Ben C. O. Grimm - One Weblog Too Many

Almost two years ago I wrote about Raul Midon, a singer-songwriter I encountered on The Late Show with David Letterman. When I went scouting for Amy Winehouse videos to add to my previous blogpost, I suddenly remembered I hadn't been able to find video of Raul's performance, so it is about time to correct that. Two years later, it still amazes me how the usually quite sedate Late Show crowd respond to this amazing performance. And rightly so!



A slightly more clubby/jazzy improv version:

This is what I would call The Ultimate in Feel-Good Music. When I was in my twenties, I was very much into soul and jazz. Later on, I moved on to more noise-orientated guitar music, but sometimes an artist pulls me right back into that era of impressive arrangements, horn sections and what I would call 'a nightclub atmosphere'.



Enter Amy Winehouse, a British artist with an incredible voice and presence, and most of all: an incredible, powerful and thoroughly original live perfomer. I do hope she manages to overcome her somewhat destructive lifestyle.

If you don't like this, you truly have no soul ..

Enjoy! The first song below definitely won me over.

Amy Winehouse - You Sent Me Flying (Live, Sessions@AOL)
When the drummer joins in halfway through (3:14, or 2:58 when counting down) ...
Man! That hits me right where it hurts. (Lyrics)


Amy Winehouse - Tears dry on their own (Live, Later with Jools Holland)
Sounds like an old-fashioned Eurovision Song Contest entry!) (Lyrics)


Amy Winehouse - In My Bed (Live, Sessions@AOL) (Lyrics)


Amy Winehouse - Stronger than me (Live, Later with Jools Holland) (Lyrics)


Amy Winehouse - Mr Magic (Live)


Amy Winehouse - Know you now (Live, Sessions@AOL) (Lyrics)


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