Does this performance include Skye’s obligatory “Screaming To The Sky” Crescendo to close each set?
If so. It’s “Money Over Hands And Fists” Time!!!
December 31, 2017 at 12:53 am
Swansonic
The Skye’s the limit…
December 31, 2017 at 1:08 am
Epador
Lady Sings the Blues.
It don’t end purty.
December 31, 2017 at 1:16 am
David Gonzalez
Wait-a-hold-it! What happened to the cries of “Kill the skank!” (or similar vulgar sentiments promoting such violence)? I seem to remember a passage in my KJV New Testament which went something like “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.” Seems relevant here.
December 31, 2017 at 1:17 am
Deplorable B Woodman
Lady Slings the Booze
BTW, what tune is she singing to? I like the words, now I want to “hear” them.
December 31, 2017 at 3:07 pm
David Gonzalez
“Lady Slings the Booze”? Looks like we have *another* Spider Robinson fan in the crowd!
December 31, 2017 at 5:57 pm
MasterDiver
Walk up to the Line and make your toast!
Zar Belk!
December 31, 2017 at 7:48 pm
Tea Party Grandma
I have everything he ever wrote on my shelves, and remember keeping a copy of Stardance in my pocket during Basic Training
December 31, 2017 at 11:37 pm
David Gonzalez
He (and his dancing bride) were in attendance at a SF convention in the Chicago area while I lived there. I got him to autograph several of his books (which I already owned), and he even autographed my battery-operated R2D2 device. I had removed the propulsion “legs” and was carrying R2 around as though I were Paul Winchell with Jerry Mahoney!
Mean To Me…covered by a lot of greats for a lot of years. Little more jazz than blues I think, but beautiful and full of feeling.
Which ‘splains a lot about Skye, lefties, even erstwhile ones are all about feelings. If she can bring ’em in and make some money, that will be one more step toward right thinking.
Removing all pretense of “blues” and going full-on jazz!
Beautiful contemporary rendition with some great scat…if that girl is not with PMJB she should be.
And she does bear some resemblance to our girl Skye, and she even has (a somewhat less endowed) Red on the ivories!
December 31, 2017 at 2:01 am
Dread
I just got carried, because of a typo of mine, to whats left of an old posting of Day by Day Cartoon. Somebody looks a helluva lot like, Chris Muir? Damn! Who woulda figured?
As David Bromberg said so long ago – “You’ve got to suffer if you want to sing the Blues”………….
December 31, 2017 at 9:02 am
eon
Blues singers understand what “post-modern” would-be rock stars do not. Real music comes from the heart, and there’s a lot more to it than just having “an axe and an attitude”.
If you look at her life, Skye is a true “blues traveler”.
Won’t disagree about the heart, but for real blues you gotta have soul, hence the genre by that name being so intertwined.
I will disagree about some of the post-modern stuff like the work of the Post Modern Juke Box performers I mentioned above; their version of All About the Bass is some of the best modern blues/jazz fusion I’ve seen…talk about bass!
But your point about the devolution of black music in particular to what the hip-hop (c)rap is now is well-taken. It’s a crying shame…maybe some of the old “blues travelers” could do a real blues piece about that; it certainly must be something they feel the purest sorrow for in their “hearts and souls”.
December 31, 2017 at 7:18 am
Interventor
Casablanca, my favorite movie.
December 31, 2017 at 8:42 am
Halley
There are singers who sing the songs
And there are songs that sing the singers
December 31, 2017 at 1:39 pm
Deborah
She coulda been a 1930s torch singer!
December 31, 2017 at 5:05 pm
MommaMackie
Ending the year on a high note, for sure! Dying to see her on opening night, with the cowboys and truck drivers sitting there with open mouths and, once in a while, tears. Sure rather listen to old blues than new (c)rap.
December 31, 2017 at 5:59 pm
MasterDiver
Not to complain, but I thought Skye went home to Japan. Or was that just a quick visit with Mama-san and Don Portego?
January 1, 2018 at 12:02 am
Scars
Skye has a little bit of early Linda Ronstadt look. Nice!
January 1, 2018 at 2:12 am
Deplorable B Woodman
JTC and Pamela,,
Love both versions. Ella sings the Big Band Swing.
