I ended up having a fairly long Facebook chat with a few students today on a variety of songs, and five songs came up that I recommended they have a listen to… and they just hadn’t heard them before! So I figured I’d share the five right here for your listening pleasure!
#1 – Bonnie Raitt – I Can’t Make You Love Me
Some of you will have seen me blog about it before, but it’s excellent and WELL worth checking out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmK1H6EXUYs
#2 – Bonnie Raitt – Thing Called Love
This one is awesome. She’s a great slide guitar player. And Bruce Hornsby is a mean accordion player.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shnHm8D-XRk
#3 – John Mayer & Keith Urban – Sweet Thing
I’m a big fan of John Mayer, not necessarily the most technical (or even safe singer, given his ongoing vocal health issues), but MAN he can sell a song like very few others.
#4 – John Mayer & Keith Urban – Til Summer Comes Around
I did this song a LOT with a client a year or two ago, and it really suited their voice. A really moody anthemic song, great melodic hooks throughout.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmvbjkH5RgI
#5 – John Mayer – Free Fallin’
Save the best til last… just an awesome tune done so well by Mr Mayer.