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try, try, try again -

So Far from the Clyde - Mark Knopfler

also

M'sippi Blues - Sonny Landreth
Buffalo River Home - John Hiatt

THURSDAY


One for Norrie...

"The Mississippi Delta was shining

Like a National guitar,

I am following the river

Down the highway

Through the cradle of the Civil War"


'Graceland' - Willie Nelson



Keep it Country!

oops, mean to do this:

- Sonny Landreth

- John Hiatt

Many Thanks SG. May I return the compliment:

Pete Townsend and Ronnie Lane - Til The Rivers All Run Dry

keeping it a great version of a great Country song.

#4

Yeeha! Is Michelle Shocked a Country singer?


'The Water is Wide' - Michelle Shocked & Fiachna Ó Braonáin


:-)

Take Me To The River - Al Green

Take Me To The River - Talking Heads

Watching The River - Bob Dylan

Meet Me By The River's Edge - The Gaslight Anthem

At The River - Groove Armada

Ride The River - JJ Cale/Eric Clapton

Many Rivers To Cross - Jimmy Cliff

Saturday Night, Sunday Morning - The River Detectives

It's a start, blindingly obvious I suppose, but I like them all.

regardez youse

henri

Really think you might just take a fancy to this little ditty ...

'Lost Coastlines' ~~ Okkervil River

lovely biscuits!

River of Tears - Eric Clapton

BRING ME THE RED RIVER OF ALFREDO GARCIA!

If the head of popular music could delve into the celtic connections recordings from January she would find an outstanding version of a Bob Dylan track. Unlikl;ey though so one of the superb Dylan versions would be good:

Bob Dylan - Mississipi (Bootleg Series Vol 8, Unrelease Version #1)

or


Billy MacKenzie - The Secret Life of Arabia

River MacKenzie - Canada oh Canada etc.
River Arabia - Sudan

Severn and Severn Is - Love

#10 The version was by Rab Noakes my proof reader has the night off....

On The Banks Of The Old Pontchartrain ~ Hank Williams
On The Banks Of The Old Pontchartrain ~ Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris


Maybe one version this time.

Some more rivers:

Big River - Johnny Cash
Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Matapedia - Kate and Anna McGarrigle
Rivers of Babylon - Boney M or Melodians
Shenandoah - Pete Seeger

Bruce Nesmith
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

PSALM 137


RIVERS of BABYLON - Sinéad O'Connor


{:-{)}

The Pogues ~ The Broad Majestic Shannon

A classics and naff sandwich:
Julie London Cry Me A River
Pussycat Mississipi
Andy Williams Moonriver
I've had a good run for my money - have to give it a break for a bitty and just sit back and enjoy (or not!!) everyone else's suggestions. Already like most of yours, # 6 henri!

#17 before the spelling police come out in force - yes, I realise there should be two p's in there. Bowl half full, not half empty....................................

you can see why some folks sign their addresses and some don't:
Greenock, Inverclyde v Cedar Rapids, Iowa - you choose


Travelling Riverside Blues - Peter Green Splinter Group

River's Invitation - Hans Theessink

keepin' it blues

Here's another couple:

Sleeping By the Fryis River - Ane Brun

This is a completely remarkable record, the best version is from the 'Live In Stockholm' album.Your kinda stuff, Bryan, a tremendous voice - just as well she's Norweigan.Anyone not familiar with this should have a listen on Spotify.

and to cheer evryone up: Red River Rock - Johnny & The Hurricanes

regardez youse

henri

Tale O' The Bank every time ;-)

'ohio river boat song'................bonnie prince billy

'ferry cross the mersey'.................gerry a great river, great city, great singer

would do fine thank you.

cheers frae the dale

Yes!! Scotch Git and DC!!

Stephen Morrisey - Moon River

enjoy.....

Flow liffy waters wolftones

If Miss Babs isn't on tomorrow night it'll be okay to request:

Pontiac - lyle lovett

regardez youse

henri

Messing about on the river

Mersey Paradise --- Stone Roses

It's a great wee acoustic radio friendly song
Boat on the river /Styx
However I've asked for it the last twice we did rivers

It's a great wee schmaltzy guilty pleasure
Shannon / Henry Gross

great Dylan suggestions Norrie and Henri, dunno which one's better, the maestro must get played!

Dixie Lily - Elton John ( in a similar vein to Proud Mary)

Down By The River - Neil Young


Paul from Ayr

Robbie Robertson - Somehere Down The Crazy River

The Standells - Dirty Water

Frightened Rabbit - Floating In The Forth

R.E.M. - Find The River

Ocean Colour Scene - The Riverboat Song

Did UB40 do Many rivers to Cross? Maybe my imagination.

