the last month in the year
Dominic at Spoilt Victorian Child has posted a version of the old gospel tune "When Was Jesus Born". It's quite a raw and bluesy adaptation but I much prefer the song with a touch of that old Mills Bros style smoothness. So here is the version by the fabulous Golden Gate Quartet:
mp3: GGQ-When Was Jesus Born
In 1983 this track was somewhat on the mind of my musical partner Patrick Gibson and so our band No Night Sweats did a cover version (unfortunately the only recordings we have of this song are live ones so please forgive the ambient sound quality from our last ever gig):
mp3: NNS-When Was Jesus Born
Not to be outdone, we wrote our own Christmas song and here it is:
mp3: NNS-A Sweaty Christmas
I'd transcribe the lyics but would be too embarrased.
posted by Phil at
4:01 pm
2 Comments:
He He...
Your version of it sounds like a bunch of crazy cabaret singers playing at some very very strange wedding or something...
Good stuff.
Would have loved to have seen it.
Cheers
Simon
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Spoilt Victorian Child, at 2:14 pm
like a bunch of crazy cabaret singers playing at some very very strange wedding or somethingyep, that's what we looked like too - bow ties and crumpled suits and gesticulation.
By
Phil, at 2:46 pm
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