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In May 2006, Buffett opened his set with the song at the first New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival following Hurricane Katrina. [19] The 2004 album David Hasselhoff Sings America opens with a cover of City of New Orleans, using Goodman's original lyrics. Canadian singer Roch Voisine has covered the original version of the song in both English ...
Steven Benjamin Goodman [1] (July 25, 1948 – September 20, 1984) was an American folk and country singer-songwriter from Chicago.He wrote the song "City of New Orleans", which was recorded by artists including Arlo Guthrie, John Denver, The Highwaymen, and Judy Collins.
"New Orleans Calling" by Newark Boys Chorus, Rutgers Jazz Ensemble "New Orleans Cannon Ball" by George Garabedian Players "New Orleans Cha-Cha" by Jerry Colonna "The New Orleans Connection" by Michael "Bami" Rose "New Orleans Cookin'" by Cyril Neville "New Orleans Drag" by Sammy Price and his Rompin' Stompers
The chord scheme in 'city of new orleans' is similar (with the exception of the blue notes at the end of the chorus) to the old standard 'Blackberry Blossom'. Old bluegrass musicians have mentioned that the lyrics to 'city of new orleans' was originally supposed to be set to blackberry blossoms.
"Angie" was recorded in November and December 1972 and is an acoustic guitar-driven ballad characterizing the end of a romance. The song's distinctive piano accompaniment, written by Richards, was played on the album by Nicky Hopkins, a Rolling Stones recording-session regular.
Early New Orleans jazz bands had habaneras in their repertoire and the tresillo/habanera figure was a rhythmic staple of jazz at the turn of the 20th century. Comparing the music of New Orleans with the music of Cuba, Wynton Marsalis observes that tresillo is the New Orleans "clave". [25]
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City of New Orleans is a studio album by the American musician Willie Nelson, released by Columbia Records in 1984. [1] The title track was written and originally recorded by Steve Goodman; his version was released in 1971. The next year, Arlo Guthrie became the first to have a hit with the song. [2] Nelson's version topped the U.S. country ...