Moses I think Bette Midler maybe Dolly did it (part this red river of pain)

Anything by Muddy Waters

May the Forth be with you from Star wars

Barbra Striesand Niagra from the Wet album (very)

crickle creek ferry

#cripple creek ferry Niel Young sorry got someone elses fingers on today x

Carly Simon - Ure So Vain
Motorhead/Girlschool - Please Don't Tees
The White Stripes - Severn Nation Army
Annie Lennox - Wye
The Hollies - The Aire That I Breathe

Secret Agent Man - Johnny Rivers

listen to the Blue Danube Johann Strauss and all your cares will wash down stream ....aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

The Original Animal's version of 'Many Rivers To Cross'

#34 D'oh! That was Please Don't Touch :-(

#33 last time I asked for that song the moderators removed the post. Perhaps the moderators are more moderate in their moderation now

DC

#39 Everything in moderation ☺

Rio Duran Duran

#39 oh? I dont blame them not really a Neil Young Fan but is there some hidden meaning i'm missing in the song or Lyrics?

Positively Forth Street - Bob Dylan
The Thames they are a changin' - Bob Dylan
You belong Tay me - Bob Dylan
Gates of Eden - Bob Dylan
Lossie Smith - Bob Dylan
Eye shall be released
Don think twice it's Ericht - Bob Dylan




and one for Adam:

Dreel Gone Kid - not Bob Dylan

#43 Very good DeeC

Previously on the Blog....

I didn't get the date wrong! It was a typo!

;o)


Hold Back The River - Wet Wet Wet


Okay. I did get the date wrong. Sue me.

;o)

#45 You can redeem yourself. When was the last time we did rivers?

#33 - #42 - jinkk - It's his own fault. DC is not PC

;o)

#45 That's water under the bridge now ☺

#46 - #48 - Billy - I don't remember. But we've all passed a lot of water since then.

;o)

Richard Hawley - Roll River Roll

Jimmy Nail - Big River

I forgot about:

River of People - Love & Money

#32 - yep, UB40 did Many Rivers To Cross.... I prefer Jimmy Cliff, but Julie's Animals version sounds intreguing too...and then there's that Neil Young number.. Down By The River... but the last time I heard it, it went on for about 15 minutes, so it's hardly worth the bother.

regardez youse

henri

Now Henri we have told you about exaggerating. The Neil Young version is only 9'13''. The Indigo Girls do a good version as well...wee bit longer, neither will make the show I fear!

A Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel is probably about a river, most bridges go over rivers rathe than oceans, lochs etc so, I think it counts.

#10 Since our hero canonised and annointed Bily Mackenzie 'Scotland's greatest ever singer', I went back and started listening again. Some remarkable stuff, and with some reluctance and hesitation, I am pleased to be corrected.

I'd far rather have a four octave marvel capable of vocal gymnastics as Scotland's greatest singer than any of the traditional stuff that we're all supposed to love simply because we're Scottish.I wish I could learn to love Runrig doing rock versions of Loch Lomond, but I find it beyond me.

Which brings us back to the campaign for a cheery national anthem...the national pschye would be immeasurably improved by everyone singing "I Was Born With A Smile On My Face" rather than a whole load of mince about fighting our neighbours or even hyper - Burns. It's all too serious, po faced, insular, revisionist and sad.

regardez - youse

henri

#52.. Interesting...Neil Young is not alone in writing about murdering his partner. Jimi's 'Hey Joe' also shot his partner. And there's Delilah,of course.

Have we done a theme about murdering folk .. maybe there aren't enough of them?

That Billy Mackenzie track is 7:00 on Spotify, so it'll be interesting to see if it gets played - mind you half of it is a long disco introduction.. Billy's bit is no more than 4:00.

regardez youse

henri

#54 The original version was nowhere near as long as that, must be a remix. One of the most interesting Bowie covers I have heard. Pretty readily available on various Bowie covers cd's...

#54

Aye, Taggart night... There's bin a mrrrrrrrrdrrrrrrrrrrrr

#54/56

To which I can contribute Everley Bros, many many Johnny Cash, Nick Cave, JJ Cale, Tom Lehrer, Billy Bragg (attempted murder I think in that one) and of course Frankie & Johnny.

#43

Po' Boy - Bob Dylan

#30

Dirty Water - The Standells - This hymn to the Charles River is a classic

#53

You are right Henri, very few bridges cross oceans.

#56

and 'The Night You Murdered Love'....

#43 #58 A Hard Rhine's A-Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan

tsk tsk Mr Miller. 42 in Florida keys alone that cross the Atlantic.

