Thanks @Nancy Hart. Rest In Peace Bill Withers. "I Want To Spend The Night" with you again forever. Anyway, "Lovey Day" there above. _/|\_
RIP Ellis Marsalis (Nov. 14,1934 - April 1, 2020). His death was confirmed as the complications from Covid-19. Jazz legends died from the Covid-19: 1. Saxophonist Marcelo Peralta, 59 yo 2. Manu Dibango, 86 yo; a Cameroonian afro-jazz saxophone icon 3. Mike Longo, 83, a pianist and musical director for Dizzy Gillespie 4. Trumpeter Wallace Roney, 59 yo 5. Ellis Marsalis Jr., 85 yo, a pianist, educator, and patriarch of an illustrious jazz family 6. Jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, 94 yo RIP ♥
Neil Diamond's "Cracklin' Rosie" was serenading my sleep last night! It was written 50 years ago, and incorporates a subtle key change that is almost not recognized...going a half-tone upward from the beginning C# to a D. The video performance was great, showing a 29-year-old Neil Diamond on a stool with an acoustic guitar, with a nice orchestral accompaniment, with harmonizing female voices included. Watch the Video on YouTube! Hal
Neil Diamond was never one of my favorite singers but there was certainly something catchy about that song.