If There Is Much In The Window There Should Be More In The Room

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Ain't No Sunshine



 

Bill Withers LIVE, doing one of his biggest hits.


This was Withers' first hit. After spending 9 years in the US Navy, he had a job at a factory making parts for airplanes when he was introduced to Booker T. Jones from Booker T. & the MG's. Booker was an elite session musician with Stax Records, where Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and many other Soul legends recorded. He brought in some other top-notch musicians, including Stephen Stills on lead guitar, and produced this album for Withers, who was 32 when it was recorded.

All the instruments on this are acoustic.

The part where Withers repeats "I know, I know," has become a very recognizable piece of the song, but it wasn't what he had in mind. Explains Withers:
"I wasn't going to do that, then Booker T. said, 'No, leave it like that.' I was going to write something there, but there was a general consensus in the studio. It was an interesting thing because I've got all these guys that were already established, and I was working in the factory at the time. Graham Nash was sitting right in front of me, just offering his support. Stephen Stills was playing and there was Booker T. and Al Jackson and Donald Dunn - all of the MGs except Steve Cropper. They were all these people with all this experience and all these reputations, and I was this factory worker just sort of puttering around. So when their general feeling was, 'Leave it like that,' I left it like that."


 

Monday, March 24, 2008

ABRONTAN: GALERY





http://www.abrontan.net/index.php?id=32

Experience COLORS-- feel colors in its unrestrained grandiosity....
The scent of colors as portrayed in the gallery of Manouchehr Abrontan....

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Mireille Mathieu La Vie En Rose



 

Mireille Mathieu  is a French singer. She is also known as Mimi, Sparrow from Avignon and is classically known for her illustrious French crooning during the '60s and '70s.   

She has recorded over 1200 songs in 11 languages, with 122 million albums (as of 24 November 2005) and more than 50 million singles sold worldwide.


The most revered French vocalist of the 20th century, Edith Piaf continues to influence French artists long after her death. A soulful, moving singer with an impressive range, Mireille Mathieu pays tribute to Piaf's legacy on the superb Chante Piaf


This is one of Mimi's signature songs with English subtitles.

".....It's him for me, me for him in life....."