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Posted - 25/01/2016 : 20:50:41
DANNY O'KEEFE
Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiGN3TYvY5U&list=PLDsfIQo-LTmLPMMyurMd-S4YNf0m-4TyP
Full album tracks--plays of "Breezy Stories
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2y7exw-JNI&index=1&list=PLDsfIQo-LTmIsz_qansgGTyqGVvWMdbdo
Danny O'Keefe
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Background information
Born 1943 (age 72Ð73)
Spokane, Washington, United States
Genres Folk
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active 1960sÐpresent
Labels Cotillion, Atlantic, Warner Bros.
Danny O'Keefe (born 1943, Spokane, Washington, United States) is an American singer-songwriter. O'Keefe's musical career has spanned four decades from his early days playing in the Minnesota coffee houses to his present station in the Seattle area. He is still active both in the recording studio and on stage.
Career
In 1968 O'Keefe was a member of a four man heavy psychedelic rock band named Calliope. The group recorded one album, Steamed, for Buddah Records before disbanding.
O'Keefe is best known for his only hit single "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues", which was released in September 1972, and reached number 9 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, and for "The Road", covered by Jackson Browne on Running on Empty. "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" stayed on the Billboard chart for 14 weeks and sold a million copies The gramophone record's sales culminated in a gold disc issued by the R.I.A.A. in June 1973.
O'Keefe's unique lyrical style and haunting melodies earned him a reputation as an important songwriter of his genre. With Bob Dylan he co-wrote the environmental movement anthem, "Well Well Well".
In concert with his music and through his organization The Songbird Foundation, O'Keefe has been active in the environmental field, helping to develop public awareness of the effect that indiscriminate coffee-growing techniques have on the songbird population.
O'Keefe's songs have been covered by numerous musicians, including Jackson Browne ("The Road"), Elvis Presley, Glen Campbell (Quits), John Denver (Along For The Ride), Donny Hathaway (Magdalena), Jerry Lee Lewis, Judy Collins, Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Jimmy Buffett, Alison Krauss, Ben Harper, Cab Calloway, Mark-Almond, Andy Williams, and others; in Italy his song "The Road" has been covered by Ron, with Italian lyrics written by Lucio Dalla (and re-titled "Una cittˆ per cantare").
Discography
1971 - Danny O'Keefe - Cotillion Records - Produced by Ahmet ErtegŸn
1972 - O'Keefe - Signpost/Atlantic Records - Produced by Arif Mardin. Contains the top-ten hit "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues"
1973 - Breezy Stories - Atlantic Records - Produced by Arif Mardin. Contains the single "Angel Spread Your Wings"
1975 - So Long Harry Truman - Atlantic Records - Produced by John Boylan. Contains the single "Quits"
1977 - American Roulette - Warner Bros. Records - Produced by John Court and Kenny Vance
1979 - The O'Keefe File - Warner Bros. Records - Promotional CD containing songs from previous LPs
1979 - The Global Blues - Warner Bros. Records - Produced by Jay Lewis and Danny O'Keefe
1984 - The Day To Day - Coldwater Records - Produced by Mathew McCauley and Tony Peluso. Contained the singles "Along for the Ride" and "Someday"; both singles charted in the "20's" in AC charts
1989 - Redux - Beachwood/Chameleon Records - A re-release of The Day To Day with a new title and two new songs. Contained the singles "Along for the Ride" and "Someday". VH1 played the video of "Along for the Ride"
2000 - Runnin' From the Devil - Miramar Records - January 25, 2000
2000 - Danny's Best 1970 - 2000 - Raven Records Australia - 2000
2003 - Don't Ask w/Bill Braun - Produced by Bill Braun. All songs written and performed by Danny O'Keefe and Bill Braun
2008 - In Time - Bicamerical Songs - Produced by Mick Conley
2015 - Light Leaves the West - Road Canon Music- Produced by Gary Shelton
THE ROAD (Danny O'Keefe)...later covered by Jackson Browne appearing on "Running On Empty"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuwvMyPaUe0
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Posted - 25/01/2016 : 21:23:20
I'm Sober Now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPgzcqtAzAo
Allmusic Guide review
While 1972's O'Keefe scored singer/songwriter Danny O'Keefe his biggest hit ever with "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues," -- and continues to garner him royalty checks because of all the people who covered it (Elvis among them), the album is a classic in its own right. The single is the opening track, and it remains one of the greatest songs about desolation ever written. Produced by Arif Mardin in Memphis, it features sidemen like Buddy Emmons and Reggie Young, and also Eddie and David Brigati!
Also here is "The Road," a track made infamous by Jackson Browne on Running on Empty. O'Keefe's version is a bit faster, but more subdued. It's all in his voice, not in the instrumentation, except for an acoustic guitar that plays mantra-like behind him in the longish intro; sounding like a melancholy pastoral is a bit snappy and never prepares the listener for the words. Like the sound of motion itself -- with telephone poles, the songs, the shows, and road signs slipping past into memory -- this original version is far spookier; it's every bit as dark as "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues." This is the sound of dislocation itself. The laughter and small conversations, the sights and sounds and smells, and when O'Keefe sings of "coffee in the mornings, cocaine afternoons," he sings as if it's all part of one long movie. He means it, there is no boasting in his delivery -- unlike Browne's version. O'Keefe's in it, it's all happening to him and he participates. But he's not even there. It's all moving by, going behind the singer in an expressionistic blur. Whatever he's running from is on his tail, but as long as he's incognito and remains detached, it will never catch him -- but he knows he's lying in the choruses. When Leo LeBlanc's pedal steel enters, especially in those steps in the refrain, it's the sound of the road itself. It bears secrets but doesn't tell them.
The rest of the album feels like some elegant rogue dealt himself in at the American music poker table. There the roots stuff, a solid cover of Hank Williams' "Honky Tonkin'," his own bluesy "Grease It," and "Louie the Hook vs. The Preacher," but there are more sophisticated tunes here as well, the most beautiful among them the haunting "Valentine Pieces." O'Keefe is utterly solid, so completely diverse and tight...
... it's a forgotten masterpiece.
The Valentine Pieces
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdPHvIKFSig
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