Sat 14 Dec 2019
Music I’m Listening To: BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS “And When I Die.”
Posted by Steve under Music I'm Listening To[3] Comments
I bought this LP when it first came out in December 1968, and it knocked my socks off. I played so often I think I wore the grooves down to nubbins. I wasn’t the only one. It won the 1970 Grammy Award for Album of the Year.
Here’s my favorite track from it:
December 14th, 2019 at 4:22 pm
Good choice. Laura Nyro wrote a lot of great songs.
December 14th, 2019 at 5:55 pm
Yes, indeed. I bought her albums too, back in the day. I think she wrote this song when she was 17. Here’s her version of it:
It was recorded first, though by Peter Paul & Mary:
Here’s a later version, recorded by The Heavy and used on the final episode of True Blood Season 4:
One more, this one by Billy Childs with Alison Krauss and Jerry Douglas:
The version by BS&T is the best, though.
December 14th, 2019 at 9:55 pm
Yep, BS&T is best and also best known, but have to say I like the Krauss/Childs/Douglas version. Of course, Alison Krauss could sing the phone book and I would probably listen.
Do they even make phone books anymore, or am I dating myself?