Obscure country covers...

Here's a cover of a song I remember hearing a lot in the early 80s...  Mel Tillis sang the classic hit, "Stay a Little Longer".  I think this might be the earliest version I remember, even though the song was decades old by the time he did it in 1982.

Weirdly enough, I remembered the flute intro the most...

I'd probably rather listen to Willie Nelson's better known version, but this one has been rattling in my head forever.  Today, I finally figured out who did it.  Just had to share.

"I Got The Horse and She Got the Saddle"...  I think I'd rather ride bareback.

Maybe I'll be lucky with another song that's been stuck in my head forever...  Ah yes... Johnny Rivers made his cover of this song famous, but this is the version I remember...

I'm pretty sure my uncle had a 45 of this version of "Rockin' Pneumonia Boogie Woogie Flu".  I think it's better than Johnny Rivers' version.  

That's about it for me this morning.  I'm still recovering from last night's fitful rest.  I think I must have delayed trauma from Sunday's uphill hike.

Spyro Gyra...

I am one of those people who gets music stuck on the brain for literally years and years.  It will haunt me until I figure out what the title of the piece is, who performed it, what year it came out, and any other trivia I can dig up.

For years...  seriously YEARS!  I have had this piece stuck on the brain.  The late 70s and early 80s were a time when you could hear almost anything on top 40 radio.  You could hear an Eagles song next to a song by Earth, Wind & Fire.  You could hear Led Zeppelin next to Chuck Mangione.  It was CRAZY.  That was also a time when jazz artists were playing instrumentals a lot.  In those days, we heard "Rise" by Herb Alpert or "Feels So Good" by Chuck Mangione.  They were kind of the two top acts...

For so many years, I thought this instrumental was done by either Herb or Chuck.  I was WRONG.

"Morning Dance"... 

For years, I've had this stuck in my head.  I haven't heard it before today in probably thirty years.  I wouldn't have heard it today had I not been messing around on YouTube.  Another piece by Spyro Gyra was playing and it sounded similar.  So I went Googling, found a greatest hits album, and sure enough FINALLY satisfied that itch.  I downloaded the album, too.  Another musical earworm mystery solved.

Here's another ringing endorsement for record companies not being so shitty about music on YouTube.  I would not have bought the album had I not identified the piece on YouTube.  That's something to think about, don't you agree?

One more musical mystery is finally solved!  How exciting!