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I second Buffy Sainte Marie. She wrote some songs that I think would surprise most people -- "Universal Soldier" (covered by Donovan), "Until it's Time for You to Go" (covered by several very famous early crooners), "Piney Wood Hills" (covered by Eva Cassidy), "Up Where We Belong" (covered by Jennifer Warnes and Joe Cocker). Not quite the same vein as "Groundhog" and "Cod'ine".Jennifer and Joe here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFYtpTot7hQAlso second Beverly Bivens as lead singer for the first two We Five albums.
Quote from: lonewolfny42 on 27 Oct 2009, 10:21 pmRim....Soeur Sourire....the singing nun....Sad about her fate...."Sadly, she seemed ill-prepared for life outside the convent. By 1985, then in her 50s, Deckers was overwhelmed by debt, with the Belgian government claiming she owed $63,000 in back taxes. Pushed to desperation when she thought she would lose her school, she swallowed a lethal amount of barbiturates with alcohol, and was joined by her companion of 10 years, Annie Pecher, a physiotherapist and a fellow former nun. Found near their bodies was a poignant note from both, asking for forgiveness and understanding: ''We hope God will welcome us. He saw us suffer, so He should show clemency.''How ironic. Sworn to chastity and living pure most of her life. Then her and her "companion" take the coward's way out on booze and pills. They must have been really blazed before the lights went out.
Rim....Soeur Sourire....the singing nun....Sad about her fate...."Sadly, she seemed ill-prepared for life outside the convent. By 1985, then in her 50s, Deckers was overwhelmed by debt, with the Belgian government claiming she owed $63,000 in back taxes. Pushed to desperation when she thought she would lose her school, she swallowed a lethal amount of barbiturates with alcohol, and was joined by her companion of 10 years, Annie Pecher, a physiotherapist and a fellow former nun. Found near their bodies was a poignant note from both, asking for forgiveness and understanding: ''We hope God will welcome us. He saw us suffer, so He should show clemency.''
A few more...Alison Krauss
Quote from: Don_S on 27 Oct 2009, 09:56 pmI second Buffy Sainte Marie. She wrote some songs that I think would surprise most people -- "Universal Soldier" (covered by Donovan), "Until it's Time for You to Go" (covered by several very famous early crooners), "Piney Wood Hills" (covered by Eva Cassidy), "Up Where We Belong" (covered by Jennifer Warnes and Joe Cocker). Not quite the same vein as "Groundhog" and "Cod'ine".Jennifer and Joe here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFYtpTot7hQAlso second Beverly Bivens as lead singer for the first two We Five albums.I third Buffy Sainte Marie who also wrote "Tall Trees In Georgia" - my favorite of her songs. The version by Eva Cassidy (obviously another fav) is peerless: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVYiM4Fy2X0Joan Baez still sends chills up through my head particularly in this, which I was lucky to hear her do live in the '80s (the clip is from Newport in the '60s): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga_l6zo5LBU&feature=relatedIris Dement and Emmylou Harris: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghVAH_WX-9ISylvia Fricker (Ian and Sylvia), who wrote "You Were On My Mind".Kate and Anna McGarrigle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuWmAk6rs8http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB6-sH5jozA&feature=PlayList&p=3FF970185D30964C&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=27Sandy Denny, of course.
