Episode 53: Pure Smokey - a podcast by Shake Rag Radio
from 2021-09-14T03:17:39
Here's to cowboys, and here's to gold…
"John often used to tell the story behind Me And My Uncle. Years ago he began receiving publishing royalties from a song on a Judy Collins record with which he was unfamiliar. It was titled Me And My Uncle. He called Judy to let her know of the mistake because he hadn't written any such song. She laughed and told him that about a year before, in Arizona after one of her concerts, they had a tequila night back at the hotel with Stephen Stills, Neil Young and a few others. They were running a blank cassette and John proceeded to write Me And My Uncle on the spot. The next day, John woke up to the tequila sunrise with no recollection of the songwriting incident. Judy kept the cassette from that evening and then, without informing John, recorded the song for her own record. Over the years the song was recorded by several people, and eventually became a standard of the Grateful Dead. John used to joke that, little by little, with each royalty check, the memory of writing the song would come back to him."
Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten
Fallin' Rain - Neville Brothers
Burnin' Streets - Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros
Going Places - Paul Weller
Pure Smokey - George Harrison
The Nearest Faraway Place - The Beach Boys
There's A Honky Tonk Angel (Who Will Take Me Back In) - Elvis Presley
A Song For You - Gram Parsons
When I Hold You In My Arms - Neil Young
Bullet Proof Soul - Sade
Ranglin’s Diamond - Ernest Ranglin
Me And My Uncle - John Phillips
Tombstone Shadow - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Baby Ride Easy - Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash
Friendly Gates - Carlene Routh
Someone Like You - The Knitters
When I Stop Loving You - Felice & Boudleaux Bryant
This Girl's in Love with You - Aretha Franklin
Close To You - Phyllis Dillon
Love Letters - Elvis Presley
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