tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22345387.post3500795608640275199..comments2023-12-30T11:04:22.503-05:00Comments on Art Decade: Emmetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09887578369365842959noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22345387.post-89557331186997724972007-08-20T04:14:00.000-04:002007-08-20T04:14:00.000-04:00Thanks for posting this! I have never heard this ...Thanks for posting this! I have never heard this version before.<BR/><BR/>Here is a copy of John Holt covering I'll Take A Melody.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure if this was recorded before Frankie's version or not. <BR/><BR/>http://www.zshare.net/audio/3224257dd060eb/Libertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10402878044125279752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22345387.post-39496569678413239982007-06-14T11:55:00.000-04:002007-06-14T11:55:00.000-04:00ib -- Since you mentioned you were from Scotland, ...ib -- Since you mentioned you were from Scotland, I was wondering if you would get a kick out of this. Glad you did, and thanks for the video tip! I know this song only b/c Jerry Garcia used to cover it, as Mike alluded to in his comment. As far as I can tell, this is the original version. Really great lyrics from Mr. Toussaint.Emmetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887578369365842959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22345387.post-4838725405095536762007-06-14T11:51:00.000-04:002007-06-14T11:51:00.000-04:00What's the original version like? I only know Gar...What's the original version like? I only know Garcia's versions, and he plays the song (as you know) a little more deliberately. I like this one though. Great post.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13268075570462203982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22345387.post-10897529173227403762007-06-14T11:50:00.000-04:002007-06-14T11:50:00.000-04:00Neat, Emmett. Frankie was born and grew up less th...Neat, Emmett. Frankie was born and grew up less than two miles from where i live.<BR/><BR/>Not as great, perhaps, as Van Morrison, but this track - written, produced and arranged by Alain Toussaint - is right up there with his best.<BR/><BR/>If you ever have the opportunity to see Frankie's acting skills in the BBC production "Just a Boy's Game" (directed by Peter McDougall in 1979) then i sincerely suggest you check it out. He was a natural, and this drama, set in Port Glasgow's ship Yards, was an an unflinchingly real portrait of genuine Scottish culture as it existed in the 60s and 70s. <BR/><BR/>Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com