The Ricky Shades' house had special guests this past weekend.
Sherri
http://www.youtub
The Ricky Shades' house had special guests this past weekend.
Sherri
http://www.youtube.com/user/sherrilynn115
AND
Artie
http://www.youtube.com/user/sherri165321
We had a ton of jamming fun. This is the fist of a couple of songs from this session that we will post during this week.
Featured are Sherri and Artie, and of course, Ricky and Lucy Shades! :)
Hope you all have as much fun as we did!
p.s. You'll be able to see Artie better in the other videos when we moved the girls out of the way! :)
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Firstly, I just want to say a massive THANK YOU to my beautiful Mum. SHE IS SO INCREDIBLE!! I just want her to know how much I love and adore her, everything I do Mum I do for you!! You have been the most outstanding role model anyone could ever have in their whole life and I just can't put into words how much I LOVE YOU!! and to my Brother Brendan, I LOVE YOU ALWAYS xx
Approximately one month ago, when I posted 'Hero' on YouTube I was contacted by a very special guy named JAMIE. Jamie mailed me with such an overwhelming message full of compliments and said that he would love to write a song for me. My Mum, had been contacted by many songwriters at this stage and she was working her way through them all and she decided, for some reason, to put Jamie's email at the top of the pile. We both sat together and listened to some of the songs that Jamie had sent us in order to give us an idea of his music. As soon as we played Jamie's songs my Mum and I were instantly taken back by the beauty of his songwritting. My Mum's exact words were ''This is the man for you!''. As Mum makes all decisions about songwriting I remember thinking to myself, this is amazing and I am so glad that at last there was something that Mum thought was right for my voice and it was this!! From then till now has been an unforgettable and emotional journey that neither of us will ever forget!!!
There was a very particular emotional stage of this process with Jamie when he was writing this song and that was when the lyrics were discussed. Immediately both of us felt such a strong sense of meaning and relevance because of the loss of my Father. This song held everything that I ever wanted to say to him and the words were very apt in expressing the feeling of my loss and my emotions relating to his death! I feel that this song brings me very close to my Dad in some way, it allows me to say what I have always wanted to say to him! I LOVE YOU DAD (Where ever you are now) xx R.I.P Dad!
JAMIE (Jamie Glaser) is so very dear to us not only as a songwriter but as a person and now a friend, an incredible friend! Jamie has an amazing background in the music business so please go to Jamie's web site and read his biography at:
http://www.jamieglaser.com/
Jamie is not only a very established composer but he is also a sensational musician, which you will all read when you visit his site! He both composed and arranged this whole song using his amazing talent.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU AGAIN JAMIE FOR MY SONG AND YOUR FRIENDSHIP!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!
This vocal recording was produced by Arena Studios, so I want to say thank you to Gary Hughes who has been so great! Please have a look at some of these links to Gary's web sites!!!!
http://www.gary-hughes.com/
http://www.tenofthebest.com/
I have loved singing since I was about 7 years old. I guess it is the showbiz background I came from!
My dad was Brian Rossi, a famous entertainer from Belfast. My mum is Pat Rossi who was his manager for many years. My dad is best remembered for being the lead singer in his group called The Wheels and being band leader and showman at the Plaza Ballroom, Belfast. He then gave Van Morrison his first break and subsequently Van Morrison wrote ''Gloria'' for The Wheels. Dad also had a huge English following. His most popular venue was the famous Queens Dolphin Bar at Cleveleys, Lancashire where he appeared for 7 years. Van Morrison always refers to dad in any interviews that he does. Sadly my dad died in 1984 at the age of 49.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR READING THIS, I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THE SONG AND THE STORY BEHIND IT! YOUR SUPPORT IS ALWAYS AMAZING!!
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If you're waking up to this, then TURN UP THE VOLUME ... better than coffee ... LOL!
Th
If you're waking up to this, then TURN UP THE VOLUME ... better than coffee ... LOL!
This is my improvisation of Robert Johnson's tune, "Sweet Home Chicago." This is a video reponse to the BCBband's version.
PLEASE check out these guys' channel at:
http://www.youtube.com/BCBband
These friends are outstanding professional performers providing their talents for free on YouTube. Totally AWESOME! Give them a visit and subscribe if you like them. Entertainment at its best! They will not dissapoint you!
I apologize for mispelling their channel name on my video, it is not BCBand, but BCBband! Didn't notice till I uploaded it. OOPS! Very confusing to me, and, it's all their fault since they claim I play a distorted acoustic guitar ... lol! :)
Enjoy! :)
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BCB Band sings Sweet Home Chicago a Blues Standard. It is dedicated to RickyShades.
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BCB Band sings Sweet Home Chicago a Blues Standard. It is dedicated to RickyShades.
http://www.youtube.com/user/RickyShades
"Sweet Home Chicago" is a popular blues standard in the twelve bar form. It was first recorded and is credited to have been written by Robert Johnson.[2] Over the years the song has become one of the most popular anthems for the city of Chicago despite ambiguity in Johnson's original lyrics. Johnson recorded the song during his first recording session in November 1936, and it was released on Vocalion Records (Recording Number 03601). He gives a stirring performance, with a driving guitar rhythm and a high, near-falsetto vocal. It was a limited release race record, and was not a big-seller. The song's popularity grew only after Johnson's death in 1938.
