Love songs ain’t what they used to be.
Love ain’t what it used to be.
Kurt Elling brings something new to the table.
261: Kurt Elling/Sting, ‘Practical Arrangement’
Sting
095: Derek & The Dominos, ‘Little Wing’ (Jimi Hendrix)
One doesn’t usually go to Hendrix for his songs, rather for his disassembly of world order. However, ‘Little Wing’, is on jelly bread of a song, inspiring oodles of admirable covers, most notably Derek & The Dominos’ rapturous amalgam of 1967 Haight-Ashbury, ephemeral bliss with the very corporeal guitars of Eric Clapton and Duane Allman.
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