{"id":577,"date":"2012-03-15T23:27:56","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T07:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randyw.camiwp.com\/?p=577"},"modified":"2020-10-04T13:29:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T21:29:23","slug":"randy-wells-photography-classic-porsche-automotive-travel-music-reviews-98","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=577","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>GIVE US A RING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the wee small hours of the evening\/morning when I&#8217;m home I often sit down and listen to vinyl records on my stereo. Sometimes it&#8217;s Sinatra. Sometimes it&#8217;s Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Beck, Nick Drake or John Martyn. Here&#8217;s something I find fascinating&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Once I begin to play certain songs, I know I will be hearing them in my head for hours. Here&#8217;s a virtually unknown tune from 1970, it&#8217;s disarmingly simple and comforting, an endless poem\/lullaby song cycle that&#8217;s somewhat melancholic, with lyrics that make no sense whatsoever. Perfect for those trying to fall asleep. Paul Harris on piano is sublime.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"340\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SKUZTeTN2as\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Originally meant for Nick Drake to perform, John and Beverley Martyn included it on their <em> The Road to Ruin <\/em> album: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Give Us A Ring&#8221; by Paul Wheeler. Photo by Joe Boyd of Bob Squire, Beverly and Jon Martyn, 1970.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GIVE US A RING In the wee small hours of the evening\/morning when I&#8217;m home I often sit down and listen to vinyl records on my stereo. Sometimes it&#8217;s Sinatra. Sometimes it&#8217;s Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Beck, Nick Drake or John Martyn. Here&#8217;s something I find fascinating&#8230; Once I begin to play certain songs, I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/?p=577\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=577"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20651,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/577\/revisions\/20651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randywells.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}