Vote for the March/April 2015 "Artists/Covers" festival

[64Guitars]

It's time to vote for our next two festivals which will run from March 1 to April 30. Voting starts now and runs for 5 days. You can change your vote any time until the closing of the poll on February 28th. To do so, click "Remove vote" to cancel your previous vote, then vote again.

This poll is for the "Artists/Covers" festival. There is a separate poll for the "Theme/Genre" festival here:

https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?topic=22751.0

Please vote in both polls.

[64Guitars]

Fifties Rock & Roll fest - Covers of songs from the 1950s.

Current Top 10 - See this message.

Old grey whistle test - Songs performed on the BBC television programme.

Sun Records artists - Covers of songs by artists who famously recorded at Sun Records (Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, etc.). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Records.

Ronnie Lane - Covers of songs by Ronnie Lane, Small Faces, Faces, Slim Chance, or other Ronnie Lane collaborations.

The Monkees - Covers of songs by The Monkees or solo works by its members (Michael Nesmith, Davy Jones, Peter Tork and Micky Dolenz).

80s Variety Fest 2 - Covers of songs by The Cure, The Teardrop Explodes, Heaven 17, Ultravox, The Psychedelic Furs or Echo and the Bunnymen.

Classic Country - covers of songs by Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Dean, Patsy Cline, Glen Campbell, Roy Clark, Skeeter Davis, Marty Robbins, Johnny Horton, etc. Any popular country music up to the early 1970s.

[IanR]

64 Guitars,

Thanks for the Ronnie Lane inclusion.

I'm already doing one of his in preparation, so it better win   


Ian

[ODH]

Stellar line up on the 80s Variety Fest 2, guys, looking forward to that one
 

[ODH]

I was looking for a resource for OGWT songs.  Best I could find was this DVD set on Amazon which has a track listing of over 100 tracks



Anyone know any other resources?

[Greeny]

Apart from the 'current top 10' (yuk!), I'd be happy with any or all of the other options.

[Oldrottenhead]

i think probably the best resource for the old grey whistle test is youtube. search "oqwt" and pages of stuff come up. i know very early episodes where taped over by the BBC as video was so expensive at the time, but am surprised that no one has every archived what was on the show. i wonder if Bob Monkhouse taped it? he seemed to have taped everything else.

[Pete C]

Found a site that lists the artists who appeared on OGWT if that helps anyone? Might jog the memory of what songs they performed?

http://hardprog.pagesperso-orange.fr/old_grey_whistle_test_episode_guide_107.htm

[alfstone]

I've found this one, but no mention of the songs... 

http://www.edensongs.com/recordings/setlists_3/OGWT_AllInfo.txt

Alfredo