Pearls of music history:

Songpearls

The sound archives are full of great music. But many of these pieces of music produced over the last 50 years have somehow been lost. They didn’t appear on the radar of the media, music lovers almost didn’t get to know their existence and so these songs – if at all – usually only floundered at the back of the charts to lead an acoustic shadow existence. This is not only true for works by unknown artists and the eternal insider tips, but also for songs by music greats. For my blog I have rummaged in my vinyl and CD box and digged out my personal rarities for you – songs from the last half century, from rock, blues, jazz, folk, country and from soundtrack albums. The genre plays a minor role in the selection, the timing of the recordings none at all. After all, there are only two kinds of music: good and bad. In “Songpearls” I would like to help some, I think, really good titles to a little more attention. Thanks to everyone who logs in on the portal and have fun diving pearls!

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Pearls of music history:

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Vince Gill | Time To Carry On

Oct 29 , 2019 | Country, Folk & Americana | 0 Comments

What music can do. It can give you energy, it can supply you with adrenaline, it can calm you down or make you aggressive. And it can comfort you. Country star and super guitarist Vince Gill has released one of the most beautiful and touching consolations on the 2006 4 CD box “These Days” …

Lee Ritenour | No Sympathy

Oct 22 , 2019 | Jazz, Soul & Blues | 0 Comments

Be careful, kitsch alert! “No Sympahty” from the 1981 Lee Ritenour album “R.I.T.” comes so soft and gentle and, okay, snivelling that a pack of handkerchiefs should be within reach when listening to it.

Jars Of Clay | Famous Last Words

Oct 15 , 2019 | Rock, Pop & Dance | 0 Comments

The first chords of the acoustic guitar are still reminiscent of the Oasis classic “Wonderwall”. But that will soon be over. After a few more bars and the first verse of “Famous Last Words” the chorus lights up – and you think of the ancestors of the Brit rockers, the Beatles.

ZZ TOP | El Diablo

Oct 8 , 2019 | Jazz, Soul & Blues | 0 Comments

Somewhere I read that Jimi Hendrix was an early fan of Bill Gibbons, the guitarist of ZZ Top. It’s easy to imagine. The full-bodied musician plays an impudently cool and bluesy guitar. An absolute master of reduction.

Jess Roden Band | Can’t Get Next To You

Sep 21 , 2019 | Jazz, Soul & Blues | 0 Comments

A voice like a force of nature. Black, powerful, soulful, bluesy. Everything there. Nevertheless, Jess Roden from the British Kidderminster, who in reality is quite white, remained an absolute insider’s tip throughout his career – which, after all, started in the mid-60s.

T.G. Sheppard | Fooled Around And Fell In Love

Sep 9 , 2019 | Easy Listening, Oldies & Soundtracks | 0 Comments

Admittedly, “Fooled Around And Fell In Love” is not really a rare pearl. The composition of Elvin Bishop was even a hit of several interpreters, last also of Rod Stewart. A far larger throw landed with the melodiösen classic however 1985 the Country Pop singer T.G. Sheppard.

Richard Page | Even The Pain

Sep 5 , 2019 | Rock, Pop & Dance | 0 Comments

Who remembers the band Mr. Mister? With “Broken Wings” and “Kyrie” Richard Page and Steve George, the two heads behind Mr. Mister, had top hits worldwide.

The Gunter Kallmann Chor | Daydream

Aug 27 , 2019 | Easy Listening, Oldies & Soundtracks | 0 Comments

What German films were in the 50s also stood for the music of some German orchestras and bands: they wanted to get the war out of their heads – with harmless films and world music.

Brad Paisley | Make A Mistake

Aug 14 , 2019 | Country, Folk & Americana | 0 Comments

Als When Brad Paisley released the album “Mud On The Tires” in 2003, he was still quite far away from superstar status, his popularity as a CMA Awards host, Grammys and private jet. In the early 2000s, the smart guitarist and singer was still considered a country talent …

Keb Mo | The Reflection

Aug 8 , 2019 | Jazz, Soul & Blues | 0 Comments

As a four-time Grammy winner, Keb Mo can’t exactly be described as an insider tip. Nevertheless, Kevin Moore, as the singer, guitarist and songwriter, who was born in Los Angeles in 1951, is bourgeois, is probably the most popular name among music connoisseurs and colleagues.

Small Faces | Tin Soldier

Aug 1 , 2019 | Rock, Pop & Dance | 0 Comments

Admittedly, “Tin Soldier” is not exactly what you might call a rare pearl. The song was a hit for the Small Faces, on Youtube almost six million watched their performance on French television. Those who see and hear the performance of the four Small Faces plus the singer P.P. Arnold will rub their eyes:

The Association | Never My Love

Jul 23 , 2019 | Easy Listening, Oldies & Soundtracks | 0 Comments

If a song could smell like something – “Never My Love” would exude the sweet scent of good marijuana. No wonder, since the hit of the American band The Association also carries the production year 1967 …

Keith Whitley | Between An Old Memory And Me

Jul 22 , 2019 | Country, Folk & Americana | 0 Comments

t’s strange, but the most emotional persons and wimps are in the country. Hard shell, soft core – no other genre fits this slogan better. Keith Whitley has confirmed this in his unfortunately only very short career as outstandingly as tragically.

Chris Shiflett

Jul 17 , 2019 | Star pearls | 0 Comments

As guitarist of the Foo Fighters Chris Shiflett is actually fully employed. Actually. But in addition to his full-time job, the 48-year-old Californian also runs a successful music podcast (“Walk The Floor”) and a veritable solo career – in which he sometimes flirts with country sounds.

Amy Grant | House Of Love

Jul 16 , 2019 | Rock, Pop & Dance | 0 Comments

A good song always sounds good. Even without a big arrangement and without opulent accompaniment. A really good song sounds good even if it is performed with guitar and vocals only I was able to experience that in 2014 in a small club in Leiper’s Fork, near Franklin, Tennessee.

Torcuato Mariano | Last Look

Jul 15 , 2019 | Easy Listening, Oldies & Soundtracks | 0 Comments

Music for the convertible. For a ride, somewhere along a coast. Cruise, look – and enjoy the wonderful melody of this title.

Devin Dawson | Secondhand Hurt

Jul 13 , 2019 | Country, Folk & Americana | 0 Comments

Revel. From the first chord. Sad, longing. A guitar, a bass, organ, drums. Soulig, bluesy. Music for very, very late at night, for the time when time no longer plays a role.

Michael Franks | How The Garden Grows

Jul 13 , 2019 | Jazz, Soul & Blues | 0 Comments

Since the early 70s Michael Franks has been providing the music community – and with it me – with very special music. Songs that are somewhere between jazz, folk and pop …

Hirth Martinez | Love Song

Jul 13 , 2019 | Jazz, Soul & Blues | 0 Comments

Mid-1970s, late ’70s. I still wanted to be a drummer and bought every album one of my favourite drummers played on – cracks like Steve Gadd, Jeff Porcaro and Carlos Vega. So I came across the Los Angeles-based singer and songwriter Hirth Martinez.

Keith Stegall | Hard Luck Café

Jul 12 , 2019 | Country, Folk & Americana | 0 Comments

Some songs take you on a journey. With just a few chords, takes you somewhere within a few bars: to a sunny beach, to a pulsating big city – or like here: to a shabby dive at the ass of the world into the “Hard Luck Café”. Keith Stegall is the tour guide of this sad folk ballad.