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07 Aug 01 - 01:37 PM (#522695) Subject: Unlikely pairings From: GUEST,John Hernandez I understand that Carol Channing and Pete Seeger once appeared together. Can anyone point to other unlikely pairs, at least of whom is a folk musician (however defined)? |
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07 Aug 01 - 01:52 PM (#522709) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Wesley S David Bowie and Bing Crosby doing "Little Drummer Boy" are the first ones to come to mind. The second one I can think of is last Sunday when Buddy Whittendon { John Mayall's lead guitarist } joined our folk group for a song. Yee-Haaa |
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07 Aug 01 - 01:59 PM (#522714) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Wesley S Excuse me - Buddys name is spelled Whittington |
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07 Aug 01 - 02:07 PM (#522720) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Justa Picker Bono and Frank Sinatra Willie Nelson and Julio |
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07 Aug 01 - 02:32 PM (#522739) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: LR Mole Mike Tyson and Vincent Van Gogh. |
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07 Aug 01 - 02:33 PM (#522741) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Steve Latimer I for one really enjoyed Bing and Bowie. I believe that Bono and Sinatra was done after Frank died (not big on that whole thing either). I think Frank would have pulled the plug on it had he been alive. There aren't many bigger Willie fans than me, but I wasn't big on the Julio collaboration. Nor did I enjoy a lot of the guests on Milk Cow Blues. |
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07 Aug 01 - 02:40 PM (#522750) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Jack the Sailor I think Frank was alive, but they did not sing in the studio on the same day. Pretty much the same thing, I guess. |
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07 Aug 01 - 02:45 PM (#522760) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Big Mick Yeah, but when Willie and Ray Charles did "7 Spanish Angels" it was classic. Never would have thought the two of them would mesh. I loved a good deal of the "Half Nelson" album, but thought the Iglesias pairing was weak. Didn't care much for the Mel Tillis pairing either. Mick |
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07 Aug 01 - 03:32 PM (#522804) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Steve Latimer Big Mick, You talk about unlikely pairings, but Willie and Ray sure did pull of a classic with that one.
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07 Aug 01 - 03:40 PM (#522811) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Wesley S Jewel and Merle Haggard on the CMT awards. Traci Chapman and B B King doing "The Thrill Is Gone" - but that one worked. |
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07 Aug 01 - 04:10 PM (#522843) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: dwditty Frank Zappa & Joni Mitchell at the Filmore East circa 1970. |
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07 Aug 01 - 04:11 PM (#522847) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: dwditty Tom Waits & William F. Buckley appearing together (not singing together) on the Dinah Shore Show. |
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07 Aug 01 - 05:13 PM (#522910) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: GUEST,John Lennon John Lennon and Paul McCartney |
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07 Aug 01 - 05:41 PM (#522933) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Suffet Woody Guthrie, Milton Berle, Cab Calloway, and Billie Holiday shared the same bill at Lewisohn Stadium in New York City on August 16, 1946. |
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07 Aug 01 - 05:48 PM (#522939) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: GUEST England and Australia |
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07 Aug 01 - 06:21 PM (#522972) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: GUEST,emily b LR Mole, you have me laughing out loud. I have a recording of Sting and Pavarotti. Well, the CD is called Pavarotti and Friends. Guess he'll sing with just about anyone if the price is right... Suzanne Vega is on it and Aaron Neville. Now Neville and Pavarotti is just plain weird. Sting sings with enough passion that he could actually pull it off. How about some unlikely pairings of folk song characters? I can't think of any right now but I'll bet there are some good ones out there. Still LOL! Emily |
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07 Aug 01 - 06:57 PM (#522986) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Rick Fielding Several comedy routines featuring the unlikely duo of Jack Benny and Andy Devine. 'Course Mick Jagger and The Chieftans got it on. But to me one of the strangest pairings of all was a BBC Comedy, classical and spoken word Producer being assigned to The Beatles! It worked out pretty well though, didn't it? Apparently Ewan MacColl had dealings with Marylin Monroe AND Albert Einstein. Rick |
