One of my favorite Nancy Wilson albums. Just got to thinking....
I would have loved to hear what Jean Terrell could have
done with it....esp. "When October Goes" and "The Last Dream Home."
One of my favorite Nancy Wilson albums. Just got to thinking....
I would have loved to hear what Jean Terrell could have
done with it....esp. "When October Goes" and "The Last Dream Home."
Last edited by lakeside; 04-15-2019 at 04:41 PM.
He carried it too far to use a funeral as a chance to take a dig at Mary. So inappropriate.
I wasn't aware that Nancy Wilson had passed, so this was a surprise to me. When I was young, I considered her way too tame of a singer but I grew in recent years to really appreciate her style and talent. What a great singer, who just refused to be neatly categorized. I am sorry to learn that she passed. I think it great that Mary sang at her funeral.
I saw and heard the video. It was held in a church. They had a large screen flashing images of Nancy above the pulpit. Mary Wilson gave a speech and then sang "When October Goes". Mary broke down at the end of the song. Spoke of her long friendship with Nancy dating back to the 60s and how Nancy use to call her "little Miss Mary Wilson". She spoke about how much fun they had doing Dionne Warwick's "That's What Friends Are For" television special in the 80s, etc etc. etc. The video was/is on Facebook. If I can find the link, I'll post it here. No need to lie here.
Last edited by marv2; 04-15-2019 at 10:32 PM.
I am still looking for the video, but here are a couple of pictures from inside the church during the service:
https://www.facebook.com/DeniseDonat...2cpwXAAcHxk38c
Ok here is the video. I hope this works:
https://www.facebook.com/thyais.wals...type=3&theater
Ah, okay. So they had the memorial already, but not a funeral. I stand corrected.
Thank you Marv.
Interesting; I would think Jean's voice too high but the more I consider it the better this 'wishitwere' version sounds. The song WOG has a great history; you may recall that Johnny Mercer's widow gave the music to Barry Manilow to create lyrics for. 'Twas first on his 'Paradise Cafe' lp. Nancy performs the definitive version, I think. I'll pass on the funeral version.
No one comes even close to Nancy and how she interrupted music and made the song hers.
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