Summertime

...Ella, Billie, Nina, Mahalia, Miles, Duke, Oscar, Satchmo, Janis, Booker T & The MG's, Paul Robeson, Al Jolson, Tom Waits, Carmen McRae, peter gabriel, Herb Alpert, Paul McCartney, Marty Robbins, Olivia Newton-John, Bobby Womack (ahhhhhh. i love lists), Roger Miller, George Benson, The Pogues, Mel Tormé, Nick Drake, The Pretty Things, Bing Crosby, Lenny Breau, Al Green, Morcheeba, Roger Whittaker, Zorg, Julie Andrews, John Fahey, Chet Baker, Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock & Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles & Cleo Laine, Frank Zappa, Peggy Lee, Liberace...there aren't many who haven't covered this timeless Gershwin lullabye. Well, maybe not Ted Nugent...or King Diamond. But CERTainly Sarah Vaughan and Scott Baio.
But of all the voices to have graced this particular song, none tingle my spine more than whoever the unsung heroine is who soars & dips & rises again, behind Sam Cooke on his 1957 definitive R&B rendition. If one were to ring the bell upon arriving at St. Peter's Gate, i imagine it would sound something like this woman's voice. And if it doesn't, He really needs to hire someone to get the bloody thing fixed. i mean, c'mon...Dude, 'ding-dong'?...seriously...You could do better than that?
Closer to home, give YouTube's own acapellajohn's version a listen as well. ('He will sing songs/He will sing them acapella'). Indeed he will, and equally indeed, he does. Jazz standards, Gospel, Rock, R&B, Country, World, even a little Opera, leaving virtually no genre vocally unfondled, i can think of no good reason why John isn't regularly singing to a packed theater of UsTubers...ThemTubers for that matter. This has been a public service announcement.

...and speaking of summer (um. earlier than immediately recently, i mean), hope you're all enjoying yours, whatever your weather. Seeing as this is my first venture beyond the front porch steps of the old Radley shack (in semi-broad daylight, anyway) and into the Strange World of 'Being Seen', i wanted to send out this song (while summer's still on the map), along with this self-consciously, though unapologetically dorky 'hi' to way more than just a couple of people whom their respective parents decided to name Syd, Keith, Brooke, Daniel, John, Nate, Vamos Babe (i think her folks were Spanish hippies), Curt, Amy, Gary, Evan, Pascal (ok. next i'm doing state capitals and dead Canadian authors), Lesley, Chris, Gary (different Gary), Paul, Pete & Helen, Andy, Kris, Sista, Matan, Steve, Jeff, Mike...and quite possibly many more.

hi. i'm Doug, btw.

Shine On.


...Morley Callaghan, Robertson Davies, W.O. Mitchell, Stephen Leacock, Earle Birney, Pierre Berton, Margaret Laurence, Mordecai Richler, Timothy Findley...

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• Gershwin

[LeSaMilano]

Ok I was going through subscribers to see what they were up to - you know, the subscribers that don't have videos but leave masterpieces for comments and- low a behold - you may have booradley's back but baby you got my subscription. You've been holding out.

:)

[booradleysstuntman]

Actually i'd been spending all that time trying to make my pagan peace with The Corporate Gods Of Computer Technology (TM). After all my helpline searches, phonecalls to Logitech HQ & manual consultings, i eventually found just whacking the damn box with a bison's femur bone pretty much did the trick. sort of.

Thanks for visiting AND subscribing, Lesley! :)

[dgullacher]

excellent work man... i loved the song, and nice video presentation. too bad the mic was hot. but still 5 stars.

[booradleysstuntman]

This was actually my 85th attempt or so, to record something that didn't sound like i was singing into a V8 tomato juice can full of grumpy cicadas. The process of trial & error continues.

Thanks for chancing upon my channel & leaving your kind comment though, dg. It definitely throws another welcome stick on the fire :)

[acousvnt]

OMG, I'm just figuring out that you actually exist and have videos of your own now! I'm glad to see you don't suck so I don't have to be polite. Nice!

[booradleysstuntman]

Keith! Awesome of you to swing by, brother! This was actually video #86 or 87, in on ongoing evolution of attempts to suck slightly less than the previous time, with varying results. Thanks for listening & dispensing with politeness, even though i'm aware i play guitar like a rusty ex-drummer who could do with a guitar lesson or two. Your feedback is always welcome!

[ChuckLetson]

Thanks for great interpretation of a classic! My AlState trumpet playing daughter heard this and immediately set to playing along with it. It has helped her with her improv so. Thanks!

[GreatestSingerEver01]

Excellent Cover!

[SpaceCat500]

I have listened to hundreds of covers of SUMMERTIME and I would have to put your version among the top ten. Well done.

[katsbah]

Hi - excellent work...question, what tuning are you in for your version of THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT?? It's great...

[chilton12345]

Awesome. Thankyou!

[2009blossom]

awesome, as always my brother.....so miss our gigs! You are truly a talent. What an honor to know you.....

[3muimui]

wonderful cover !

[jonida30]

wow that was amazing. My compliments. Good job buddy

[128pagenovella]

nice rhythm work