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08 Aug 01 - 12:06 PM (#523540) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: GUEST Earl Scruggs and Elton John on the soon to be released "Earl Scruggs and Friends." |
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08 Aug 01 - 04:52 PM (#523796) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: ard mhacha "President" Bush and Einstein. Slan Ard Mhacha. |
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08 Aug 01 - 05:07 PM (#523806) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Don Firth Way back when, Leadbelly and Richard Dyer-Bennet appeared together. I've heard that they liked and respect each other a lot. But wow, what a contrast! Don Firth |
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08 Aug 01 - 05:13 PM (#523816) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: RangerSteve Earl Scruggs and Elton John? Really? Well, it might work. I'll reserve judgement until I hear it, which I don't think I'll go out of my way to do. |
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08 Aug 01 - 05:39 PM (#523829) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: DonMeixner Does anyone remember about 20 years ago when ABC/NBC/CBS had a music special with Luciano Pavarotti and Loretta Lynn? The spent several seconds telling each other how much they admired each other. If ever there was a ring of truth I didn't hear it. Don |
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08 Aug 01 - 05:40 PM (#523830) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Mr Red Life is just a bowl of Toes Nails |
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08 Aug 01 - 05:50 PM (#523839) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: catspaw49 How about Yoko Ono?......with anybody..........including herself................... Spaw |
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08 Aug 01 - 06:22 PM (#523876) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Lonesome EJ Add to Mick Jagger and the Chieftains ...........Sting and the Chieftains. |
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08 Aug 01 - 10:07 PM (#524033) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Peg Tony Bennett and kd lang...
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09 Aug 01 - 08:00 AM (#524189) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: John P Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson. Elton John and Eminem. |
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09 Aug 01 - 09:02 AM (#524221) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: GUEST Well, the local station DJ who's been playing the complimentary pre-release copy, swears that the "Earl Scruggs and Friends" CD (with Elton John, Sting et al) works, but...like science, just because a certain thing can be done, it doesn't follow that it should be done. Reserve judgement, you bet. The prudent course of action. |
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09 Aug 01 - 09:14 AM (#524227) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: sledge The chieftains have a whole album of collaborations called tears of stone, generally good stuff. Bonnie Rait, Joni Mitchell, Mary Chapin Carpenter, , Sinead O'Conner, Natalie Merchent, even the bloody Corrs are on it. Sledge |
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09 Aug 01 - 09:17 AM (#524229) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: KingBrilliant Toe-nails? Oh - I get it... d'oh |
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09 Aug 01 - 02:27 PM (#524462) Subject: RE: Unlikely parings From: Mr Red It's the way I spell 'em. (see above) |
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09 Aug 01 - 05:48 PM (#524668) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Walking Eagle Glen Campbell being friends with Alice Cooper. |
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09 Aug 01 - 06:01 PM (#524677) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: GUEST Tom Jones performing "Tennesee Waltz" with the Chieftains was kind of surreal. He also did "Long Time Gone" with CSNY (grinning in the background) on his long ago TV show. And yeah, Tracy Chapman doing "Thrill..." with B.B. really worked, she's a helluva blues singer. frankie |
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09 Aug 01 - 06:16 PM (#524687) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Murray MacLeod I am sure this thread has been done before, I seem to remember then saying that the spectacle of Emmylou Harris and Dick Gaughan singing "Both Sides the Tweed" was the most bizarre thing I had ever witnessed. Poor Emmylou, she looked like she would rather have been just about anywhere else ....... Murray |
