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JOE COCKER INTERVIEWED (2010): The school and sound of hard knocks

...in this list; Hannah Montana, Britney Spears, Joe Cocker or Justin Bieber? The answer is, of course . .... ...It would be an unwise person who told Joe Cocker how to interpret a lyric, the man has been at... ...all . . .” For an earlier interview with Joe Cocker, see...

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Joe Cocker: Hard Knocks (Sony)

Cocker at 66 is candid enough to say that the idea behind this album was to get him on radio because -- good though his last one Hymn For My Soul was -- it didn't sell as expected. That meant bringing

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JOE COCKER INTERVIEWED (2005): Up where he belonged

...Joe Cocker finds it amusing he should be staying in his...

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Jimmy Webb and the Webb Brothers: Cottonwood Farm (Proper/Southbound)

...of The Moon's A Harsh Mistress made famous by Joe Cocker, the baroque McArthur Park) and he ain't much...

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RECOMMENDED REISSUE: Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs and Englishmen (Universal)

Some weeks back Elsewhere noticed a worrying pattern; certain artists – David Bowie, Leonard Cohen, Ray Columbus, Mose Allison – died shortly after we had written about them. This thought

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JOE COCKER, PROFILED ON FILM (2003): The man still standing

...soul singer Ray Charles has often said that Joe Cocker is his foremost disciple.He reiterates that... ...he says - at the start of the documentary Joe Cocker: Have A Little Faith.Charles is only one of...

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Elton John and Leon Russell: The Union (Mercury)

...fell slowly from that peak when he was helming Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour, then appearing...

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THE UNDISPUTED TRUTH CONSIDERED (2017): Truth or consequences?

...of the Dave Mason song which was a hit for Joe Cocker, and even Ringo's Sgt Pepper turn on With a...

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Ray LaMontagne: Gossip in the Grain (SonyBMG)

...my previous reference to "like a young Joe Cocker" seems to have come to fruition. And...

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THE STEVE MILLER BAND (2012): The space cowboy taking flight

...and Johns who was between a session with Joe Cocker and recording Led Zeppelin's debut and the...

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JJ Grey and Mofro: Georgia Warhorse (Alligator/Southbound)

...the horn-backed Sweetest Thing; fans of early Joe Cocker will delight in the aching ballad Gotta Know...

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THE COUNTER-INTUITIVE TRUTHS OF CHUCK AND BOB (2017): Chuck Berry and Bob Dylan as others did them

...to enjoy here right to the two final pieces, Joe Cocker with his moving and understated Just Like a...

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Ray LaMontagne: Till The Sun Turns Black (Sony)

...and sometimes broken delivery (like a young Joe Cocker surprisingly), and a set of emotionally dense...

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The Metropole Orkest: The Wine of Silence (DGM/Southbound)

...to Antony and the Johnsons, Mike Patton, Joe Cocker, Brian Eno, Andrea Bocelli, Basement Jaxx . ....

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LIL BAND OF GOLD (2010): The journey of swamp pop from past to present

...who recorded the early Moody Blues, the Move, Joe Cocker, Procol Harum's classic Whiter Shade of Pale... ...played with everyone from Etta James, Joe Cocker and blues legend Lightning Slim to Bob Dylan,...

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GUEST WRITER CHRIS BOURKE considers the early career of Randy Newman

...Your Hat On (a hit for both Tom Jones and Joe Cocker). But the real depth is in the title song,...

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LEON RUSSELL by BILL JANOVITZ

...notorious Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour with Joe Cocker in which he was the band leader, arranger and...

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Hank Wilson: She Thinks I Still Care (1973)

...back and for his connection to the likes of Joe Cocker and George Harrison. So Russell got together...

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IN BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent international releases

...written by him (Keep Your Hat On the hit for Joe Cocker) this is an enjoyable, provocative education....

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JIMMY WEBB INTERVIEWED (2005). The songwriter's songwriter

...Moon’s A Harsh Mistress (made famous by Joe Cocker) was a personal account of his conflicted...

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STEVE WINWOOD PROFILED (2011): From teen-soul boy to mainstream man

...the decades played on albums by Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Lou Reed, George harrion, Toots and the...

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Joan Osborne: Taking qawwali to the kids

...that hit a point somewhere between Joplin and Joe Cocker, strapped on a guitar for a stunning reading...

