Saturday, July 04, 2009

the midnight jukebox





















And as it's a holiday I am awarding 1000 days
off purgatory to the first person to name all
three performers in tonight's mix.

4 comments:

Boaz said...

I've got no idea at all so I'm going to say 1. Leon Russell 2. Rufus Wainwright 3. W.C. Handy

Lynn said...

Ouch, I understand the purgatory part. A difficult song to do well - and even if these are all good musicians in some genres, these were pretty bad.

Brad said...

"The Star-Spangled Banner" is derived from the 18th century drinking song "To Anacreon in Heaven". It's impossible to sing largely because it was written by and for people who weren't interested in singing it well, just singing it.

Lynn said...

Hmmm, Tomlinson did write a harmony line for "To Anacreaon." Which of course is what every self-respecting alto and bass sings on during the high notes.

Fear not, my fellow Americans; it's just the tune that Tomlinson wrote. Francis Scott Key really did pen the poem that was later set to the "Anacreaon" music.