I remember the first time I caught Jon Brion at the Largo, an intimate venue in the heart of Hollywood. I knew very little about the guy other than the fact that he was in one of the later line-up's of Til Tuesday and Jellyfish.
What I saw and heard that night, blew my mind. In addition to being a one-man band, building songs layer-by-layer right in front of the audience, I was impressed by his encyclopedic knowledge of music. How could you not be impressed by an impromptu medley of Kinks songs? Not just one or two songs, mind you, but, like twenty - all woven together meticlously on the spot.
Brion, of course, has shown a certain fondness for Cheap Trick's "Voices" that I wholeheartedly applaud. In addition to seeing him perform the song at Largo on many an occasion, he recorded the tune for his solo album, Meaningless
.Here's a live version of the song from one of his Largo shows.
Enjoy!
Jon Brion - Voices
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