The Tunes for "Before the Goldrush"
On the tuner to your left are the tunes we looking for artists to cover as part of this project. Take some time to listen -- maybe just start "Play" and let it run for awhile to get the idea.
Here's a rundown of the songs below (Note: The ones marked through are ones that people have asked for first dibs on.)
Notes:
- Please listen to the "Before the Goldrush - Sample Style" track #1: This is an idea of the sound we're going for -- simple, low-key, personal. If there is a song that's not on this list that's personal / meaningful to you that comes from 1967-1977, please let us know. We can probably do that one, if we agree on it.
- We're only doing one of each artist, so whichever Jefferson Airplane song gets picked, for example, will be the one we use from them
- If you need a copy of these, please let us know and we can get you a lo-fi reference copy.
Song list
Aaron Neville - Tell It Like It Is
Aretha Franklin - Angel
The Beatles - Girl
Bee Gees - Holiday
Bill Withers - In My Heart
Billy Joel - You're My Home
Blood Sweat and Tears - Sometimes In Winter
Bread - Everything I Own
Cat Stevens - Hard Headed Woman
Cat Stevens - How Can I Tell You
Cat Stevens - If I Laugh
Cat Stevens - The Wind
Crosby Stills & Nash - Lady Of The Island
Dan Fogelberg - Dancing Shoes
Donovan - Happiness Runs
Donovan - Lalena
Donovan - To Sing for You
Dory Previn - Angels and Devils The Following
Elton John - Come Down In Time
Elton John - Love Song
Fleetwood Mac - Songbird
Fleetwood Mac - Why
Graham Nash - Simple Man
Graham Nash - Sleep Song
Iain Matthews - If You Saw Thru My Eyes
Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky
Jackson Browne - Rosie
Jefferson Airplane - Comin Back To Me
Jefferson Airplane - Good Shepherd
Jefferson Airplane - Today
Jesse Winchester - Biloxi
Jesse Winchester - Bowling Green
Jim Croce - Lovers Cross
Jimmie Spheeris - I Am the Mercury
Joe Tex - Hold What You've Got
John Lennon - I'm Losing You
John Martyn - Head and Heart
John Martyn - May You Never
Joni Mitchell - Down To You
Judy Collins - Since You've Asked
Joni Mitchell, James Taylor - You Can Close Your Eyes
Judee Sill - Jesus Was A Cross Maker
King Crimson - I Talk To The Wind
Led Zeppelin - That's The Way
Leon Russell - Magic Mirror
Leonard Cohen - If It Be Your Will
Lowell George - Heartache
Neil Diamond - Done Too Soon note: this is a stretch, I know, but if it's brought waaaaaaaaaay down in tempo, it might be cool. The lyrics and the homage sure is.
Neil Young - Birds
Neil Young - Thrasher
Nick Drake - Northern Sky
Nick Drake - One of These Things First
Paul McCartney - Dear Boy
Paul Simon - Something So Right
Paul Simon - St. Judy's Comet
Paul Simon - Tenderness
Percy Sledge - Warm and Tender Love
Pete Townshend, Ronnie Lane - Heart to Hang Onto
Richie Havens - Follow
Ronnie Dyson - Why Can't I Touch You (done in a ballad style)
Simon & Garfunkel - Old Friends_Bookends
Simon & Garfunkel - Old Friends part 2
The Doors - Indian Summer
Tim Buckley - Once I Was
Tom Rush - Child's Song
Tom Waits - I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love
Tom Waits - Shiver Me Timbers
The Band - Twilight
Van Morrison - I'll Be Your Lover, Too
Willis Alan Ramsey - Angel Eyes
