FGF - Sarah Vaughan's Come Rain or Come Shine

I have a public radio player on my iPhone, and I go to sleep listening to WBGO, a wonderful jazz station out of Newark.  This morning, about 4:40 A.M., I awoke out of a sound sleep to this standard, and understood the reason why.  Susan, this is for you.

Oh yes, we're not THAT far from football season

(has it REALLY been a week since I posted?  More on that later!)  With a doff of the chapeau to SB NATION, we learn that Northwest Arkansas has an actual symphony!  And what will they play? What do YOU think?

Why not this too? Brook Benton, folks...

Yeah, I know it's late for FGF, but I'm putting this up any way.

Today, a special version of Feel Good Friday from the Lyric Opera of Chicago

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Bryan Griffin performs for your enjoyment one of my favorite selections, chosen just for this special weekend:

The ONLY Video I Would Put Up for Feel Good Friday On Christmas Eve

It's Nat, of course.  May you all have the greatest Christmas ever, see you back Sunday or so with my take on the coming takeover of SCS by MCS, won't it be glorious?  Peace, friends.


Nat King Cole  The Christmas Song
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A Late Feel Good Friday

NashvilleNewscoma, I see your Tori Amos and raise you Marvin and Tammi!

A DIFFERENT Feel Good Friday

Ok, this is odd, but there's something unsettling and yet endearing about this, a mashup of Miley Cyrus and Biggie.  Hat Tip to Deadspin.  Oh yeah, the Biggie part is probably NSFW.

A DIFFERENT Feel Good Friday

Thanks to @FunkyWhiteGirl, here is a Welsh parody of Jay-Z's Empire State of Mind.  Yes, I sent the link to JR Lind, thanks for asking!

Feel Good Friday: Aretha Franklin

Written by Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham for Aretha Franklin, Do Right Woman was a favorite song for someone for whom I used to play it regularly on the jukebox at Garibaldi's.  Enjoy.

Why? because it's Friday and you deserve it

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A Completely Different Feel Good Friday

Just look outside if you're in Memphis, why wouldn't you sing this?  From the underrated Bakersfield legend, Wynn Stewart:

A Sad Yet Warm Remembrance for Feel Good Friday

Malcolm McLaren, the founder and manager of the Sex Pistols and one of the fathers of the punk movement, has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 64.

Our memorial, which we believe touches all the right sentiments, is this lovely ballad from the Sex Pistols, God Save The Queen.  Rest In Peace, Malcolm.

Here's my Good Friday Feel Good Friday

What could make you feel better than Bugs Bunny?

I'm still in a Celtic mood, so here's my FGF

This is the Texas-based group TERIBUS, made up of old hands EJ Jones and Al Cofrin (Clandestine), Richard Kean, and drummer Kevin Hartnell.  Enjoy!

Janetta does it again

The late great Townes Van Zandt sings his classic PANCHO AND LEFTY from 1993, thanks as always to Janetta for sending.

OK, here you go, Janetta

As steamed as I am, I gotta put this up

Thank you Janetta, I needed this, Nick Lowe, Paul Carrack & John Hiatt on Lowe's classic WHAT'S SO FUNNY ABOUT PEACE, LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING...

I'm not dead yet, so here's FGF

Yeah, I've had stomach flu, so I haven't been here, hell, Trace and Steve had to do the show for me Wednesday. Enjoy one of my favorite Warren Zevon songs in the interim

Great idea! More FGF

Don Sandberg sent this to me, and it's a fun idea! In honor of this legendary Texas songwriter's visit to Memphis for Folk Alliance 2010 this weekend, we present Ray Wylie Hubbard's SNAKE FARM!