New Jeff Beck release with Eric Clapton - Moon River

[walrus]

Wow.



walrus

 

[davismanLV]

Love that they paid tribute to that amazing song!! I think it needs the words... because they drive the song in my opinion. But that's just me.....

 

[davismanLV]

Don't mind me... I'm just thinking back to childhood and what a great song!!

 

[Bernie]

Love the parts with strings drawings in action ...

 

[Wilmywood]

Watch it done live here ...

 

[silverfox103]

Don't mind me... I'm just thinking back to childhood and what a great song!!

I do like Jeff Beck's and Eric Clapton's version of the song. But make no mistake about it, Andy Williams owns that song! Right on Tom.

Tom

 

[Midnight Toker]

Not to get picky...but, it's a new Eric Clapton release...w/ Jeff Beck.

(comes w/ some serious sadness for me, being this may likely be the last new studio Beck we'll ever hear. )

 

[Uke]

Quiz of the day: which river is referred to in "Moon River"?

 

[fronobulax]

Quiz of the day: which river is referred to in "Moon River"?

Moon River, of course, duh.

(To show I am not being snarky, that wasn't the name when the song was written. A portion was renamed after the song became popular).

 

[davismanLV]

Quiz of the day: which river is referred to in "Moon River"?

Do you know??? If you do enlighten us.... okay?

 

[Uke]

Do you know??? If you do enlighten us.... okay?

The Savanah River. Johnny Mercer, the lyricist, was a native of Savanah.

 

[West R Lee]

Here's one by the two of them that gives me goose bumps.



West

 

[Uke]

Here's one by the two of them that gives me goose bumps.



West

Really nice! Thanks for putting this up.

 

[Uke]

Do you know??? If you do enlighten us.... okay?

Interesting how certain towns get associated with certain singers: Moon River/Savannah: I Left My Heart In San Fransico/Tony Bennett: New York New York/Frank Sinatra; It's A Wonderful Day In the Neighborhood/Mr. Rogers

 

[fronobulax]

The Savanah River. Johnny Mercer, the lyricist, was a native of Savanah.

The True Story Behind the Lyrics of 'Moon River'

This is the real story behind the lyrics.

www.countryliving.com

For the words, he went to Mercer, who throughout his career penned the lyrics for more than 1,500 songs. Although many might have thought Manhattan-based Golightly was referring to the Hudson River in New York, the song was actually inspired by the waterways of a Southern city. Mercer wrote the chorus recalling the his childhood home in Burnside Island, Savannah, Georgia, which overlooked Back River, explains Savannah Now. The working title, "Blue River," was adjusted when he realized the title was already taken. A year after the film's release, the Chatham County Commission dubbed a section of the Back River "Moon River".

Google Maps shows "Moon River". I cannot tell which way things are flowing but it looks like Moon River connects to Skidaway River which connects to Wilmington River which connects to the Savannah River. The name "Back River" doesn't seem to appear.

Assuming the veracity of Country Living this seems like one of those answers that is superficially right but the more you know about local geography the more precise the answer can be.

 

[walrus]

Not to get picky...but, it's a new Eric Clapton release...w/ Jeff Beck.

(comes w/ some serious sadness for me, being this may likely be the last new studio Beck we'll ever hear. )

I took creative license and put them in order by my own taste!

walrus