AGF Showcase of Talent for November 2014: Gender Bender songs

[BoneDigger]

Originally Posted by Random1643

Great theme! Is it okay to post a song written by a woman/man writing team?

Yeah, I think that would be fine.

Todd

[Jeremy]

Originally Posted by themissal

Very nice - both of you guys.

Thank you.

Originally Posted by Sombras

Great job, Jeremy!

Thanks! Nice job on "Landslide." One of my favorites, though sometimes I forget about the Fleetwood Mac version as I primarily listen to the Smashing Pumpkins version.

[Jeremy]

Originally Posted by themissal

I tried a new acquired taste of mine - Gillian Welch. My voice was giving out and scratchy - football game today. Anyways here goes!

Nice song, nice performance.

[Random1643]

Working on a couple of other songs for the November Showcase, but here's one that I've got ready to go. The first number I posted on my SoundCloud site is Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own posted here: https://soundcloud.com/vern-equinox/...usiness-but-my (Same as current song in my signature. Dept of Redundancy Dept.) Published by Porter Granger and Everett Robbins in 1922, this song has been a blues, jazz, ragtime standby for many years and many artists. There are many different titles, lyrics, even chord structure depending on the musicians involved. A few of the early big-selling, "race record" recordings were sung by women:

~ Anna Meyers (Original Memphis Five), 1922, Pathé Records
~ Alberta Hunter, 1923, Paramount Records
~ Bessie Smith, 1923, Columbia Records

Other female artists who've done this song include Billie Holiday, Susan Tedeschi and Dinah Washington.

A rough recording but I like this one better than other, cleaner versions. Captures a warm evening with a window fan blowing, drinking bourbon, playing the guitar. The arrangement was one that just popped into my hands, if that makes sense. My brain said, "Something like this," and my hands said "Okay."

[Methos1979]

Well, I'm a guy, so my gender bender song is Midnight Blue by Melissa Manchester... does it count though if the song is sung by a woman? Since I can't sing to save my life, my wife does all the singing in our acoustic duo!

So here it is, performed on my (relatively) new (used) Kronbauer TDK, K&K Pure Mini through a Red-Eye pre-amp into an SA220 and then sonically ruined by recording with a crappy cell phone camera!

[Psalad]

My song... kind of a bad mix but what the heck...

Wailin' Jennys, "Arlington." Love this song!

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...ngton%20v1.mp3

Was a lot of fun to do the harmonies even I didn't do them all that well... I definitely didn't learn their harmonies note from note, just did it from memory.

[funkmuncha]

heres my contribution to the thread. i do feel a little out of my depth with so many accomplished players and great singers; Sal another great vid from you and Random your stuff just keeps impressing me more and more. But in depth or out of it Im just loving the journey!



https://soundcloud.com/ben-hodgson-1...i-lauper-cover

[Sombras]

Ben(?), I LOVE surprising covers--or songs that I would have never expected to sound good in another genre. That Cindi Lauper cover is great! Excellent work!

[RedJoker]

Originally Posted by funkmuncha

heres my contribution to the thread. i do feel a little out of my depth with so many accomplished players and great singers; Sal another great vid from you and Random your stuff just keeps impressing me more and more. But in depth or out of it Im just loving the journey!



https://soundcloud.com/ben-hodgson-1...i-lauper-cover

That was fantastic! As a closet Cindi Lauper fan, I really enjoyed that.

[funkmuncha]

Originally Posted by Sombras

Ben(?), I LOVE surprising covers--or songs that I would have never expected to sound good in another genre. That Cindi Lauper cover is great! Excellent work!

wow, thanks for such a kind comment! I love the song. There are actually a bunch of female artists that Id like to cover; Alanis, Tracey Chapman, Joan Armatrading etc etc

thanks again
Ben

[funkmuncha]

Originally Posted by RedJoker

That was fantastic! As a closet Cindi Lauper fan, I really enjoyed that.

Come outta the closet RedJoker, Cindy Lauper is great. Cant say I even know any other songs by her!

Thanks for your kind comment

[fitness1]

Brandi Carlile - Eye of the Needle.....


https://app.box.com/shared/56pftaum6q

[SalFromChatham]

Awesome job guys. Loving this thread. And I swore I would off myself if I ever heard the Lauper song again years ago. And I am still here!

[vts]

Originally Posted by Psalad

My song... kind of a bad mix but what the heck...

Wailin' Jennys, "Arlington." Love this song!

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...ngton%20v1.mp3

Was a lot of fun to do the harmonies even I didn't do them all that well... I definitely didn't learn their harmonies note from note, just did it from memory.

Wow, great job. Love the tone of your guitar.

[vts]

Originally Posted by funkmuncha

heres my contribution to the thread. i do feel a little out of my depth with so many accomplished players and great singers; Sal another great vid from you and Random your stuff just keeps impressing me more and more. But in depth or out of it Im just loving the journey!



https://soundcloud.com/ben-hodgson-1...i-lauper-cover

Good work, that's a pretty nice pop song.