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GUEST WRITER ROB SOUTHERN recalls getting happily stuck with Traffic

...piece of Rock History. A week or so later, Joe Cocker rented a cottage on the Downs. Close neighbour...

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THE VELVET UNDERGROUND: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE by JIM DeROGATIS: When the whip comes down

...cohorts. In May 69 they followed the Who, Joe Cocker and Led Zeppelin with dates at the Boston Tea...

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Jools Holland and His Rhythm and Blues Orchestra: Rockinghorse (Rhino)

...the always lovely You Are So Beautiful which Joe Cocker made famous. Before then however Rosie Mae...

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Leon Russell: Signature Songs (Dark Horse/digital outlets)

...and Phil Spector, became a superstar via Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour, stood...

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Leon Russell: Back to the Island (1975)

...as songwriter (early hits like Delta Lady for Joe Cocker, whose Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour he helmed)...

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IN BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent international releases

...Us All. A good body of work by any measure. Joe Cocker: The Life of a Man (Sony): The late Joe Cocker...

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Buffy Sainte-Marie: Coincidence and Likely Stories (1992)

...Cuckoos Nest); she co-wrote the Grammy-winning Joe Cocker-Jennifer Warnes hit Up Where We Belong with...

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IN BRIEF: A quick overview of some recent international releases

...guitarist Henry McCullough of Eire Apparent, Joe Cocker's Grease Band (the only Irishman musician to...

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Leon Russell: Sweet Mystery (1979)

...and Charlie), Eric Clapton, Klaus Voormann, Joe Cocker and others on his '70 debut album (on his own...

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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT . . . DAVID MARKS: The boy who left the beach too soon

...Eric Clapton turned up . . . He was on the Joe Cocker Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour (they turned up...

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Various Artists: The Lennon and McCartney Songbook (EMI)

...covers: Elton John with Lucy in the Sky, Joe Cocker's She Came in Through the Bathroom Window and...

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Hammond Gamble: Recollection (Liberation)

...the E Street Band - but it never came, despite Joe Cocker covering Gamble's wonderful If You've Got...

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THE BARGAIN BUY: Frankie Miller: Original Album Series

...whose work was covered by the likes of Joe Cocker, Etta James, Roy Orbison, Ray Charles, Bob...

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R.E.M.: Murmur (1983)

...In '83 U2 had arrived in a big way, Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warne's won awards for their...

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BOBBY KEYS INTERVIEWED (2014): Sax'n'drugs and rock'n'roll

...we do some Stones and John Lennon stuff, some Joe Cocker, and that's rock'n'roll. And you've been a...

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Dion: Sisters of Mercy (1968)

...songs interpreted by Nina Simone, Collins, Joe Cocker, Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright, Marianne...

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Various artists: Woodstock and Woodstock Two (both Rhino/Warners)

...ballad Joe Hill, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Joe Cocker, Jimi and so on. Terrific for the most part....

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THE BARGAIN BUY: The Sony "Original Album Classics" series: Pop-pop pop music

...great songwriters (Darlin' Be Home Soon which Joe Cocker made famous unfortunately isn't in this set),...

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WINGS: RED ROSE SPEEDWAY, CONSIDERED (1973/2018): The malaise or just lazy?

...Henry McCullough (formerly of Spooky Tooth and Joe Cocker's Grease Band) and the Mellotron...

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BOBBY WHITLOCK CONSIDERED (2013): Sideman at centrestage

...in others: bassist Carl Radle (who had been in Joe Cocker's Mad Dogs and Englishmen band) and drummer... ...is frequently soulful in the manner of a young Joe Cocker (there's also something of the Mad...

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LEON RUSSELL INTERVIEWED (2011): Ever the journeyman

...Phil Spector, commanded a global audience with Joe Cocker and was a star turn at George Harrison's... ...too fluffy.” His breakthrough came when Joe Cocker turned Russell's Delta Lady into a hit in 69,... ...tour. “I was playing on Joe's records [Joe Cocker of '69] at the time and I thought it would be...

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Richard Harris: A Tramp Shining (1968)

Because there is a such a lot of great music about these days -- and of such overwhelming diversity -- you'd sound like you were wallowing in nostalgia if you suggested things were better in the old d

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