Some songs which Nigel shared with me over the years
As I mentioned in my previous posting, and as I also mentioned when I spoke at Nigel's Memorial last week, Nigel had a lifelong passion for music of many genres.
I could list thousands of numbers he sent me, but in this blog I will present just a sample of the sorts of musical items which he sent to me.
TEE-SET "Ma Belle Amie"
Alela Diane, "The Rifle"
The Waifs, "London Still"
Gerry Humphrys & The Loved Ones, "Blueberry Hill"
Big Bill Bissonnette & Sammy Rimington, "Porter's Love Song"
Mae West, "My Old Flame"
The Red Onions, "Miss Hannah"
Woody Allen, "In The Evenin' "
Harry Dean Stanton, "Cancion Mixteca"
Annette Hanshaw "That's Just My Way Of Forgetting You"
Leon Redbone & Robert Gordon "Melancholy Baby"
Lazy Ade Monsbourgh, "Ragtime Dance"
Alela Diana, "The Pirate's Gospel"
Tuba Skinny "What's the matter with the mill?"
Big Bill Broonzy "See See Rider"
ps., I've checked spelling of "Monsbourgh" v. "Monsborough" and what is shown on the YouTube image is how I've always pronounced Ade's name. But it was spelled "Monsbourgh" on Wikipedia and other sources. pt
ReplyDeleteBrilliant stuff!! Thank you for sharing. That'll be excellent to be able to give them all a listen. Really looking forward to hearing this small sample of music, recommended and inspired by Nigel!
ReplyDeleteThat's an interesting, quirky collection, of unknown people (to me) and known ones.
ReplyDeleteYes Bill, and it's just a tiny sample. Nigel's taste in music was so broad. His collection of items on CDs was huge, more than 430 CDs! The samples I've posted would not fill a single one of his average 20 track CDs. Of course there were repeats of some numbers which appear a few times over the range of discs. He introduced me to hundreds of numbers, songs or instrumental, of which I was totally ignorant, even when I may have known other works by a specific performer. But aside from that, his dedication to preservation. He simply put all this effort into collection and preservation because he felt that it should be done, that the artists deserved no less.
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It was sooooo broad Pete. He once made a mixtape and sent it to me at boarding school. On it was an ecclectic mix of Laurie Anderson, the Alan Ginsberg Project with William S Burroughs' Twilight's Last Gleamins, the Penguin Cafe Orchestra's Telephone and Rubber Bands, Phillip Glass, and so many other interesting tracks that influenced me the rest of my life.
DeleteI remember playing him some Alela Diane and he noted it down on the back of an envelope, but I never thought he'd actually listen to it. He liked it's sea shanty vibe. He also liked Agnes Obel and her video for Riverside. All the hand-held super 8 black and white probably.
ReplyDeleteThank you Amanda, he had a love on music from many different eras, many different genres.
ReplyDeleteWho could ever keep up with him? At least the little sample I posted is getting some attention, but what can we do with the entire collection?
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