This cover of Stand By Me was recorded by completely unknown artists in a street virtual studio all around the world. It all started with a base track—vocals and guitar—recorded on the streets of Santa Monica, California, by a street musician called Roger Ridley. The base track was then taken to New Orleans, Louisiana, where Grandpa Elliott—a blind singer from the French Quarter—added vocals and harmonica while listening to Ridley's base track on headphones. In the same city, Washboard Chaz's added some metal percussion to it.
And from there, it just gets rock 'n' rolling bananas: The producers took the resulting mix all through Europe, Africa, and South America, adding new tracks with multiple instruments and vocals that were assembled in the final version you are seeing in this video. All done with a simple laptop and some microphones.
---------- "Now if you happened to come down here tonight...and you don't wanna hear the person next to you sang, and you don't want'em to dance, cause you might spill your drink, you came to the wrong show in the wrong venue."
Humans making magic. Little things like this top me off when I'm running low...
What up, Tank?!
JDude D - that was the goal.
Stan - Thanks for inquiring, Bro...just happy to be here.
E.
---------- "Now if you happened to come down here tonight...and you don't wanna hear the person next to you sang, and you don't want'em to dance, cause you might spill your drink, you came to the wrong show in the wrong venue."
Wow.......them damn near left me speechless.....just proves to me......that deep down, I know peace is possible......anywhere, as long as we believe.
thank you E for posting and I think it is wonderful that we have a website that is dedicated to JJ Grey & Mofro, and yet we are still able to post wonderful, thought provoking threads about all that is important to us in our lives.
Peace Everyone ---------- "Lord feel that vibe, Lord feel that vibe....."
That video is a wonderful example of how music can transcend barriers and truly unite people. Thank you so much for sharing it E :) ---------- The only thing I knew how to do Was to keep on keepin' on like a bird that flew, Tangled up in blue
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