Oresund bridge

Tjorn Bridge

Hangzhou Bridge.....

But we should not talk about bridges as Bryan will freak out.......

Rivers:

* Fairport Convention - London River
* The Pogues - Misty Morning Albert Bridge
* Peter Nardini - A River Without You - great Glasgow song
* Nick Drake - River Man
* Capercaille - Both Sides the Tweed
* Dick Gaughan - Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
* Geoffrey Oreyama - The River which listeners might remember as the closing credits theme from Long Way Down
* Runrig - Abhainn An t-Sluaigh (The Crowded River)
* Runrig - Every River (also with the co-ordinated clapping on the live versions)
* Alison Krauss - Down to the River (from the O Brother OST)
* U2 or Christy Moore - North and South of the River Co-written between Bono/Edge & Christy & recorded by both. Christy's is the stronger version imo



#8
Richard Thompson is also drowning in a river of tears in The Dimming of the Day

No-one going for Ike & Tina? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
Friends don't let friends suggest Enya...

Some gems here.... promise!

Down To The River To Pray: Alison Krauss
The River: Audra Mae
North and South Of The River: Christy Moore
River: Joni Mitchell
Both Sides The Tweed: Dick Gaughan
And The River Is Me: Darrell Scott
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy: Richard Shindell
River Man: Nick Drake
Fog On The Tyne: Lindisfarne

#53 #59 #62 one's a lot closer

Length: 652 miles
Country: Papua New Guinea
Outflow: Gulf of Papua

'(THE FLY)' ~~ U2


Length: 710 miles
Country: USA
Outflow: Missouri

'How Was it For You' ~~ (the) JAMES

Ouse that girl, Madonna
Eye of the Tiber, Survivor

Zambezi, The Pirhanas

The National - 'Blood Buzz OHIO'

Yay! Back in contact via the work computer again! No kore scrolling through Henri's musings on the phone to try to post something.

BTW Henri...The Original Animals version of 'Many Rivers To Cross' sounds most similar to Jimmy Cliff's. I have the single somewhere in the infamous cupboard under the stairs but I'm not digging it out and taking it on a train to Glasgow to hand it over with a cheese sandwich and a packet of crisps to try to coax them into playing it. My copy's scratched anyway. If I were the producer, I would see it as testament to my dilligence to try my utmost to find it...at least for a listen ;o)

#69 no kore scrolling!!! Maybe that's why I'm able to post from here again...they've swapped my keyboard for Norrie's one!

#62 #65

I said there were very few. There are 600000 bridges in the US, say 1.5 m worldwide. You have come up with 43 which lie within oceans (arguably The Gulf of Mexico - and the others cross sounds or bays). Even if we accept them as "crossing" oceans that's 0.003% and not a lot.

#71 I take your point.

Well with a name like Ferry it's take yout pick form the Roxy/Ferry canon.

His version of 'Take Me To The River' is two for the pric of one.

J.O'B.

Unusual

The Pearlfishers - Bedroom on the Seine

Au revoir Capitaine ☺

#74 it's not

#43

Thats a burn DC, not a river.
However, if burns count then:

Burn - Deep Purple (Made in Europe version)

Much requested, never played:

River Deep Mountain High - The Saints

Joe Cocker - 'Cry Me A River'

#76

To be loved by anyone?

Harry Nilsson - 'River Deep Mountain High'

Somewhere down the Crazy River - Robbie Robertson

Dry the River - New Ceremony

Check this out ☺

Steel River blues / Chris Rea
His finest recording

Don't cross the river /America
Slow dancin (swayin to the Music ) / Johnny Rivers
Reminiscing / Little River Band

Everybody Dance / Chic

Let it Flow / Grover washington Jnr
Mississippi / Train
So amazon / Luther Vandross
It should've been me / Avon Fair
Delta lady / joe Cocker

#80 it happens every day....

#82

See #30. Billy's already asked for this one as well as the excellent

Dirty Water - The Standells

#87

If it's not unusual, what is a pric?

Someone who's in Seine?






(see what I did there???)

This could Tagus all night.

THURSDAY


'How Can I Be Suir?' - David Ballycassidy




#89

'Pric of Love' - Bryan Govan Ferry

"Tigris! You're Het Gein!"

Re: Photie

Pure ootay date, man. The Glenlee is at the Riverside Museum noo. So it is...

They've probably put it on a high shelf like the locomotive and most of the cars.

#95

Perhaps they've put it in a bottle.

A bottle o' Glenlee please...

Tastes like ship

Gies ye the dry boat

Ken Lee????