Harry Nilsson, always liked this song...

[Westerly Wood]

Really cool voice. Stephen Stills said he had wished he had written this song...

 

[walrus]

Love Nilsson! He wrote perhaps the greatest breakup song ever. George Harrison on slide, Ringo on drums.

Warning - bad words!



walrus

 

[walrus]

And Badfinger had a big hit with this one, a classic:



walrus

 

[AcornHouse]

Really cool voice. Stephen Stills said he had wished he had written this song...

Nilsson didn’t either. It was Fred Neil.

 

[Westerly Wood]

Nilsson didn’t either. It was Fred Neil.

wow, i like Fred's version. such a cool groove.

 

[Westerly Wood]

Love Nilsson! He wrote perhaps the greatest breakup song ever. George Harrison on slide, Ringo on drums.

Warning - bad words!



walrus

even though you warned me walrus, i was still not ready for that at all lol.
probably did not make the radio is my guess.

 

[Westerly Wood]

And Badfinger had a big hit with this one, a classic:



walrus

wow, i know that song. i remember that all over the radio, most likely the bad finger version. the name of the album is hilarious. dude had such a sense of humor. like literally mocking himself, and most likely, the industry,

 

[Mark WW]

Harry had one of the great voices of the 60's rock world.

Spanky and Our Gang did a good cover...

 

[Brad Little]

Nilsson didn’t either. It was Fred Neil.

Been a huge Fred Neil fan ever since his days in the Village. Wrote some great songs.

 

[gjmalcyon]

Been a huge Fred Neil fan ever since his days in the Village. Wrote some great songs.

Judging by the back cover of Buffalo Springfield Again, he was a big influence:

 

[fronobulax]

Fred Neil influenced the Jefferson Airplane, their cover of "Other Side of this Life" being the most obvious example.

 

[walrus]

Fred Neil is perhaps the least known songwriter given his influence. Very much under the radar, yet very influential to many artists we all know.

walrus

 

[Westerly Wood]

Love this...over to Wiki to research Fred Neil...

He did not achieve commercial success as a performer, and is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material – particularly "Everybody's Talkin'", which became a hit for Harry Nilsson after it was used in the film Midnight Cowboy in 1969. Though highly regarded by contemporary folk singers, he was reluctant to tour and spent much of the last 30 years of his life assisting with the preservation of dolphins.

 

[Westerly Wood]

With his 12 string guitar and spectacularly deep baritone voice, Neil was considered the King of the MacDougal Street/ Greenwich Village folksingers. He was a major influence on dozens of other artists including Tim Buckley, Stephen Stills, David Crosby and Joni Mitchell.

 

[Westerly Wood]

...Neil left Woodstock in the mid-1970s and spent his remaining decades on the shores of southern Florida...

sounds really nice, how he spent the rest of his life. 30 years on Florida shores.

 

[amnicon]

And Badfinger had a big hit with this one, a classic:



walrus

Pete and Tom from Badfinger wrote that one. Harry Nilson just put it into high gear and took it to a place they couldn't quite bring themselves to do.

 

[walrus]

Pete and Tom from Badfinger wrote that one. Harry Nilson just put it into high gear and took it to a place they couldn't quite bring themselves to do.

Yes, I had that backwards! Nilsson had the hit!

And BTW, so did Mariah Carey!



walrus

 

[5thumbs]

With his 12 string guitar and spectacularly deep baritone voice, Neil was considered the King of the MacDougal Street/ Greenwich Village folksingers. He was a major influence on dozens of other artists including Tim Buckley, Stephen Stills, David Crosby and Joni Mitchell.

I've only heard his songs sung by others; he was definitely a gifted writer. I wish I could have heard him perform.

I just eBay'd his "FRED NEIL: Bleecker & Macdougal" CD. I think I will like. Thanks for the nudge, everyone!

 

[MLBob]

Speaking of artists Fred Neil influenced, Richie Havens first picked up a guitar because of Fred:


“I spent a lot of time in the coffee houses listening to all of these great singer-songwriters. They were singing songs that changed my life,” said Havens.
Every weekend Havens would go into the city and take in as much as possible. He said he was always singing along in the audience and then one event changed the course of his life.
“One day Freddy Neil came up to me and said ‘Hey Richie you have been singing along with me for a year now. Here’s a guitar. You take it home and learn the damn songs.’ So I did,” said Havens."

 

[AcornHouse]

Love this...over to Wiki to research Fred Neil...

.... and spent much of the last 30 years of his life assisting with the preservation of dolphins.

Hence...