Here's something for fans of progressive rock and bluegrass music alike. Early in the 2000's, a group was formed in Nashville calling itself Moody Bluegrass. As the name suggests, they took hits by the Moody Blues and re-scored them for bluegrass music, instruments and vocals. It changed the nature of the songs very considerably, but made them accessible to many bluegrass fans who didn't enjoy heavier rock music. Indeed, the Moody Blues themselves liked the variation enough that some of them performed on the bluegrass versions.
Moody Bluegrass put out two albums over the years. I've selected five of their songs for this morning's blog post. First, let's go to "Ride My See-Saw". If you're not familiar with it, the Moody Blues original version may be found here.
Next, let's listen to "Nights In White Satin". Moody Blues version here.
Here's "The Story In Your Eyes". Moody Blues original here.
Next, "Send Me No Wine". John Lodge of the Moody Blues joins in on vocals. Moody Blues version here.
And to close, perhaps their best-known song, "I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)". Moody Blues live performance here.
You'll find all the Moody Bluegrass renditions of Moody Blues songs on YouTube.
Peter
Peter, I lifted you up in prayer this morning. I also prayed for the doctors and their staff to have skill and wisdom in treating you. I wish you a speedy and healthy recovery.
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Prayers out for you and yours, sir.
ReplyDeleteIf you like this kind of stuff, try Steve"n"seagulls. They are a Finnish band and there version of Thunderstruck or Sleeping Sun with Tarja Turinen as guest vocalist are something else. Tarja was the vocalist of Nightwish when that song was released in 2003.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to look these guys up. You might also like Luther Wright and the Wrongs' bluegrass cover of Pink Floyd's The Wall, Rebuild the Wall, or the ouvre of Hayseed Dixie, who do bluegrass covers of a lot of rock hits.
ReplyDeleteIn one of those weird things that YouTube does, the bottom two videos (on my screen) are about the V-1 and a modern drone based on the V-1.
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