version of Mack The Knife, by The Squarenaders, which is almost certainly one of the greatest band names in all the world.
Squarenaders - Mack The Knife (3:47!)
Roger Miller Month: Roy Clark - The Green Green Grass of Home
We posted a couple of different versions of this song by Joe Tex last month, so I thought it only appropriate that we post this Homer and Jethro-esque rewrite of "Green Green Grass of Home", written by Roger & Roy, and performed on the only really good Roy Clark album I know about, Roy Clark Live! on Dot, ca. 1972.
"That's Roger's. I got it from him. I added a few lines to it but the whole premise of the song was his." Roy Clark
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
"Peggy and the Snowman By the Sea"
A clever enough gimmick song that probably went over pretty well live. Don't know if there are alternate verses, or whether he just used confederates in the audience to feed him the answers he was looking for (though the choices offered to the listener aren't really all that broad).
While unsuccessfully searching for an actual live recording, however, I found a fascinating discovery by one "MSSTUDIIOW." Listen and have your mind blown, man:
Pretty trippy, huh? Also, if you look at the cover of Words and Music By Roger Miller upside down in a mirror while striking yourself on the head repeatedly with a seasoned cast-iron skillet, you'll see the phrase "Paul is Dead, and I don't feel so good, either." Go ahead... try it! Let me know how that works out for you.
POSTSCRIPT: I still couldn't find a real, live performance "in the wild," but I did find him performing it on The Dino Crocetti Show:
There's no significant deviation from the record here, but it's still worth a look.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
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