The Old Master Painter

Here are the lyrics of the original:
©Beasley Smith (Mus), ©Haven Gillespie (Lyr)

That old master painter from the faraway hills
painted the violets and the daff-o-dills
He put the purple in the twilight haze
then did a rainbow for the rainy days

Dreamed up the murals on the blue summer skies
painted the devil in my darlin's eyes
Captured the dreamer with a thousand thrills
The old master painter from the faraway hills

Then came his masterpiece and when he was through
He smiled down from heaven and he gave me you
What a beautiful job on that wonderful day
That old master painter from the hills far away

Dreamed up the murals on the blue summer skies
painted the devil in my darlin's eyes
Captured the dreamer with a thousand thrills
The old master painter from the faraway hills

Versions exist from Dick Haymes (40s type record on 78 rpm) and Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee...
(I don't know which version is the best or the best known)

Brian Wilson Shortenin' Bread RESEARCH

From wikipedia:
Shortening bread is a fried batter bread, the ingredients of which include corn meal, flour, hot water, eggs, baking powder, milk and shortening.

Suite in 10 parts

Adapted/written by: Brian Wilson



youtube.com/watch?v=CCvOiwUMNW8&fmt=18

+ History of "Shortnin' Bread" - 4 versions
1) Andrews Sisters
2) The Viscounts (UK #16)
3) Paul Chaplain and his Emeralds (US Billboard #82 and Cashbox #55.)
4) The Fabulous Playboys instrumental
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQmSlxWcd-k&fmt=18

More Shortenin' riffs

+ Brian Wilson: In my Car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBpJjAppTP0&#t=2m18

+ The Beach Boys: In My Car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RraBzJ_XVFo&fmt=18&#t=0m33

IN NOTES

DEFINING THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK

JT vocal jazz columnist blogs on the canon for singers

QUOTE:
But I have to quibble with such restrictive parameters. If 1960 (or so) is the cutoff, is most of the marvelous work of Cy Coleman to be omitted? What of Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Johnny Mandel, Bacharach & David and Stephen Sondheim?

And that’s just the tip of the post-1960 iceberg, representing composers and lyricists who, by and large, carried the torch lit by Porter, Berlin and such. What about those who, from the dawn of the rock ‘n’ roll era onward, have further defined the art of songwriting? Are they less “great” than their predecessors?

I’d argue that Lieber & Stoller, Bob Dylan, Gerry Goffin, Carole King, James Taylor, Paul Simon, Donald Fagen, Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Webb, Brian Wilson, Janis Joplin and Tom Waits, to name but a few, are equally deserving of inclusion;

02/08/10 Christopher Loudon
http://jazztimes.com/articles/25733-defining-the-great-american-songbook

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