Interestingly, the lyrics only obliquely refer to Chicago itself, in the song's refrain, where the song narrator pleads for a woman to go with him back to "that land of California/ my sweet home Chicago". Indeed, California is mentioned in the song more than Chicago, both during this refrain and in one of the stanzas ("I'm goin' to California/ two thousand miles away"). These perplexing lyrics have been a source of controversy for many years. In the 1960's and 1970's, some commentators speculated this was a geographical mistake on Johnson's part. This is clearly untrue, as Johnson was a highly sophisticated songwriter and used geographical references in a number of his songs. One interpretation is that Johnson intended the song to be a metaphorical description of an imagined paradise combining elements of the American north and west, far from the racism and poverty inherent to the Mississippi Delta of 1936.[2]. Like Chicago, California was a common such destination in many Great Depression Era songs, books, and movies. A more sophisticated and humorous interpretation (and one more consistent with all of the lyrics) has the narrator pressuring a woman to leave town with him for Chicago, but his blatant geographic ignorance reveals his attempt at deceit. There is yet another unverified suggestion in Alan Greenberg's Love In Vain: A Vision of Robert Johnson, that Johnson had a remote relative who lived in Port Chicago, California, which if true would add ambiguity as to which Chicago the lyrics are referring.
As the song grew to be a homage to Chicago, the original lyrics which refer to California were altered in most cover versions. The line "Back to the land of California" is changed to "Back to the same old place", and the line "I'm going to California" becomes "I'm going back to Chicago". This altered version dates back to pianist Roosevelt Sykes. The authorship of the song is a matter of some dispute. The musical atmosphere of the 1930s blues and folk community lent itself to borrowing of music. Reportedly, songs recorded by bluesmen Scrapper Blackwell and Kokomo Arnold bear striking similarity to "Sweet Home Chicago", having been recorded years before.[2] Leroy Carr's "Baby Don't You Love Me No More" (Scrapper on Piano) shares the rhythmic approach and the feel of the initial two verses.
As of 2002, the copyright to the song was owned by businessman Stephen LaVere, who in 1973 convinced Johnson's half-sister Carrie Thompson to sign a contract splitting the royalties with LaVere.
The list of artists who have covered the song is immense, including Buddy Guy, Earl Hooker, Freddie King, Foghat, Status Quo, Johnny Otis, Eric Clapton, and The Blues Brothers. LaVere once remarked "It's like 'When the Saints Go Marching In' to the blues crowd."
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Here is a 6 minute video of fantastic Oriental precision of Chinese dancers who dance as o
Here is a 6 minute video of fantastic Oriental precision of Chinese dancers who dance as one, and what is even more fantastic is they are all deaf!
This footage was shot at the spring festival in Beijing last year. Their coaches are standing on the sides of the stage signaling.
They're called "The China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe". The dancer in the front is 29 year old Tai Lihua and is a graduate at Hubei Art Institute."
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The Leopard Lounge Presents:
RickyShades
and
Dan9Tee
Thank you in advance for suppo
The Leopard Lounge Presents:
RickyShades
and
Dan9Tee
Thank you in advance for supporting these two wonderful singers/guitar players...and Dan is also a songwriter, and film promoter and producer, among other things :) They are awesome and you won't find a video on either channel not worth watching.
RickyShades' YouTube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/rickyshades
Ricky's Featured Videos
High Heel Sneakers (cover):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVhJ6f9pl7g
(Ricky, sorry about the little hiccup at the beginning of this next song...sometimes when I cut up the vids, the audio and video don't synch for a few seconds)
Eyes Without A Face (cover):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOrnTwMd__o
Can't Find My Way Home (cover):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeJydR8LEPI
Dan9Tee's YouTube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/dan9tee
Dan's Featured Videos
This Is The Love (Formerly Land of Tears - original):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZllCOz15D8
Notice Me (original):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D34f4uids-w
***Bonus Must-See/Hear Video of Dan's***:
Show Me Heaven (cover):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D34f4uids-w
Fa-shee-own:
Shades by: Adrienne Vittadini
V-neck top by: Donna Karan NY
If you know someone is struggling in our YouTube Music Community, or in your own community at home, please lend them a hand or give them a shoulder to lean on. When someone is kind to you, please Pay It Forward :) It is amazing what happens in your life when you do for others!
Need more exposure ideas? Please visit my awesome colleagues' channels...they do wonderful shows promoting musicians/actors/comedians as well:
http://www.youtube.com/ModernOracle
http://www.youtube.com/TheBorgLives
http://www.youtube.com/KavernKitty
I love you ALL! Thanks so much for watching!
The next Lounge won't be for a little while...4-6 weeks (see other video I posted today)
Hugs,
Joy xo
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