Tuesday, November 6, 2012: Sweet Honey In The Rock - Motherless Child

Sometimes, we're all just motherless children.

CSOTD Bonus Edition: Rachel Sweet - Shadows Of The Night

Yes, THAT Shadows Of The Night. A full year before Pat Benatar's version was released (and won 1982's Grammy for Best Song), Akron, Ohio's own Rachel Sweet released this song, the opening track on and the third single from her "...And Then He Kissed Me" album.

This song is an original composition by D.L. Byron that Rachel gets a co-writing credit on.

It's blasphemy, I know, but I really like this a lot better than the bombastic, overblown, big 80's style of Benatar's version.

Listen for yourself, and I think you'll find the slight restraint in her voice and the overall production serve the song a lot better.

But, hey, that's just me and I might be wrong

Tuesday, February 22, 2011: TWOfer Tuesday - The Random British 70's Rock Edition

I've been busting my hump trying to connect these two songs together.

Other than the obvious facts that they are both British rock from the 1970's, I was hoping to find some more interesting connection, like they both had the same producer, or that both the bass players lived in the same flat in Stretham, or that the costume mistress for one band was married to a roadie for the other. Something, anything, like that

But, nope, no other connection - other than they are both very cool

Enjoy