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...Markie. His finest album may be 1996's Bug Music, a thrilling exploration of the jumpy, angular and surprisingly substantive music written for, among other things, 1940s cartoons. On his most recent disc, last year's A Fine Line, he brought together works by Stephen Sondheim, Ornette Coleman, Roy Orbison, Stevie Wonder and Giacomo Puccini. He was hoping to show, he wrote, "that a song untethered from its stylistic conventions could be heard anew." In fact, hearing familiar music as you've never heard it before is an experience that comes with nearly every Don Byron album...
...Markie. His finest album may be 1996's Bug Music, a thrilling exploration of the jumpy, angular and surprisingly substantive music written for, among other things, 1940s cartoons. On his most recent disc, last year's A Fine Line, he brought together works by Stephen Sondheim, Ornette Coleman, Roy Orbison, Stevie Wonder and Giacomo Puccini. He was hoping to show, he wrote, "that a song untethered from its stylistic conventions could be heard anew." In fact, hearing familiar music as you've never heard it before is an experience that comes with nearly every Don Byron album...
...Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams 2. Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison 3. Blue Moon of Kentucky - Elvis Presley 4. Memphis, Tennessee - Chuck Berry 5. Jungle Fever - Charlie Feathers 6. Blue Tattoo - Teri Joyce (Marti Brom version) 7. Over and Over - Frank Sinatra 8. She Said - Hasil Adkins 9. Honky Tonkin' - Hank Williams 10 The Wanderer - Dion
...Cherish - The Association 2. Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison 3. Hang On Sloopy - McCoys 4. The Lion Sleeps Tonight 5. Happy Together - Turtles 6. Love Potion #9 - Leiber/Stoller 7. She Loves You - Beatles 8. Bridge Over Troubled Waters - Simon & Garfunkel 9. Ride my See-saw - Moody Blues 10. Unchained Melody - Righteous Brothers...
...Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison 2. I Did It My Way - Sinatra 3. Your Cheatin' Heart - H. Williams 4. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes - Irene Dunn (Roberta) 5. Like a Rolling Stone - Dylan 6. Satisfaction - Rolling Stones 7. Memory - Lloyd Webber 8. Evergreen - Barbra Streisand (from "A Star Is Born") 9. As Time Goes By - from "Casablanca" 10. Lily Marlene - Marlene Dietrich...