Kate P sings it jazz, in a smaller, closer, more intimate settings. Puts me in mind of Diana Krawl.
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Who knew?
Does this performance include Skye’s obligatory “Screaming To The Sky” Crescendo to close each set?
If so. It’s “Money Over Hands And Fists” Time!!!
The Skye’s the limit…
Lady Sings the Blues.
It don’t end purty.
Wait-a-hold-it! What happened to the cries of “Kill the skank!” (or similar vulgar sentiments promoting such violence)? I seem to remember a passage in my KJV New Testament which went something like “Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.” Seems relevant here.
Lady Slings the Booze
BTW, what tune is she singing to? I like the words, now I want to “hear” them.
“Lady Slings the Booze”? Looks like we have *another* Spider Robinson fan in the crowd!
Walk up to the Line and make your toast!
Zar Belk!
I have everything he ever wrote on my shelves, and remember keeping a copy of Stardance in my pocket during Basic Training
He (and his dancing bride) were in attendance at a SF convention in the Chicago area while I lived there. I got him to autograph several of his books (which I already owned), and he even autographed my battery-operated R2D2 device. I had removed the propulsion “legs” and was carrying R2 around as though I were Paul Winchell with Jerry Mahoney!
Skye is paying her dues to sing the blues.
Mean To Me…covered by a lot of greats for a lot of years. Little more jazz than blues I think, but beautiful and full of feeling.
Which ‘splains a lot about Skye, lefties, even erstwhile ones are all about feelings. If she can bring ’em in and make some money, that will be one more step toward right thinking.
Here ya go, BW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbmd3_LuKsM&list=RDqbmd3_LuKsM
I like Ella, but there’s lots of other versions from Holliday to Ronstadt and even Ol’ Blue Eyes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4P2C2V-tVk&list=RDqbmd3_LuKsM&index=8
More like this for Skye
That was beautiful, Pam. Thank you for sharing it.
I agree. That fits the mood better, I think.
Oh, and let the flame wars begin over what is “Blues” and what is “Jazz”. 😉
(That song happens to be one that I think Ella manages as blues, while the second woman turns it into jazz.)
Yeah, great version by Kate Paradise, Pamela! Some mean bass as well!
Removing all pretense of “blues” and going full-on jazz!
Beautiful contemporary rendition with some great scat…if that girl is not with PMJB she should be.
And she does bear some resemblance to our girl Skye, and she even has (a somewhat less endowed) Red on the ivories!
I just got carried, because of a typo of mine, to whats left of an old posting of Day by Day Cartoon. Somebody looks a helluva lot like, Chris Muir? Damn! Who woulda figured?
Superb, now she can contribute to the ranch.
As David Bromberg said so long ago – “You’ve got to suffer if you want to sing the Blues”………….
Blues singers understand what “post-modern” would-be rock stars do not. Real music comes from the heart, and there’s a lot more to it than just having “an axe and an attitude”.
If you look at her life, Skye is a true “blues traveler”.
clear ether
eon
Won’t disagree about the heart, but for real blues you gotta have soul, hence the genre by that name being so intertwined.
I will disagree about some of the post-modern stuff like the work of the Post Modern Juke Box performers I mentioned above; their version of All About the Bass is some of the best modern blues/jazz fusion I’ve seen…talk about bass!
But your point about the devolution of black music in particular to what the hip-hop (c)rap is now is well-taken. It’s a crying shame…maybe some of the old “blues travelers” could do a real blues piece about that; it certainly must be something they feel the purest sorrow for in their “hearts and souls”.
Casablanca, my favorite movie.
There are singers who sing the songs
And there are songs that sing the singers
She coulda been a 1930s torch singer!
Ending the year on a high note, for sure! Dying to see her on opening night, with the cowboys and truck drivers sitting there with open mouths and, once in a while, tears. Sure rather listen to old blues than new (c)rap.
Not to complain, but I thought Skye went home to Japan. Or was that just a quick visit with Mama-san and Don Portego?
Skye has a little bit of early Linda Ronstadt look. Nice!
JTC and Pamela,,
Love both versions. Ella sings the Big Band Swing.
Kate P sings it jazz, in a smaller, closer, more intimate settings. Puts me in mind of Diana Krawl.