Coffee Cup Half Moons

This week I chose to do “Careless Whisper” — a great song originally by George Michael that Seether was able to completely take to the next level.  I sing this with Town Crier, so it was a natural choice.

Direct Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvfnKyvzXNE

Again, this time of year with the holidays, I really only had time to record one song this week, even though I keep saying I plan to do two!

I actually recorded this podcast as well as next week’s two days ago.

At any rate, the song for this week is “Careless Whisper” by George Michael/Seether.  My version is much closer to that of Seether, and, frankly, I don’t really do it justice, but I’m singing it in Town Crier, so I thought I’d offer the preview.

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As usual: me on my acoustic, in my studio, no editing, recorded on Sony ICD-SX700, blah, blah, blah …

Last week’s recordings have been replaced by this week’s.

Download the songs here: http://listapp.ciesurplus.com/jeremy_temp/

Remember, these will get deleted after we practice next week.

This week we practiced sets 2 and 3, and they are as follows (the original artist is in parentheses):

Set 2:

• Texas Flood (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
• Something To Hold Onto (Jeff Healy Band)
• Whiskey Rock And Roller (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• Rain (Town Crier)
• Careless Whisper (George Michael, Seether)
• Don’t Tear Me Up (Mick Jagger)
• All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix)
• Fortunate Son (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
• Help Me Up (Eric Clapton)
• Born To Be Wild (Steppenwolf)

Set 3:

• The Man (Town Crier)
• Why Me (Delbert McClinton)
• Smokin’ Gun (Robert Cray Band)
• I’ll Be (Edwin McCain)
• Ride Captain Ride (The Blues Image)
• Higher (Creed)
• Homesick (The Atlanta Rhythm Section)
• One (U2)
• Bad Boy (Beatles)

(These are even less polished than usual … mostly because I was sick, but there is definitely some good stuff in here!)

Last week’s recordings have been replaced by this week’s.

Download the songs here: http://listapp.ciesurplus.com/jeremy_temp/

Remember, these will get deleted after we practice next week.

This week we recorded two sets, and they are as follows (the original artist is in parentheses):

Set 1:

• Boney Maronie (The Who)
• Running Down A Dream (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
• Unsigned Letter (Garth Brooks as Chris Gaines)
• Have You Ever Seen The Rain (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
• Hot Number (Fabulous Thunderbirds)
• Angel Eyes (Jeff Healy Band)
• What If I Came Knockin (John Mellencamp)
• Just Got Paid (ZZ Top)
• Mr. Jones (Counting Crows)

Set 2:

• Texas Flood (Stevie Ray Vaughan)
• Something To Hold Onto (Jeff Healy Band)
• Whiskey Rock And Roller (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• Rain (Town Crier)
• Careless Whisper (George Michael, Seether)
• Don’t Tear Me Up (Mick Jagger)
• All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix)
• Fortunate Son (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
• Help Me Up (Eric Clapton)
• Born To Be Wild (Steppenwolf)

(Remember, of course, that these are practice recordings — works in progress!)