By The Drop The Big One Affairs Desk
Randy Newman played in Chicago the night before he won an Oscar for Best Original Song. Here’s a selection from that show and some other Chicago-related material.
1. Randy Newman at the Park West on Saturday night.
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2. Bloodshot recording artist Justin Townes Earle covers Newman’s “Louisiana 1927” at Lincoln Hall last September.
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3. The same song covered by Paul Sanchez, John Boutte, John Thomas Griffith, and Sonia Tetlow at Schubas in 2006.
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4. The Flat Five covers “Caroline” at the Hideout in 2009.
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5. “Let’s leave Chicago to the Eskimos. That town’s a little bit too rugged for you and me, you bad girl.”
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Comments welcome.
Posted on March 1, 2011