Eli’s Coming – Three Dog Night
Oldies Songs Three Dog Night’s “Eli’s Coming” Remains a Defining Showcase of Cory Wells and the Band’s Extraordinary Harmony A remarkable performance of “Eli’s Coming” by Three Dog Night in Syracuse in…
Johnny Rodriguez & Tom T. Hall – You Always Come Back To Hurting Me
Oldies Songs In 1979, Johnny Rodriguez and Tom T. Hall Turned a Simple Television Performance Into One of Country Music’s Most Charming Glimpses Inside the Songwriting Process There is something beautifully unpolished…
Anne Murray – Hey Baby!
Oldies Songs In the Early 1980s, Anne Murray Took Viewers on a Caribbean Cruise and Quietly Reminded Television Audiences That Charm Never Needed to Be Loud By the time Anne Murray performed…
Jerry Jeff Walker – Last Night I Fell In Love Again (1992)
In 1992, Jerry Jeff Walker Quietly Sang One of the Most Emotionally Mature Love Songs in Country Music… Not About Falling in Love, but About Remembering Why You Stayed For…
Don & Phil join Petula for ‘The Games People Play’ and perform on their own one of the most beautiful renditions of ‘Let It Be Me’
By 1970, The Everly Brothers Were Already Drifting Apart in Real Life… Yet When Don and Phil Sang “Let It Be Me,” They Still Sounded Like One Soul Split Into…
Nanci Griffith (et al.) – Who Knows Where The Time Goes – From Transatlantic Sessions series 2 (1998)
In 1998, Nanci Griffith Sang “Who Knows Where The Time Goes” So Gently That It Felt Less Like a Television Performance and More Like Someone Quietly Accepting Life Itself There…
Anne Murray – A Little Good News – From Anne’s TV special Quebec Winter Carnivale, circa 1984
In the Winter of 1984, Anne Murray Walked Into a Snow Covered Television Special and Quietly Sang One of the Gentlest Protest Songs Ever to Become a Major Hit At…
Roy Orbison Talks About His Song Running Scared
When Roy Orbison Recorded “Running Scared,” He Thought His Career Was Slipping Away. Then One Terrifying Final Note Changed Everything There are many great heartbreak songs in popular music history,…
Townes van Zandt – If I Needed You – From the Texas Connection circa 1990
By 1990, Townes Van Zandt No Longer Sang “If I Needed You” Like a Young Songwriter Searching for Love. He Sang It Like a Man Quietly Trying to Hold Onto…
Emmylou Harris “Guitar Town” with Nash Ramblers
When Emmylou Harris Sang “Guitar Town” Live with The Nash Ramblers, It Sounded Less Like a Cover Song and More Like a Letter Sent Back to the Last Great Era…