Sunny War Music 1 – Deep River Blues

Friday, July 30th, 2010 at 4:54 pm  
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Sunny War music, She is a phenomenal fingerstyle blues guitarist and singer. SYDNYWARD@yahoo.com 310-740-1187 myspace-music Gerry Fialka pfsuzy@aol.com 310-306-7330 LAUGHTEARS.COM www.laweekly.com

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Sunny – Bobby Hebb jazz piano cover blues funk keyboard by Mark Chang

Monday, April 26th, 2010 at 8:20 am  
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New PRO SOUND version. This is a real funky piano version of the awesome tune “Sunny” by Bobby Hebb. Recorded May 14, 2009 in El Dorado Hills, CA by pianist Mark Chang. Hope you enjoy it. Recording process: stereo pair large diaphragm condenser microphones, Helpinstill magnetic induction pickup on bass strings. Mix EQ. SONG INFORMATION: “Sunny” is the name of a song written by Bobby Hebb. It is one of the most covered popular songs, with hundreds of versions released. BMI rates “Sunny” number 25 in its “Top 100 songs of the century”. Hebb wrote the song after 22 November 1963, the day after US President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, Hebb’s older brother Harold was killed in a knife fight outside a Nashville nightclub. Hebb was devastated by both events and many critics say that those events inspired the tune. Others claims Bobby wrote the song for God. Certainly, events influenced Bobby’s songwriting, but his timeless melody, crossing over into R&B (#3 on US R&B chart) Country and Pop (#2 on US Pop chart), together with the optimistic lyrics, came from the artist’s desire to express that one should always “look at the bright side” – a direct quote from the author. Hebb has said about “Sunny”: “All my intentions were just to think of happier times basically looking for a brighter day because times were at a low tide. After I wrote it, I thought “Sunny” just might be a different approach to what Johnny Bragg was talking about in ‘Just Walkin’ in the Rain’”. “Sunny” was …

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