Since 1993, All Things Acoustic has covered most of Alabama and all of the Internet with lots of kilowatts of acousticity — Friday nights, 8:00-10:00 p.m., Central Time. Your host is Jeremy Butler.
Listen live Friday nights. What was the last song we played? Why, it was "Case of You," by George Hinchliffe's Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.
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During 2022 we will be featuring Janis Ian's composition, "Better Times Will Come." It's a song she wrote in April 2020 in the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the wake of John Prine's death. She then released it out into the wild—encouraging anyone and everyone to record it. Thus, the Better Times Project was born and soon dozens of recordings were posted to Janis Ian's Website.
Our plan at ATA is to start the show with a new version each week and even then we won't be able to get to all of them! The ATA staff encourages you to check out more of the recordings in the "Better Times" online jukebox. Moreover, you'll find lyrics and chord charts for the song online. We hope you'll be inspired to record you own version!
You'll find Janis Ian's first, unadorned, recorded-on-her-phone version below.
The last ten tunes played on September 23, 2022.
9:57 pm - George Hinchliffe's Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, "Case of You,"By Request (George Hinchliffe's Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain #N/A)
9:54 pm - John Lennon, "Imagine,"Imagine (Apple #3379)
9:52 pm - Le Vent du Nord, "Cre mardi / La turlutte du rang des Sloans,"Les Amants du Saint-Laurent (Borealis #169)
9:48 pm - John Gorka, "Mr. Chambers,"So Dark You See (Red House #223)
9:43 pm - Jim Henry, Brooks Wiliams, "I Think It's Going to Work Out Fine,"Ring Some Changes (Signature Sounds #1238)
9:39 pm - Lucinda Williams, "Lafayette,"American Roots Collection (Smithsonian Folkways #40062)
9:37 pm - Loudon Wainwright, "Dead Skunk,"40 Odd Years (Shout #82666312189)
9:33 pm - Vatra, "Gde su Oni Lepi Cajti,"Deep Polka (Smithsonian Folkways #40140)
9:27 pm - Michael Smith, "The Dutchman,"Songbook, Vol. 4 (Old Town School #004)
9:24 pm - Gordon Bok, "Jenny in the Roadstead,"Because You Asked (Timberhead #18)
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