Category: Music

Bree Sharp Sings “David Duchovny” for David Duchovny

David Duchovny book Actor David Duchovny recently released his novel Holy Cow, which is about a milk cow who learns about industrial farming and which one reviewer called “totally bizarre.” While promoting the book, Duchovny asked singer Bree Sharp to appear with him at a Barnes & Noble so she could sing her funny song about him.

The song “David Duchovny” appeared on Sharp’s debut album A Cheap & Evil Girl (1999). The song is a catchy, charming, and funny tribute to Duchovny and his reign as a heartthrob during his years on the original run of The X Files during 1993-2002. In the song, Sharp pines for the TV star, asking “David Duchovny, why won’t you love me?”

You may have forgotten how big Duchovny (as Fox Mulder) and his co-star Gillian Anderson (as Dana Scully) were during those years. But the song, and Sharp’s recent performance, will take you back. Check it out.

If you want more on Bree Sharp, check out her website. If you want more Duchovny, in May he will start appearing on the NBC TV series Aquarius, and Fox will revive The X Files for six episodes. And that is not all. On May 12, Duchovny will release Hell Or Highwater, his first CD. He really is amazing.

What do you think of “David Duchovny” and David Duchovny? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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How Marty Brown Wrote “Whatever Makes You Smile”

Whatever Makes You Smile

One of the many benefits we have gained from the resurgence of country singer Marty Brown has been his outstanding song “Whatever Makes You Smile.” It is one of those songs that continues to sound better each time we hear it.

In this video with his wife Shellie Brown, Brown explains how he came to write the song, first coming up with the groove and the opening lines, and then “it was off to the races.” He wrote the song in about thirty minutes. Shellie also explains how Marty wrote it both for her and for his ailing mom. Check out the video, which also includes a live performance of the song.

And that is the Story Behind the Song.

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    Jerry Lee Lewis and Tom Jones Rock Out

    In 1969, Tom Jones and Jerry Lee Lewis performed together on Jones’s TV show.

    Tom Jones Jerry Lee Lewis
    In 1969, Jerry Lee Lewis and Tom Jones ran through some of Lewis’s hits on Jones’s TV show, This Is Tom Jones. As noted in a previous post, Jones was a big fan of Lewis, and it was Lewis’s recording of “Green Green Grass of Home” that inspired Jones to do his own hit version.

    Here, the groove is more upbeat as the two run through songs that include: “Great Balls Of Fire,” “Down The Line,” “Long Tall Sally,” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Going On.”

    Additionally, the two guys look like they are having a great time. Check it out.



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    I May Drown in Still Waters

    Merle Haggard Kern River

    One of my favorite songs by Merle Haggard is “Kern River.” The song has one of the greatest lines ever written, “I may drown in still waters but I’ll never swim Kern River again.” The line tells you everything you need to know about the song about longing, sadness, loss, and memory.

    Haggard wrote “Kern River” and released the song in 1985 as the title track of the album Kern River. The song was not a number one hit, but it went up to number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. Haggard performs his classic below on Ralph Emery’s show as Porter Wagoner looks on, noting that Haggard “is a dangerous man with a song.” Check it out.

    Wagoner is not the only fan of the song. Rolling Stone lists “Kern River” among the essential Merle Haggard songs. Allmusic claims “Kern River” is “one of Merle’s best latter-day songs.”

    Other notable artists have praised “Kern River.” Bob Dylan loves the song, noting the song “is a beautiful lament, but let’s not forget it’s about his girlfriend dying.” Emmylou Harris has claimed that “Kern River” is her favorite Merle Haggard song, and she has recorded her own version of it. Check out her version with images of the real Kern River.

    The real Kern River flows around 165 miles through California, draining around the southern Sierra Nevada mountains northeast of Bakersfield, a town often associated with Haggard for “the Bakersfield sound.” Also, Haggard grew up near Kern River, later building a mansion on the river. The Lake Shasta mentioned in the song is a real place too. Haggard owned a cabin on the still waters of the lake.

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    Whitey Morgan Covers Townes’s “Waitin’ ‘Round To Die”

    Waitin' Round to Die

    Singer-songwriter Whitey Morgan has released a video of his cover of the Townes Van Zandt classic, “Waitin’ Round to Die.” The song is from Morgan’s upcoming album Sonic Ranch.

    While Van Zandt’s original version of the song sounds like a sad lament, Morgan takes the song up a notch in both volume and tempo, grounding the sadness in anger and a touch of defiance. I like the Outlaw country take on a song I already loved, making Morgan’s “Waitin’ Round to Die” one of the best covers I have heard in a long time. Check it out.

    Morgan and his band the 78’s previously released Honky Tonks and Cheap Motels (2008) and Whitey Morgan and the 78’s (2010). And, in 2014, Morgan released Grandpa’s Guitar. The Flint, Michigan honky-tonk singer (whose real name is Eric David Allen) releases Sonic Ranch on May 19, 2015.

    What is your favorite cover of a Townes Van Zandt song that is not “Pancho and Lefty”? Leave your two cents in the comments?

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