Spectacle Elvis Costello

[yorks5stringer]

Just stumbled across these on YT:

Police, Sir Elton John, Tony Bennett, Lou Reed, John Mellencamp, Norah Jones and James Taylor.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgLq5LTEgCkosi4HJzd5RgQ

 

A nice way to spend an hour or so listening to the music and background to it

Edited April 13, 2020 by yorks5stringer

[musicbassman]

Elvis Costello - a fine musician, excellent songwriter and he displays extremely refined taste in choosing other songwriter's material.

It's a shame I've really never liked his voice - always sounds to me like he's just recovering from a bad cold.  😟

[SICbass]

I shall definitely be giving this a look/listen. Elvis is a fantastic musician and songwriter as well as being an engaging wit and nice bloke.

Thanks for posting that 👍

[TheGreek]

He lost a bit of credibility with me when I found his dad is the person on the R White's Lemonade ad..you know the one I mean.

[casapete]

2 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

He lost a bit of credibility with me when I found his dad is the person on the R White's Lemonade ad..you know the one I mean.

Yup, Ross McManus. He sang with the Joe Loss Orchestra in the 50’s. I backed him once in a club, nice fella. 

[SICbass]

41 minutes ago, TheGreek said:

He lost a bit of credibility with me when I found his dad is the person on the R White's Lemonade ad..you know the one I mean.

Funny, that has exactly the opposite effect on me.

[yorks5stringer]

Just found out there is a second series with people like Richard Thompson, Levon Helm, Allen Toussaint , Ray Lamontagne , Lyle Lovett, The Boss etc

Edited April 13, 2020 by yorks5stringer

[oldslapper]

Thanks, been listening to the Herbie Hancock one.
Interesting guy. 

Lovely double bass playing and tone too.

[SICbass]

I loved that quote from Tony Bennett in the trailer:

Elvis (to Tony Bennett): "I read somewhere that Frank Sinatra once said you were the best singer in the business."

Tony Bennett: "Yeah.... but what does he know?"

 

[Guest]

I chose his version of Charles Aznavour's 'She' to walk the current Mrs Bassfinger up the aisle, but only because I couldn't remember where I'd put my Tenacuous D CD with 'F*** Her gently" on it.

[bassbiscuits]

On 13/04/2020 at 14:37, casapete said:

Yup, Ross McManus. He sang with the Joe Loss Orchestra in the 50’s. I backed him once in a club, nice fella. 

In massively tenuous link, the Joe Loss Orchestra played at a posh wedding I went to about 10 years ago.

So I can now say I once saw a band who once had a singer who was Elvis Costello’s dad. 

[Steve Browning]

I was at an EC gig at Portsmouth Guildhall back in the days of TOTP. It was a Wednesday night and the band were still in London recording the backing for the next might's show (I think Nick Lowe was depping on bass too). He came out on his own and did about an hour before the rest of the band arrived and they started again.

[yorks5stringer]

17 hours ago, bassbiscuits said:

In massively tenuous link, the Joe Loss Orchestra played at a posh wedding I went to about 10 years ago.

So I can now say I once saw a band who once had a singer who was Elvis Costello’s dad. 

Alas Joe Loss's brother, Dead Loss is no longer with us....

[casapete]

8 minutes ago, yorks5stringer said:

Alas Joe Loss's brother, Dead Loss is no longer with us....

Or indeed his drag queen brother, Candy F.