I ALWAYS LOVE YOU

IL DIVO
SONGWRITER: DOLLY PARTON
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: THE GREATEST HITS
LABEL: SYCO MUSIC
GENRE: CLASSICAL CROSSOVER
YEAR: 2012
 
         The Greatest Hits Is the first compilation album of English crossover classical group Il Divo, released on 26 November 2012 in Europe and 8 December 2012 in the United States.
        The album was issued to celebrate Il Divo's eighth anniversary as a group. The album includes four new recordings; the classical "Il Mio Cuore Va – My Heart Will Go On", "Solo – Alone", "Siempre te amaré – I Will Always Love You", and "Can't Help Falling in Love", together with other songs chosen by fans.
 
Si yo me quedo aquí
Seguiría siempre igual
Tu amor por mí
Por eso me voy
No te olvidaré
Lo sé, mi amor, tu recuerdo
Yo guardaré
 
And I will always love you
Will always love you
You, my darling, you
 
En mi pasado estás tú
Es lo que me llevo de ti
Dime adiós sin llorar
Este amor hoy me duele más que a ti
 
And I will always love you, I
Will always love you
 
Que en la vida te vaya bien
Y que tengas todo lo que soñaste ayer
Te deseo amor, felicidad
Que ante todo encuentres el amor
 
And I will always love you
I will always love you
I will always love you
I will always love you
I will always love you
I will always
Love you.

PICASSO BLUE

MIGHTY MO RODGERS
SONGWRITER: MAURICE RODGERS
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: BLACK PARIS BLUES
LABEL: BLUE THUMB
GENRE: ELECTRIC BLUES
YEAR: 2016
 
     Mighty Mo Rodgers(born July 24, 1942) is an American electric blues musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, who has released six albums to date. He has been influenced by the work of Aretha Franklin, Bobby Bland, Eddie Boyd, Jimmy Reed, Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, and Willie Dixon.
         Bonnie Raitt noted that "Mo Rodgers' music is a breath of fresh air in the blues/R&B world. He combines sly social commentary with a great funky sound... I love his voice. He's a welcome original."
Two women sitting in a bar
Blind man playing on his guitar
Barcelonian air is sounding blue
Everything's the same but I don't have you
 
When you push love aside
You get the colours of the night
Colours of the night with just one hue
 
I'm in that place and time
Love's got its own reason and rhyme
They say you will love with love
'Till love is through with you
 
And I'm living in a world of just one hue
Everything is Picasso blue
Living in a world without you
Everything is Picasso blue
 
I go to the same places
I see the same faces
Everything's the same
But I don't have you
 
Love's got its own reasons
Love's got its own seasons
I'm in that place and time
Until this pain is through
 
And I'm living in a world of just one hue
Everything is Picasso blue
Living in a world without you
Everything is Picasso blue
 
Come on 'till the top
Cheesy cheesy, give me that
 
When you push love aside
You get the colours of the night
The colours of the night in just one hue
 
I'm in that place and time
Love's got its reasons and its rhyme
They say you will love with love
'Till love is through with you
 
And I'm living in a world of just one hue
Everything is Picasso blue
Living in a world without you
Everything is Picasso blue
I say everything is Picasso blue
Everything is Picasso blue
 
Ain't a thing I can do until this time is through
But wait and wait for you
Wait, wait for you
Everything is Picasso blue
 
Yeah, for all you lovers in the house
I know you full of love to us in here
That's true.

I’LL PLAY THE BLUES FOR YOU

DANIEL CASTRO
SONGWRITERS: CHRIS THOMAS KING & GERRY BEACH
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: NO SURRENDER
LABEL: CASTRO, DANIEL
GENRE: BLUES
YEAR: 1999
 
       “Daniel Castro is the latest and one of the greatest blues guitarists to come bursting out of the
       highly competitive West Coast scene. To the classic music of B.B. King, Albert King, and Albert
          Collins he has added the three T’s taste, tone, and technique. His raw passion warms your soul
       while his deep groove kicks your butt on fine, fresh originals and well chosen covers.”
Dave Rubin -- Guitar Player Magazine
If you're down an' out, an' you hurt really good
Come on over, to the place where I work
An' all your loneliness, I'll try to soothe
I'll play the blues for you
Don't be afraid, come on in
You might run across, yeah, some of your old friends
All your loneliness, I'll try to soothe
I'll play the blues for you
 
