He released one of last year's best albums, "Bad As Me," but longtime fans of Tom Waits still mourn the days when he crooned instead of bark and played lots of piano on his records. Don't get me wrong, I love what he's been doing since "Small Change" when his voice got super gruff and "Swordfishtrombones" when he began working with his wife Kathleen Brennan and augmented his … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Please Call Me, Baby” by Tom Waits
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Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “We Take Care Of Our Own” by Bruce Springsteen
Meet the new boss! From the forthcoming album "Wrecking Ball" due out March 6, 2012 comes this new slice of classic sounding Bruce. Enjoy! … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “We Take Care Of Our Own” by Bruce Springsteen
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Big Boss Man” by Bobbie Gentry
"Big Boss Man" was written by Luther Dixon and Al Smith and was originally made famous by Jimmy Reed in 1961. There have literally been hundreds of recordings of this standard most notably by Elvis Presley in 1967 and The Grateful Dead in 1971. Gentry's recording comes from her 1968 album "The Delta Sweete." It is indeed Gentry's swampiest record featuring her versions of … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Big Boss Man” by Bobbie Gentry
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Tales Of Brave Ulysses” by Cream
Cream were rising to the top and riding high with their Wheels Of Fire album when they took to the stage of The Smothers Brothers' TV show in July of 1968 with this song from their previous album, "Disraeli Gears." With proclamations of "Clapton is God" spray-painted all over the walls of England, Cream began to feel the pressures of having THE deity in their group. The song … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Tales Of Brave Ulysses” by Cream
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed” by The Allman Brothers Band
The studio version of this Dickie Betts original appeared on their 1970 album "Idlewild South." The title of the song was inspired by a headstone Betts had seen while hanging out at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon, Georgia...the very same cemetery that provides the final resting place of both Duane Allman and Berry Oakley. By the time of the Fillmore East shows that made up … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed” by The Allman Brothers Band