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12 Dec 03 - 06:55 PM (#1071246) Subject: The Not-So-Odd Couple From: Suffet Unlikely pairing? Come find out for yourself! Appearing at the Peoples' Voice Cafe in New York... LYDIA ADAMS DAVIS Singer-Songwriter and STEVE SUFFET Old-Fashioned Folksinger Saturday • January 17, 2004 • 8:00 PM Said he: "I received your cassette tape Monday and I have been enjoying it since." Said she: "Glad you like the tape.... Take away the lush instrumentation, somewhat busy arrangements and country songs on my album and you will see our sensibilities are not that different." Said he: "Our musical sensibilities may be similar, but you have a much nicer voice." Said she: "Thanks. I hear a Woody G. quality to your voice which I like very much." Said he: "For too many years I was a Woody wannabe, musically, that is, and I'm afraid it still shows. Please kick me hard if I start spouting Okie aphorisms!" Could this be the beginning of a beautiful musical friendship? Or is it just witty banter? Come see how this drama plays out and help Lydia and Steve prove to the house that, yes, they can fill seats on a dark and cold winter night. Peoples' Voice Cafe at the Workmen's Circle 45 East 33rd Street Just west of Park Avenue Midtown Manhattan, NYC General admission: $10. Peoples' Voice or Workmen's Circle member: $7. Seniors, on strike, or up against the machine: $5. TDF vouchers accepted. Even at the top admission, it's still a cheap night out in the Big Apple. Delicious and reasonably healthy snacks will be available at ridiculously low prices. Take note: Steve will be accompanied by unindicted coconspirators from the MacDougal Street Rent Party and from the Woody Guthrie Birthday Bash. Please feel free to sing along, unless he tells you otherwise, which he will very rarely, if ever, do. Kazoos, spoons, jugs, and Jew's harps are welcome, provided you really know how to play them. Peoples' Voice Cafe website: http://www.peoplesvoicecafe.org/ Lydia Adams Davis website: http://www.lydiaadamsdavis.com/ Steve Suffet website: http://suffet.home.att.net/ Be there! --- Steve |
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13 Dec 03 - 10:28 AM (#1071516) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Dave Hanson BBC is running an advert starring the diminutive scots comedian Ronnie Corbett and Alice Cooper. Otherwise The Pope and Osama Bin Laden eric |
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13 Dec 03 - 10:51 AM (#1071522) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: jaze What did Joni Mitchell and Frank Zappa sing? Can't imagine it. |
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13 Dec 03 - 11:54 AM (#1071552) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: GUEST Johnny Cash & Bob Dylan doing "Girl From The North Country" |
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13 Dec 03 - 01:34 PM (#1071614) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: GUEST,Obie Ronald Reagan and Brian Mulroony singing "When irish Eyes Are Smiling." Not that they did such a bad job. It's just that I never heard an arsehole duet before. |
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13 Dec 03 - 02:37 PM (#1071644) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Dave the Gnome Me and Shania Twain. Or did I dream that one? :-) Some pretty good stuff by Steve Earle and Sharon Shannon, dunno how unlikely you would deem it. Not as much as Dolly Parton and Altan (Was it Altan or another Irish group? They all sound the same to me...;-) ) I think the oddest pairing I have seen recently (2-3 years ago? Can't remember.) was Cliff Richards and Van Morrison. Odd couple or what! Can you imagine the crack in the dressing room? "Have a drink, Cliff" "No thank you. A quiet prayer will do" "F&*k off then..." Cheers DtG |
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13 Dec 03 - 02:50 PM (#1071650) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Cluin Reagan didn't sing with Lyin' Brian. Mulroney just belted out that annoying song with "the wives" while Ronny smiled and waved. And Pat Boone and Alice Cooper are friends who often play golf together. One of the reasons PB decided to do that album of Rock covers a few years ago. Personally, though I am a big fan of both Willie Nelson and Daniel Lanois, I didn't think the Teatro CD came off that well. To me, Willie sounded too hemmed-in by all the production. |
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13 Dec 03 - 02:54 PM (#1071653) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Don Firth Luciano Pavarotti and Sting singing Panis Angelicus as a duet. Really happened. Sounded pretty good, actually. Interesting contrast of voices. Don Firth |
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13 Dec 03 - 02:55 PM (#1071656) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Amos America's most famous blues guitarist, at this particular moment, Dr Howard Dean, and George Bush at a change-of-command ceremony... |
