Sunday morning coming down
Eating lunch at Vellee’s in the skyway during a break in the Chauvin trial last week, I heard a good cover version of the Crowded House hit “Don’t Dream It’s Over.” I loved that song for its craft and uplifting spirit when it hit the charts in 1987 and later went to see Neil Finn (the group’s primary songwriter) when he performed solo one Monday night at the old Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis.
I thought if I ever put a 60-minute setlist together, as the artists featured on WUMB’s Guest Mix show do, that song would have to be on it. Here is a setlist exploring a few of the nooks and crannies of my taste in popular music for my own mix this morning.
In January 1971, Carole King — a native New Yorker recently transplanted to touchy-feely Los Angeles — entered A&M Studios on La Brea Avenue to record her first album of
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Billy J. Kramer, longtime Beatles pal and Harrison bassist
Klaus Voormann, sax player
Russ Titelman.
Molland is expected to play some music, as well as chat about working with Harrison, who co-produced Badfinger s 1971 album
No Diceand tapped Joey to perform at the Concert for Bangla Desh. Molland also contributed to Harrison s classic 1970 debut solo album
All Things Must Pass.
Juber, was part of Wings final lineup, will share his own recollections of Harrison, and play acoustic renditions of some of George s songs.
Kramer, who emerged from the same Liverpool music scene as The Beatles, and was also managed by
Brian Epstein, will sing a song from Harrison s posthumous album,
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