FReeper Canteen - Liberty Call - 9 Sept 2016

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[Publius]

THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK

IRVING BERLIN

AS THOUSANDS CHEER

ETHEL WATERS: “SUPPERTIME”

Irving wrote this tune for Ethel. It’s the reaction of a black wife to the fact that her husband has been lynched and won’t be coming home again, anticipating “Strange Fruit.” It has that wonderfully mournful, bluesy flavor that one normally associates with Gershwin. The accompaniment from a solo piano is heartbreaking, along with the vocal collapse into tears at the end.

Ethel Waters: “Suppertime”

[luvie]

9-11...NEVER FORGET!

Celine Dion~God Bless America [live]

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[Publius]

THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK

IRVING BERLIN

AS THOUSANDS CHEER

ARTIE SHAW: “SUPPERTIME”

Helen Forrest gives this tune a reading during the Big Band era with Artie on clarinet. Helen doesn’t capture the lyrics, but Artie’s clarinet makes up for it.

Artie Shaw: “Suppertime”

[luvie]

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Darryl Worley~Have You Forgotten

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[Publius]

THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK

IRVING BERLIN

AS THOUSANDS CHEER

ELLA FITZGERALD: “SUPPERTIME”

Ella’s 1958 album of Irving’s songs was a landmark disk, with Paul Weston providing exceptional backup.

Ella Fitzgerald: “Suppertime”

Tune in next weekend for more Irving Berlin and the Great American Songbook.

[luvie]

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Dean Jones~A Soldier's Prayer

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Diamond Rio~In God We Still Trust

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Enrique Iglesias~Hero-WTC

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Enya~Only Time

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Jeff Russell [Texas Songwriter]~Run To The Sound Of The Guns

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Waylon Jennings~America

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Gaither Vocal Band~The Star Spangled Banner.wma

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[radu]

The first time Darryl performed this song live was at a troop support rally in Nashville. I don’t think there was a dry eye in the crowd. Mine were flooding.

[Intolerant in NJ]

We cant all be Hayden...no need - there's really a wealth of gorgeous, exciting, inspiring music out there "off the beaten path" of Hayden, Beethoven, Mozart and the like - Grofe is one not many people know much about, beyond maybe "On the Trail" from the "Grand Canyon Suite", but he's written some lovely, evocative stuff like the opening section of the "Mississippi Suite" (not "Mississippi River Suite" as I called it wrongly). There's whimsy in some of his music - back in the 1950's when outdoor summer concerts were still being given at the Robin Hood Dell in Philadelphia, I attended one that included one of the first performances of Grofe's "Hudson River Suite". It contains one section called "Rip Van Winkle" which is supposed to portray in part a group of dwarfs playing nine-pins. On stage they had an actual bowling lane and during that section of the performance rolled a couple of bowling balls along it to hit pins at the end for the proper "musical" effect - funny.

Maybe Grofe's best work is in a piece of music that doesn't ordinarily have his name attached to it. He rescued Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" from the original big-band kind-of-bizarre orchestration, heavy with saxophones and a banjo, with the current concert arrangement that so many people know and love.....

[luvie]

I can imagine. Just listening to it brings back lots of memories.

Guess I’d better get some sleep. You know...I don’t want to crash into a pew in the morning. LOL!

Talk soon!

[radu]

Listening to it still brings tears to the eyes.

No crashing into the pews tomorrow! LOL! Good night and get a good night’s sleep. See ya tomorrow.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Go for it...get that brunch going. You certainly have the skills.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Holy cow, Sand!!! You got LOTS of rain in your area!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

OK...it’s a classic. d:o)

[E.G.C.]

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