Come on in, sit right here
Let's rap awhile
Ya see I'm kinda lonely too, yeah
An' loneliness is a very bad thing
If ya let it get the best of ya
An' loneliness can get ya down, you know
Yeah, yeah, are you comfortable now?
Yeah, yeah, that's outta sight
Yeah, as I was sayin' before
Loneliness can get you down, an'I have heard of, ah
Loneliness blowin' some good people's mind, ya know?
But ya can't do that
This is a big world, this is a big world
An' there's too many nice things happenin' in this world
You're a very pretty girl
Where you live?
No, no, no, disregard that, that's okay, that's okay
Most important thing
I wanna know YOU
I say, I wanna know YOU
Uh-huh, ooo-wee, that's groovy, ain't it?)
I'll play the blues for you
I ain't got no big name
Oh Lord, an' I ain't no big star
I'll play the blues for you, on my guitar
All your loneliness, I'll try to soothe
I'll play the blues for you, um!
Because me
Um! woo! um! Woo! Uh-huh, yeah!
Uh-huh! um! Oh!

IF I HAD MONEY

BLUES DELIGHT
SONGWRITERS: DAVE TURNER; GILLES SCHETAGNE; LAURENT TRUDEL; MARCO DESGAGNÉ & VINCENT BEAULINE
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: OPEN ALL NIGHT
LABEL: BLUES DEL RECORDS
GENRE: BLUES/JAZZ
YEAR: 2009
 
          Le Sony'r Ra (born Herman Poole Blount, May 22, 1914 – May 30, 1993), better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, "cosmic" philosophy, prolific output, and theatrical performances. For much of his career, Ra led "The Arkestra", an ensemble with an ever-changing name and flexible line-up.
       Born and raised in Alabama, Blount became involved in the Chicago jazz scene during the late 1940s. He soon abandoned his birth name, taking the name Le Sony'r Ra, shortened to Sun Ra (after Ra, the Egyptian god of the Sun). Claiming to be an alien from Saturn on a mission to preach peace, he developed a mythical persona and an idiosyncratic credo that made him a pioneer of Afrofuturism. Throughout his life he denied ties to his prior identity saying, "Any name that I use other than Ra is a pseudonym."
       His widely eclectic and avant-garde music echoed the entire history of jazz, from ragtime and early New Orleans hot jazz, to swing music, bebop, free jazz and fusion. His compositions ranged from keyboard solos to works for big bands of over 30 musicians, along with electronic excursions, songs, chants, percussion pieces, and anthems. From the mid-1950s until his death, Ra led the musical collective The Arkestra (which featured artists such as Marshall Allen, John Gilmore and June Tyson throughout its various iterations). Its performances often included dancers and musicians dressed in elaborate, futuristic costumes inspired by ancient Egyptian attire and the Space Age. (Following Ra's illness-forced retirement in 1992, the band remained active as The Sun Ra Arkestra, and, as of 2018, continues performing under the leadership of veteran Ra sideman Marshall Allen.)
         Though his mainstream success was limited, Sun Ra was a prolific recording artist and frequent live performer, and remained influential throughout his life for his music and persona. He is now widely considered an innovator; among his distinctions are his pioneering work in free improvisation and modal jazz and his early use of electronic keyboards and synthesizers. Over the course of his career, he recorded dozens of singles and over one hundred full-length albums, comprising well over 1,000 songs, making him one of the most prolific recording artists of the 20th century.
        Blue Delight is a jazz album by free jazz pioneer Sun Ra.
      The album was the first in a short-term recording deal with major label A&M Records on their "Modern Masters Jazz Series" imprint.
          The album was recorded at Variety Recording Studios, New York on December 5, 1988 featuring a 19-piece group that included several Arkestra members or veterans.
         Eight tracks were used for the Blue Delight album. Other recordings from this session were released three years later by Rounder Records on the album Somewhere Else, released shortly before Sun Ra's death. Currently the Blue Delight album is out of print physically (the album is available on iTunes and other digital outlets) and the copyright on the original album was passed on by A&M's current owner, Universal Music, to Sun Ra’s estate’s holding company, Sun Ra LLC, in 2016.
If I had Money
I'd buy those people a place to stay
 
If I had money
I'd buy those people a place to stay
 
But all I got is a dime
And I got so little time
 
If I had faith
I'd get down on my knees
 
If I had faith, (oooh)
I'd get down on my knees
 
But all I got is bad religion
And I got nowhere, nowhere to pray
 
If I had magic
I'd clean up the whole mess
 
If I had magic
I'd clean up that awful mess
 
But I'm just a working man
And I'm hopping for the best
If I had money...