Saturday, April 4, 2009

Today's Video Link

Way back in this post, I introduced some of you to the British team of singer-songwriters, Flanders and Swann. An awful lot of you already knew of them but you'd be surprised how many e-mails I received that said something to the effect of, "Where have these guys been all my life?" Even though I didn't provide a direct link to make it easy, about a dozen of you purchased Flanders and Swann CDs through the Amazon link on this page that gives me a tiny cut.

In that first posting, Mr. Flanders favored us with "Have Some Madeira, M'Dear," a song he and Mr. Swann authored and recorded. It's a great tune but I think I preferred the version recorded in 1960 by the folksinging group, The Limeliters. Which brings us to today's link. This is a later performance by The Limeliters...from the late seventies, I'd guess. It's the original Limeliters plus one or more later members of the troupe. The gent with the beard is Lou Gottlieb, who performed this tune on the '60 album. Take five minutes and watch what I think is a superb performance...

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