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February 27, 2022
February 11, 2022
My Phoney Valentine
This song is as old as us! Dusty Springfield's sprightly country folk version of 'Silver Threads and Golden Needles' with the Springfields was the first British single to reach the top 20 in the American Billboard chart in 1962. Written by Jack Rhodes and Dick Reynolds, it was first recorded by Wanda Jackson in 1956 and covered by Linda Ronstadt in a kick-ass country rock version in the 1970s. Not to mention Dolly Parton's happy honky tonk take on it . Ours is nearer the much slower, much sadder version by Sandy Denny on her 'Rendezvous' album.
I was considering a change in the lyric from "the warm glow of your wine" to "your phoney valentine" of which there are so many on sale this weekend. Luckily, better counsels (ie Maz) prevailed.
Lyrics and further details here - https://peacocks-tale.bandcamp.com/track/silver-threads-and-golden-needles
February 08, 2022
In the golden footsteps of Wanda, Dusty, Linda, Dolly and Sandy....
https://peacocks-tale.bandcamp.com/track/silver-threads-and-golden-needles
In the footsteps of Wanda, Dusty, Linda, Dolly and Sandy... a song as old as us. It was the first ever song by a British act that got into the American top 20. We're hoping to crack Cambridge North with it...
Her Maz in Cambridge
February 02, 2022
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