Covers of early Pink Floyd songs
1) See Emily Play (Syd Barrett)
2) Paint Box (Rick Wright)

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Ukulele Celebration Of The Harvest Moon

Floating Like A Leaf

I recently heard the rendition Elvis did at Sun circa 1954. It's an eccentric version, so it appealed to me... The song has written by Rodgers and Hart in 1934.

Blue Moon (inspired by Elvis Presley)

A cover of the U2 song "Peace on Earth", written by U2,

Peace On Earth (U2 cover)

Written by John Entwistle, bassist for The Who, the Who's studio version is an obscure b-side, but they also used the song to open concerts in 1970, and it opens their 1970 Live at Leeds LP.

Heaven And Hell (The Who cover)

Words by Terry Pratchett, music by Carl Davis, original version performed by Clare Rutter (soprano) with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, this version arranged and performed by A Montreal Paul (except marching drums: looperman-l-2284297-0116761-alayan10-imperial-march)

We Can Rule You Wholesale (Ankh Morpork civic anthem)

Based on the Best Friends arrangement of the Golden Girls theme song

Golden Girls Theme (Thank You for Being a Friend)

See Emily Play

Paintbox

A rather obscure Pink Floyd song, the original was their third time-wasn't-the-charm flop single written by Syd Barrett and released in November 1967. "It's got a touch of Christmas about it', he said at the time. This version has some pronounced lo-fi elements to it. In some ways it sounds older than the original.

Apples and Oranges (Pink Floyd cover)

The original appeared on the 1968 S&G LP "Bookends". I've done this live once, I think. I may play it again at some point... 

Punky's Dilemna (Simon & Garfunkel Cover)

This sounds like it was sung in retrospect, by a warming fire, sherry in hand, rather than in anticipation of the sleigh ride.  Music by Leroy Anderson., lyrics by  Mitchell Parish.

Christmas

Sleigh Ride Together With You

I posted an earlier mix of this track a while ago but this has been cleaned up somewhat. Still a rather chaotic recording, but then, so was the original!

Under Covers

Jugband Blues [Syd Barrett Pink Floyd cover]

Sleigh Ride Together With You [remix]

1)Winter Wonderland (Felix Bernard & Richard B. Smith)
2) Christmas Time's A Comin' (Benjamin "Tex" Logan)
3) Silent Night (In These Times) (Franz Xaver Gruber & Joseph Mohr)
4)Sleigh Ride (Leroy Anderson & Mitchell Parish)
5) Peace and Love and Light (Paul Beaulieu)

Christmas 2018

Sleigh Ride (Together With You)

An interview about life and music making at https://vermonttalks.com/a-montreal-paul/

Being silly, or seriously, these songs live out the tension between questioning or challenging dissonance and the yearning to resolve into harmony. His albums are available at https://amontrealpaul.bandcamp.com/

Awnree Naydin (A Montreal Paul)

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