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Title: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Mairi on August 27, 2004, 12:23:22 AM
I was listening to the radio today and there was some female singing Blackbird. Any knowledge as to who it might be?
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Rowdy on August 27, 2004, 02:12:48 AM
Sarah McLachlan or however her name is spelled........she covered it for the I Am Sam soundtrack, I believe.........so there's a good chance that may have been it.
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: tkitna on August 28, 2004, 12:52:44 AM
The Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young version is good too.
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: SieLiebtDich on August 28, 2004, 02:57:28 AM
The version i heard was cover by Cili Black i don't know if i have her firs name right bu her last name is correct......i like the beatles version better?
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: on August 28, 2004, 03:09:26 AM
Kenny Rankin did a real nice version but that's not who you heard and it was done like 25, 30 years ago.

never mind.

:)
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: on August 28, 2004, 08:53:13 AM
Good Question

Quote
The version i heard was cover by Cili Black i don't know if i have her firs name right bu her last name is correct......i like the beatles version better?

Cilla Black she sang this Song NEVER
she sang Love Of The Loved,Step Inside Love and It's For You and :Yesterday,For No One,In My Life ,Across The Universeand The Long And Winding Road





Billy Preston
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Sadie4 on August 28, 2004, 03:40:46 PM
[quote by=Rowdy link=Blah.pl?b=songs,m=1093566202,s=1 date=1093572768]Sarah McLachlan or however her name is spelled........she covered it for the I Am Sam soundtrack, I believe.........so there's a good chance that may have been it.[/quote]


 I think this is it.
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Normandie on December 16, 2021, 10:49:23 PM

I found this instrumental cover of Blackbird and thought it was very beautiful, so I wanted to share it here. One of the most appealing things to me are the lyrics to this song, but I also adore its gentle acoustic nature. I really like this rendition:

https://youtu.be/OmKCb9LcEoM (https://youtu.be/OmKCb9LcEoM)

They left the diacritical marks off the artist's name, which is Miloš Karadaglić.
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 17, 2021, 04:41:40 AM
^

That was lovely!  And this is a nice thread revival.

Here's a string quartet cover...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxYI_OxoPnw# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxYI_OxoPnw#)
Cattus Quartet   2018


Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 17, 2021, 04:46:36 AM
And a bluegrass cover...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3xOrrtFymA# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3xOrrtFymA#)
Mary McCaslin   2008
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Normandie on December 17, 2021, 02:07:47 PM


Thanks for sharing those, Barry. I really loved the string quartet, and the bluegrass rendition was interesting.
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Normandie on December 17, 2021, 03:08:37 PM


I read that Blackbird was at least partially inspired this Bach piece. I love Baroque music, so this was a treat to listen to:

https://youtu.be/3cEfc5cSCWk (https://youtu.be/3cEfc5cSCWk)
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: nimrod on December 17, 2021, 09:36:56 PM

I read that Blackbird was at least partially inspired this Bach piece. I love Baroque music, so this was a treat to listen to:

[url]https://youtu.be/3cEfc5cSCWk[/url] ([url]https://youtu.be/3cEfc5cSCWk[/url])


Thanks for posting that Normandie. Yes, Paul has told that story of coming up with Blackbird from that piece by Bach.

As I was watching I was thinking we all go on about great guitar players like Clapton/Page etc but I doubt any of them could play a guitar like Edson Lopes. Such timing, precision, clarity (not 1 unclear note) such skill.

Here's another..

https://youtu.be/FtPZCpnQ1os (https://youtu.be/FtPZCpnQ1os)
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Normandie on December 17, 2021, 10:16:53 PM
Here's another..

Beautiful!
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Moogmodule on December 17, 2021, 11:13:53 PM
Thanks for posting that Normandie. Yes, Paul has told that story of coming up with Blackbird from that piece by Bach.

As I was watching I was thinking we all go on about great guitar players like Clapton/Page etc but I doubt any of them could play a guitar like Edson Lopes. Such timing, precision, clarity (not 1 unclear note) such skill.

Here's another..

