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In February 1969, #JohnnyCash had a party at his house (that) turned into a guitar pull, with some of Johnny's friends trying out their latest songs. " #BobDylan sang 'Lay Lady Lay,'" recalled Cash. " #KrisKristofferson sang 'Me and Bobby McGee.' #JoniMitchell sang 'Both Sides Now.' #GrahamNash sang 'Marrakesh Express.' And #ShelSilverstein sang 'A Boy Named Sue.'"

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Mental Floss · Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" Was Written by Shel Silverstein© Chris Hoffmann/dpa/Corbis / © Jeff Albertson/CORBIS In February 1969, Johnny Cash had a party at his house in Hendersonville, TN. As the evening went on, the party turned into a guitar pull, with some of Johnny's friends trying out their latest songs. "Bob Dylan sang 'Lay Lady Lay,'" recalled Cash. "Kris Kristofferson sang 'Me and Bobby McGee.' Joni Mitchell sang 'Both Sides Now.' Graham Nash sang 'Marrakesh Express.' And Shel Silverstein sang 'A Boy Named Sue.'" Cash loved Silverstein's tune and
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k.d. lang – Hymns of the 49th Parallel (2004, Canada)

Our next spotlight is on number 522 on The List, submitted by swordgeek.

k.d. lang is a Canadian icon from my very own hometown (Edmonton, Alberta) whose varied discography includes country, pop, soft rock, jazz, blues, rockabilly, and folk. If you know anything about Alberta, it will likely come as no surprise that lang, even after having gained international recognition, Grammy awards, a sign in the town where she grew up (Consort), etc., was banned on local radio after her 1990 “Meat Stinks” PETA campaign, if not also after coming out as a lesbian in 1992. The province has since at least started to atone for their sins, as in 2013 the Edmonton-based Alberta Ballet put on “Balletlujah!”, a production honouring lang via an artistic-take on her upbringing in the province, complete with a gay love story. A documentary of the same name by the CBC was also released in 2015, celebrating both the artist and the ballet. Perhaps there’s hope for this province yet.

The album we’re looking at here, lang’s 6th solo LP, is primarily composed of covers. lang had a couple previous covers albums (her 1988 debut Shadowland and the 1997 Drag), but this one is a loving tribute to Canada, the title referring to the latitude line that essentially makes up the Canada/US border and the songs all written by Canadians (Bruce Cockburn, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Ron Sexsmith, Jane Siberry, Neil Young, plus one by lang herself). So, I may have picked this one to spotlight right now for, uh, reasons.

If you like what you hear and want to check out lang’s other work, fun fact is that both Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman (i.e., of The Revolution and Wendy & Lisa) are on Drag (1997), and Wendy is also on Invincible Summer (2000)!

Happy listening.

The cover art is a moody blue-tinged black and white photo of large tree without any leaves, behind a low stone wall. Snow is on the ground, and the colour of the sky matches the ground. The artist's name and album name are in brown and white font in a single line along the bottom.
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"Our House" is a song written by British singer-songwriter #GrahamNash and recorded by #CrosbyStillsNashAndYoung on their album #DéjàVu (1970). The single reached No. 30 on the U.S. #Billboard #Hot100 and No. 20 on the #CashBox Top 100. The song, "an ode to countercultural domestic bliss", was written while Nash was living with #JoniMitchell, recording both #CrosbyStillsAndNash and Déjà Vu.
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YouTubeCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young - OUR HOUSE (Joni Mitchell and Graham Nash fan video)By Sophie loves Spaghetti ✨
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