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13 Dec 03 - 03:01 PM (#1071659) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Cluin Pavarotti and Bryan Adams' duet on "All For Love" or "O Solo Mio" always cracks me up. |
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14 Dec 03 - 04:57 AM (#1071944) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Dave Hanson Quite a few years ago the beautiful harpist and singer Bonnie Shaljean and the traditional singer and whistle player Packie Byrne, generations and an ocean apart but made wonderful music between them. eric |
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14 Dec 03 - 05:49 AM (#1071957) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: The Borchester Echo I didn't think Packie & Bonnie an odd musical pairing at all. It worked fantastically. I heard recently that Packie is now quite well after his recent hospital stay and, of course, Bonnie occasionally contributes here. |
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14 Dec 03 - 01:16 PM (#1072142) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: GUEST,pdq Just heard a new Christmas song by Alison Krause and Alan Jackson. Quite nice. |
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14 Dec 03 - 08:20 PM (#1072473) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Janice in NJ Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller. The folk connection? Well, Marilyn Monroe played ukelele in Some Like it Hot. And I've heard that Arthur Miller used to show up at some New York folkie parties in Greenwich Village in the 1940s. Flimsy, I know, but you have to admit that the Monroe/Miller pairing was pretty unlikely. |
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14 Dec 03 - 10:16 PM (#1072531) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Bassic Yehudi Menuhin + Stephane Grappelli........unlikely pairing yes, still not sure if it worked...........but never forgot it! |
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14 Dec 03 - 11:13 PM (#1072556) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: khandu William Shatner & "Mr Tambourane Man" k |
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15 Dec 03 - 05:17 AM (#1072672) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Splott Man How about some fantasy pairings? Lady Eleanor & Little Walter. Simon & Unkle. Lester Flatt & Earl Okin. Waterson/McCartney. Stop me, quick...... |
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15 Dec 03 - 09:06 AM (#1072823) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Dave Hanson Yehudi Menhuin and Frankie Gavin, Frankie was great but Sir Yehudi sounded very unnatural playing a hornpipe. eric |
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15 Dec 03 - 09:55 AM (#1072865) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: GUEST Bryan Adams and pavarotti, Anne Murray and Celine Dion. Quebec and Canada..but it all seems to work..qui? |
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15 Dec 03 - 02:37 PM (#1073096) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Cluin Yehudi Menhuin and Ti-Jean Carignan. I remember it from YM's old TV series, The Music of Man. It worked. |
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15 Dec 03 - 02:42 PM (#1073099) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: GUEST,Tinker from Chicago Has anyone heard that astonishing duet of B. B. King and Mary Travers assaulting "House of the Rising Sun"? Sorry, Mary. You were WAY out of your league on that one. |
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15 Dec 03 - 03:55 PM (#1073145) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: dwditty Jaze, Zappa was in concert (at the time the lead singer were Flo and Eddie - formerly of the Turtles (So Happy Together)). At one point, Frank said, "I have a surprise for you boys and girls." and out walked Joni. They did an extended version of The Lion Sleeps Tonight. dw |
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16 Dec 03 - 09:00 AM (#1073493) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Schantieman Tony Bliar and Gordon Brown? S |
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16 Dec 03 - 10:04 AM (#1073543) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: GUEST,The Benn Agency We have always considered pairing Geoff Bright with Danny "Coldbreath" Strackley but they have never shown any interest in the idea. I believe their duet renditions of our folk songs would be a revelation although, when considered individually, this pairing would appear unlikely due to their quite different approach. |
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16 Dec 03 - 07:54 PM (#1074116) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: Margret RoadKnight Somewhere I've got a 45 with a Lily Tomlin/ Barry Manilow duet, with them sending up all those sachharine duet songs...... |
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17 Dec 03 - 01:36 PM (#1074661) Subject: RE: Unlikely pairings From: GUEST,John Hernandez The Bonnie Earl 0f Murray and Lady Mondegreen. They killed 'em both! |