hey louis, how did you find out about this great guy from north carolina, malcolm holcombe?

malcolm holcombe/baby likes a love song, march 2008

hey louis, will you ever forget the hi lo's?

the hi lo's/frank sinatra/i'll never smile again, 1958
l'arrangeur du groupe, gene puerling, qui est à droite de sinatra, vient de mourir
we're all sad to hear that ....

hey louis, do you prefer sinatra or johnny hartman?

frank sinatra/my one and only love

johnny hartman/john coltrane/my one and only love
infiniment supérieur à sinatra, non?

hey louis, c'était quoi le cinéma déjà?

l'opéra de quatre sous/bertold brecht/kurt weil/g w pabst

marianne oswald
l'opéra de quatre sous/bertold brecht/kurt weil

hey louis, claveau vaut bien scott walker, non?

andré claveau/mon coeur est un violon
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...
ET JEAN SABLON VAUT BIEN BING CROSBY

jean sablon/si tu m'aimes

hey louis, remember these three versions of angel eyes?

frank sinatra, 1966

frank sinatra, 1974

bruce springsteen, 1995

hey louis, remember when lennon imitated dylan?

john lennon/parody of knockin' on heavens's door (first line: lord, take this make up off of me/dieu, enlève moi tout ce fond de teint)

hey louis, remember these four great versions of love minus zero/no limit?

bob dylan, newport, 1964

bob dylan, prague, 1994

ricky nelson, 1971

walker brothers/1965

hey louis, remember the great mildred bailey?

mildred bailey/louise brooks
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and her student in singing, the one and only ...

bing crosby

hey louis, it's blaze foley again ....

blaze foley/if i could only fly (1985)
four years after, blaze foley was dead
...
...
... and now his friend,
townes van zandt,
is also dead

townes van zandt/waitin' around to die
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....
....
mais steve young est encore vivant

steve young/alabama highway
(les deux dernières videos sont extraites d'un film magnifique, HEARTWORN HIGHWAY, qu'on trouve facilement en dvd, et qui voit les tout débuts de steve young, townes van zandt, guy clark, et d'autres poètes défoncés du texas...)

hey louis, it's frank sinatra on his tv show...

frank sinatra/just one of those things/angel eyes/the lady is a tramp
...it won't last long/ça ne durera pas/enjoy...
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et nat king cole à la BBC en 1961

nat king cole / sweet lorraine
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et dean martin dans son show télé

dean martin/everybody loves somebody