23-04-2019, 08:31
Railroad Earth has released two songs with lyrics by the late John Denver - from the article - https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/railro...nver-2019/
In 2017, John Denver‘s estate came across a selection of previously unreleased and unknown lyrics that the iconic songwriter left behind. Denver’s estate called upon jamgrass favorites Railroad Earth to record the backing music for two of the never-released songs, “If You Will Be My Lady” and “Through The Night”.
The making of ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbVGY-F1lBQ
The Spotify link ... https://open.spotify.com/album/29kHQLsiLTmLhfelyYvRfF
The official video of "If You Will Be My Lady" ... not structured the way Denver would have done, melodically, IMHO, but then again, they aren't trying to be him. They are managing to channel him quite effectively though, and that's a pretty daunting task! Of the two, I prefer "Through the Night" which is not on YT yet ...
In 2017, John Denver‘s estate came across a selection of previously unreleased and unknown lyrics that the iconic songwriter left behind. Denver’s estate called upon jamgrass favorites Railroad Earth to record the backing music for two of the never-released songs, “If You Will Be My Lady” and “Through The Night”.
The making of ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbVGY-F1lBQ
The Spotify link ... https://open.spotify.com/album/29kHQLsiLTmLhfelyYvRfF
The official video of "If You Will Be My Lady" ... not structured the way Denver would have done, melodically, IMHO, but then again, they aren't trying to be him. They are managing to channel him quite effectively though, and that's a pretty daunting task! Of the two, I prefer "Through the Night" which is not on YT yet ...
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