[url]https://youtu.be/FtPZCpnQ1os[/url] ([url]https://youtu.be/FtPZCpnQ1os[/url])


That’s terrific  icon_good
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 18, 2021, 02:37:52 AM
Yes, Paul has told that story of coming up with Blackbird from that piece by Bach.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUGvclV7P-E# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUGvclV7P-E#)


When I took blues guitar lessons, Ian taught me the Bach Bourrée so I could wow girls at parties...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TKzNYayMHQ# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TKzNYayMHQ#)

 ;D



The Bourrée was a favorite of Ian Anderson too...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWJgJkVL0xM# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWJgJkVL0xM#)
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 18, 2021, 04:03:35 AM
(https://macdndev.azureedge.net/genesis-temp/5/9/a/7/f/d/59a7fdeeddee2011c2404d6de2748bdde246e70d.jpg)



Now, if Johann Sebastian Bach had an electric guitar, the Bourrée in E Minor would have sounded like this...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Kyap5BTfo# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Kyap5BTfo#)


(https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-Ofv3CFYpmMowA9G7-5cRY7w-t500x500.jpg)


 icon_good
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: nimrod on December 18, 2021, 12:32:20 PM
ID rather listen to the edson Lopes has version  ;D
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Normandie on December 18, 2021, 04:55:20 PM

As I was watching I was thinking we all go on about great guitar players like Clapton/Page etc but I doubt any of them could play a guitar like Edson Lopes. Such timing, precision, clarity (not 1 unclear note) such skill.

I was thinking last night, nimrod, about how you and all the other musicians here can assess (evaluate? I'm drawing a blank on the best word) music in this manner, rather like I do with authors and writing. (Music, however, is so much more fun!)

I, on the other hand, can only offer observations that don't get much more sophisticated than "It sounds pretty" or "I really like that."  ha2ha

Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Normandie on December 18, 2021, 05:02:45 PM

Now, if Johann Sebastian Bach had an electric guitar, the Bourrée in E Minor would have sounded like this...

I liked all of those clips, Barry, and I Googled the Son of a Bach group because their take was so unique.

I noted this statement on their website (emphasis added): "Son of a Bach is composed of two brothers, Florian (drums) and Johannes Weik (guitar), as well as their friend Julian Helms (sound)."

Sound?? Is that an industry term or a joking diss at their friend?  ;)
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: nimrod on December 19, 2021, 12:09:41 AM
I was thinking last night, nimrod, about how you and all the other musicians here can assess (evaluate? I'm drawing a blank on the best word) music in this manner, rather like I do with authors and writing. (Music, however, is so much more fun!)


I guess we all have our "special interests" so to speak.
As far as music goes Im a sloppy musician, not very good. But, I have a good ear and perfect timing so I can appreciate a wonderful trained musician, as opposed to a sloppy Joe, like me ;)
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 19, 2021, 12:57:06 AM
As I was watching I was thinking we all go on about great guitar players like Clapton/Page etc but I doubt any of them could play a guitar like Edson Lopes. Such timing, precision, clarity (not 1 unclear note) such skill.


I was thinking last night, nimrod, about how you and all the other musicians here can assess (evaluate? I'm drawing a blank on the best word) music in this manner, rather like I do with authors and writing. (Music, however, is so much more fun!)

I, on the other hand, can only offer observations that don't get much more sophisticated than "It sounds pretty" or "I really like that."  ha2ha



Those are thoroughly fine observations, Kathy.  I formulate my feelings on artists starting with those very same observations.  Secondarily, I'll go on to assess (yes, that's a good word) their skills in songwriting and proficiency in the instruments they play.  I'm not a musician by profession but I have taught myself to play guitar, piano, organ, harmonica, and more recently bass guitar and 5-string banjo.  I studied Delta Blues Guitar under Ian Buchanan for two years in the early 1970s.  Who's Ian Buchanan?  I'll let Jorma Kaukonen tell you about him...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZOI2he4p5k# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZOI2he4p5k#)

Ian Buchanan studied Delta Blues under two greats in that genre; The Reverend Gary Davis and Brownie McGhee.  It's a two-finger guitar picking technique similar to the way Paul McCartney plays Blackbird.  Jorma Kaukonen added a third finger to his technique of playing Delta Blues.

You might say that Ian Buchanan was a "purist" in that he never deviated from the way those first generation artists taught him to play.  He was a perfectionist and never missed a note.  He could have easily done well in the musical field but elected to be a teacher and pass on what he learned to the next generation of Delta Blues students.

I was just one of his average-ability students.  He knew my calling was in another field.  I related this story before on this Forum but now is a good time to repeat it.  One of Ian's friends was Al Kooper known for his organ backing for Bob Dylan and later on a member of The Blues Project.  One evening he paid Ian a visit just as I started a lesson.  He quietly sat down in the corner of the room until my lesson was over.  Then Ian introduced me to him saying "This is Barry. He's going to be a doctor."  Al Kooper replied "That's good!"

Perfection in playing one's instrument is not what's important to me.  But rather it's the overall ability of the artist that matters.  Here's an example using a video I recently posted...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFB-d-8_bvY# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFB-d-8_bvY#)

Joni Mitchell giggles at 2:02 because she just strummed the wrong chord.  But we have to look beyond that and understand just how difficult playing guitar was for her.  Polio left her left hand weakened and she developed over 50 alternate guitar tunings to make it easier for her to play.  That BBC performance was spectacular.  Her missed chord and giggle made it better still!



Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 19, 2021, 12:59:23 AM
I guess we all have our "special interests" so to speak.
As far as music goes Im a sloppy musician, not very good. But, I have a good ear and perfect timing so I can appreciate a wonderful trained musician, as opposed to a sloppy Joe, like me ;)

Kev, when we think of ourselves in that way, it helps us strive to be more proficient.
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 19, 2021, 03:35:01 AM
I liked all of those clips, Barry, and I Googled the Son of a Bach group because their take was so unique.

I noted this statement on their website (emphasis added): "Son of a Bach is composed of two brothers, Florian (drums) and Johannes Weik (guitar), as well as their friend Julian Helms (sound)."

Sound?? Is that an industry term or a joking diss at their friend?  ;)


I'm not sure what they meant by "Sound."  They're a German group so maybe something was lost in the translation.

I, too, found their performance of Bach's Bourrée BWV 996 for Lute unique.  Bach meant it to sound like this...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKebYt6m0t0# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKebYt6m0t0#)

I'm sure he would have enjoyed the Son of a Bach's interpretation of his Bourrée.  He was a serious student of contemporary music since early childhood and was known for being more innovative than his musical contemporaries.
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Normandie on December 19, 2021, 03:39:11 PM
I guess we all have our "special interests" so to speak.
As far as music goes Im a sloppy musician, not very good. But, I have a good ear and perfect timing so I can appreciate a wonderful trained musician, as opposed to a sloppy Joe, like me ;)

I'm sure you're not giving yourself enough credit.  :)
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Normandie on December 19, 2021, 03:47:29 PM
The information you shared on Ian Buchanan was interesting, Barry; thanks for sharing it.

I'm not sure what they meant by "Sound."  They're a German group so maybe something was lost in the translation.

I bet that's it. I hadn't even thought about translation difficulties. And Google Translate doesn't seem to be too efficient. I had to use it on the reference lists of several book chapters last spring, and when I asked the authors to verify the results there were many corrections.

I, too, found their performance of Bach's Bourrée BWV 996 for Lute unique.  Bach meant it to sound like this...

I hadn't realized the lute has so many strings. It looks like an incredibly difficult instrument to master. I did a search learned a bit about it. I also came across a list someone had compiled of the 10 most difficult instruments to play:

1. Harpsichord
2. Bagpipes
3. French horn
4. Accordion
5. Sitar ( :) )
6. Pedal steel guitar
7. Pipe organ
8. Theorbo
9. Theremin
10. Violin

I was interested to see French horn so high on the list, because my son played French horn in his school's wind ensemble. I don't recall him having a lot of trouble.

I've never heard of a theorbo, but I'm going to have to do a search on that later and get to work right now. At this point I'm running so far behind I'll likely be working on Christmas Eve.  :(
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: nimrod on December 19, 2021, 11:32:16 PM
Kev, when we think of ourselves in that way, it helps us strive to be more proficient.

That.....(and nice guitars Baz)  ha2ha
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 20, 2021, 01:20:50 AM
The information you shared on Ian Buchanan was interesting, Barry; thanks for sharing it.


Kathy, Ian Buchanan was part of the early 1960s folk scene along with Dave Van Ronk, John Sebastian, Geoff Muldaur, Danny Kalb, Bob Dylan and others.  His version of Winding Boy Blues that Jorma Kaukonen referred to appeared on the 1964 album The Blues Project...


(https://img.discogs.com/-320bG4Frzir9VNdAQA7Hp3YsS0=/fit-in/600x602/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2747913-1299270141.jpeg.jpg)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNfywuCuUmg# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNfywuCuUmg#)
Winding Boy Blues   Ian Buchanan


Ian taught the song to Jorma Kaukonen in the early 60s.  Hot Tuna still performs Winding Boy regularly...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI865_RmWnU# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI865_RmWnU#)


Ian preferred to perform at small clubs and teach blues guitar.  I was one of the fortunate ones who studied under him.  Now, it's a good thing I didn't know that it was Al Kooper sitting there that night.  He suffered enough during my lesson as it was.  I can only imagine how bad it would have been if Ian told me who he was when he walked in.   :)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq-bNR-z7Nk# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq-bNR-z7Nk#)

That's Al Kooper playing those magnificent Hammond organ swirls.   icon_good
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 20, 2021, 01:22:36 AM
That.....(and nice guitars Baz)  ha2ha

Right, Kev.  Nice guitars certainly help.  :)
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: nimrod on December 20, 2021, 01:34:31 AM
Kathy, Ian Buchanan was part of the early 1960s folk scene along with Dave Van Ronk, John Sebastian, Geoff Muldaur, Danny Kalb, Bob Dylan and others.  His version of Winding Boy Blues that Jorma Kaukonen referred to appeared on the 1964 album The Blues Project...


