HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Frank Allen (The Searchers), Jane Birkin, Dave Brubeck Quartet’s 1952 TIME OUT album, Patty Duke, Felix the Cat, Spike Jones, Abbe Lane, John Lurie, Jackie McAuley (Them), Natascha McElhone, Nostradamus, Christopher Parkening, Cecil Payne, Lee Remick, Respighi’s “Pines of Rome,” Charlie Rich, Joaquin Zamacois Soler, Maria Szymanowska, choreographer June Taylor, Clark Terry, Peter “Spider” Tracy, guitar hero Dick Wagner, Viola Wells, Leo Wright, and singer-songwriter/frontman for The Waterboys, Mike Scott. The band got their name from a Lou Reed song, and they’re obviously inspired by Bob Dylan, David Bowie, and Celtic music. I discovered The Waterboys in the early 80s wave of music that gave us The Alarm and U2, as they have similar literary and spiritual themes. I’ve performed Scott’s “Whole of the Moon” solo acoustic, and here’s a band demo we did of his song “Spirit.” We took it into a Talking Heads retro-pop style, with me playing a funky Vox teardrop electric 12-string guitar. HB Mike.
https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/spirit-waterboys-cover
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