No studio work today. But I spend the day listening to inspiring music. ...and the night. I am happy I got that great sensation that you should get when listening to music. The feeling that nothing else in the world matters. It feels very valuable to find out that my passion for music got me into my line of work, and that the same passion is still there. I often have a hard time enjoying music. Maybe it is beacuse I am always recording or mixing or working or with music. Or playing . Often recoring bands or artists that aren't very good and often working long hours. I always put on music when I come home after a long working day but I am afraid I seldom pay any attention to it. I do know that there is something really special about a piece of music or performance if it can grab my attention after a three day thrash metal session. Today I've been spending my day off, enjoying my favourite performances and I found a few I hadn't heard before. This first one is a fantastic performance by Country legend Hank Snow. This is country music. Real country music. How it should be done.
Hank Snow - I Don't Hurt Anymore
If I Can Dream is a gospel song that Elvis performed on the 68 comeback special show.
This one leaves me speachless every time.
Elvis - If I Can Dream
Few can take the stage after that performance but I now this guys can. He is great every time. But especially in this sweaty close up. Just fantastic!
Jacques Brel - Ne me quitte pas
Etta James has me in tears every time I hear this performance. And the band is equally great. I think it is the sessions musicians from Muscle Shoals but I might be wrong.
Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind
Speaking of great performances by great women. Margie Hendricks totally steals the show from Ray Charles in this clip. She is screaming from the top of her lungs all through the end of this song. This must have been around the time where the had had an afair and she was apparently really angry with him. It sounds almost scary. But a classic performance.
Margie Hendricks (and Ray Charles) - The Night Time is The Right Time
Who better to finish off this collection of magic moments than the amazing James Brown.
Again, the band is giving a top notch performance as well. It doesn't get better than this.
James Brown - It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World
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