([url]https://img.discogs.com/-320bG4Frzir9VNdAQA7Hp3YsS0=/fit-in/600x602/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2747913-1299270141.jpeg.jpg[/url])


[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNfywuCuUmg#[/url] ([url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNfywuCuUmg#[/url])
Winding Boy Blues   Ian Buchanan


Ian taught the song to Jorma Kaukonen in the early 60s.  Hot Tuna still performs Winding Boy regularly...


[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI865_RmWnU#[/url] ([url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI865_RmWnU#[/url])


Ian preferred to perform at small clubs and teach blues guitar.  I was one of the fortunate ones who studied under him.  Now, it's a good thing I didn't know that it was Al Kooper sitting there that night.  He suffered enough during my lesson as it was.  I can only imagine how bad it would have been if Ian told me who he was when he walked in.   :)


[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq-bNR-z7Nk#[/url] ([url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bq-bNR-z7Nk#[/url])

That's Al Kooper playing those magnificent Hammond organ swirls.   icon_good


Very talented guy Baz. You were lucky to have him as a teacher.  icon_good
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 20, 2021, 03:11:16 AM
Very talented guy Baz. You were lucky to have him as a teacher.  icon_good

Right, Kev.  I was very lucky to have him as a teacher.  He himself was taking jazz guitar lessons at the time he was teaching me Delta Blues guitar.  He taught me how to read music for guitar and a whole bunch of blues arpeggios so I could do some lead blues guitar licks.  He wasn't a Beatles fan but was familiar enough with their music.  Once when I was warming up, I started playing the opening riff to Michelle.  I played a few bars of the song and suddenly he said "That's not how it goes.  Try this."  He then taught me the right way to play it.

One time as I was finishing up a lesson, a couple of his band mates dropped by.  They were all going to a favorite hang-out of theirs...The Broome Street Bar and Grill in lower Manhattan.  Ian told me to come along.  So there we were at The Broome Street Bar where everyone knew him.  Now, our waitress was a young pretty thing with long brown hair.  She was wearing a halter top with hip hugger jeans which were vogue at the time.  When she took our order for drinks, Ian ordered mixed drinks for himself and his mates and pointed at me and told her "He's driving so bring him a Coke."  When she left our table, I told Ian "She's a 10!" He asked me what I meant and I said "A 10 in the Richter Scale."  His bassist Steve said "A major earthquake, huh?"  I answered "Is she ever!"  When she came back with the drinks, Ian pointed to me and told her "This is Barry.  He's my student. He thinks you're a 10."  That got both of us blushing.

So Kev, he was more than a teacher.  He was a good mate as well.   ;)
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: nimrod on December 20, 2021, 05:12:44 AM
Right, Kev.  I was very lucky to have him as a teacher.  He himself was taking jazz guitar lessons at the time he was teaching me Delta Blues guitar.  He taught me how to read music for guitar and a whole bunch of blues arpeggios so I could do some lead blues guitar licks.  He wasn't a Beatles fan but was familiar enough with their music.  Once when I was warming up, I started playing the opening riff to Michelle.  I played a few bars of the song and suddenly he said "That's not how it goes.  Try this."  He then taught me the right way to play it.

One time as I was finishing up a lesson, a couple of his band mates dropped by.  They were all going to a favorite hang-out of theirs...The Broome Street Bar and Grill in lower Manhattan.  Ian told me to come along.  So there we were at The Broome Street Bar where everyone knew him.  Now, our waitress was a young pretty thing with long brown hair.  She was wearing a halter top with hip hugger jeans which were vogue at the time.  When she took our order for drinks, Ian ordered mixed drinks for himself and his mates and pointed at me and told her "He's driving so bring him a Coke."  When she left our table, I told Ian "She's a 10!" He asked me what I meant and I said "A 10 in the Richter Scale."  His bassist Steve said "A major earthquake, huh?"  I answered "Is she ever!"  When she came back with the drinks, Ian pointed to me and told her "This is Barry.  He's my student. He thinks you're a 10."  That got both of us blushing.

So Kev, he was more than a teacher.  He was a good mate as well.   ;)

Haha Nice story Baz, is he still around ?
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on December 20, 2021, 06:49:36 AM
Haha Nice story Baz, is he still around ?

No, Kev.  He was 33 when I started taking lessons at age 22.  He passed away young at age 43.
Title: Re: Who covered Blackbird?
Post by: nimrod on December 20, 2021, 11:06:34 AM
No, Kev.  He was 33 when I started taking lessons at age 22.  He passed away young at age 43.
Oh, so young, very sad