A cover of a cover. Teddy Thompson's version of Leonard Cohen's song.

Recorded with the Voice Memo app on an iPhone 13 Pro Max. Mastered here.

My voice, my guitar.

Tonight Will Be Fine (Take 5)

Me and a guitar and a Townes Van Zandt song.

Recorded in the voice memo app on my iPhone 13 Pro Max and mastered here.

This is one of my favorite country songs.

If I Needed You - Take 2

This is my dad singing "Blue Moon of Kentucky" way back in 1983. Originally this was recorded to reel-to-reel tape, which sat in a cabinet for about 30 years before I digitized it. This is the only recording I have of my dad singing.

"Blue Moon of Kentucky" - Lee Roy King - (my dad)

I had a cold. Mike had the gear set up. I started impersonating Bono. He kind of looked at me. We recorded this.

- That's me on acoustic guitar, Mike on bass and electric guitar.
- I don't know the lyrics.
- I was really just trying to impersonate Bono, complete with vocal histrionics.
- When I tried to sing the high part, my voice wouldn't go. I started laughing.
- I got Mike to play the Top Gun melody over it as a lead.
- I played it for my girlfriend at the time and that is the face she made when I started singing.

With Or Without You2 (parody - read description)

This is a snippet of "Handbags and Gladrags" that Mike recorded me doing, just messing around. I had a cold, but I thought it sounded okay. I was going for David Brent's ("The Office") vocal histrionics. Mike said I should double track the vocals, so I did that in one take, not knowing what I was doing. I remember him being really surprised at how close I got on the first try. I still think a lot of it is down to his gear (best vocal mic I've ever used).

John King

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