THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN
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Description: A blog of blether & grooves 2006-2013
a blog of blether & grooves 2006-13
A davyh vinyl rip, for sure. Art Pepper - 'Autumn Leaves' (1960) [Art Pepper (as) Dolo Coker (p) Jimmy Bond (b) Frank Butler (d)]
I was playing this last week, as you do when the season comes around, and out of curiosity happened to look it and Bobby Hebb up. I'd never thought of it as any more than a sweet soul/pop song, the kind of thing that crops up on 60s summer compilations (that's where I have it): I had no idea it had such dark origins or was rooted in any kind of tragedy. Turns out that like another lovely 60s pop song, The Beach Boys 'Warmth Of The Sun', it was written in the dark aftermath of President JFK's assassination o
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN
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