I spent yesterday evening listening to live music bands at the Tongue'n Groove" Club, on Van Ness and Union Street, in San Francisco. It was a night of showcases from Blue Bear School of American Music Band Workshop students. I like this place, and the opportunity it gives to all kind of people to perform. I actually played twice on this stage in the past...
So, I went home this evening with one song in mind... Of course bands, and songs within a band, are unequal, that what makes the charm of such an evening of music. I enjoyed it all, but I have to say that one particular song, I had never heard before, took my mind away for few minutes. The band influence was mostly rock, but for this song, the lead took an acoustic guitar. After the show, I had to ask the singer... She told me that it was a song from The Arlenes, Titled "Lonely Won't Leave me Alone". Turns out, the Arlenes original version is actually made available for free (and legally ;) on the web, so, should you be interested, here it is: arlenes_1.mp3...
The band arrangement that night was really good... decifering the esssence of this song might not be too challenging, but I wanna rather believe that mister
Bill "Sputnik" Spooner was just nicely inspired that particular workshop rehearsal day...