Early In The Morning

Harry Nilsson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_FGC0VHiTk

Eddie Rabbitt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kYkMFOcWak

Buddy Holly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-uxjLEBWCA

The Bottle Rockets:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhD5_bNI4n0

Sidestreet Reny:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HooO4C6NckY

Doyle Bramhall:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HS8ED9bSQQ

Cliff Richard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AymaVfqXR6o

Elmore James:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwQ6TYLIn6o

Bad Company:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1ttho-oywA

The Good
1.) Eddie Rabbbit - back in the 80s, the country-pop crossover was a pretty common occurrence. Eddie Rabbit was a master at crossing the bridge between country and pop and this song is a prime example of that. STG, the dude's voice is smoother than sweet cream butter on a warm southern afternoon.
2.) Buddy Holly - its Buddy Holly. 'nuff said.
3.) Bottle Rockets - there appears to be some confusion here. This song is cleary called "Err-lie in the Marnin'"
4.) Elmore James - very nice
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The Bland
5.) Harry Nilsson - I'm a fan. Really. But this song was not a good listen so early in the morning. Very sleepy.
6.) Cliff Richard - When he's good, he's very good. When he's boring, he's duller than dishwater. This song would qualify as dishwater. (I much preferred the Vanity Fair version.)
7.) Bad Company - How the hell did Bad Company end up in the bland section? I demand an investigation! Oh wait...I own this album...nevermind.
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The Ugly
8.) Doyle Bramhall - well, every list has at least one "WTF?" song, right?
9.) Sidestreet Reny - wait...this list has two.

Elmore James
Doyle Bramhall
Buddy Holly
Cliff Richard
Harry Nilsson
Bottle Rockets
Sidestreet Reny
Bad Company
Eddie Rabbit

1) Harry Nilsson

2) Doyle Bramhall

3) Elmore James

4) Bottle Rockets

5) Bad Company

6) Buddy Holly

7) Eddie Rabbitt

8) Cliff Richard

9) Sidestreet Reny

Man, that was painful.

1. Elmore James. Great sax and blues guitar work. Effing sweet!
   
2. Harry Nilsson – Love Harry, but this is not a favorite of mine from him.
   
3. Bad Company – A strong showing in a weak group of songs.
   
4. Eddie Rabbit – Cute song. Has some Elvis quality to it and not as bad as I thought it would be.
   
5. Buddy Holly – One of the greatest and most innovative writers and guitarists ever - but this gospel tinged song really isn’t one of the songs I play of his. In fact, I never went and put this on and left it for the whole song.
   
6. The Bottle Rockets – Mostly Meh.
   
7. Cliff Richard – I like the version by Vanity Fair better.
   
8. Doyle Bramhall – Cap, why are you putting us through this?
   
9. Sidestreet Reny – Who was that Italian guy on drums with the girlish voice?

I had little write ups for all of these and proceeded to delete them, and I'm too lazy to rewrite them. Sorry. Just the rankings then.

Harry Nilsson
Eddie Rabbitt
Elmore James
Buddy Holly
Cliff Richards
Bottle Rockets
Sidestreet Reny
Bad Company
Doyle Bramhall

1) Elmore James

2) Harry Nilsson

3) Eddie Rabbitt

4) Buddy Holly

5) Cliff Richard

6) Sidestreet Reny

7) Bad Company

8) Bottle Rockets

9) Doyle Bramhall

This was a hard group to judge, none are bad, most are pretty good.

1- Elmore James: Most of the time, I don't go for the real old timers, but this is timeless and a great performance.
2- The Bottle Rockets: Roots
3- Bad Company: Nice song, a bit unexpected considering my Bad Company memories.
4- Doyle Bramhall: Not his best, but still better than a lot of others
5- Buddy Holly: Solid
6- Sidestreet Reny: I'm speechless.
7- Cliff Richard: Nice classic pop song, done well.
8- Eddie Rabbitt: Enjoyable
9- Harry Nilsson: Boring artistic stuff.

1. Bad Company
2. Harry Nilsson
3. Doyle Bramhall
4. Buddy Holly
5. Eddie Rabbit
6. Elmore James
7. Cliff Richard
8. Sidestreet Reny
9. The Bottle Rockets

Sorry I haven't been responding to you Cap'n. I usually listen to these songs at work with my wife, but work lately has not been condusive to that activity. If you need to count the votes and close this thread up, please do so. We'll probably go back when we're less busy and listen to the songs.

I'll wait for ya. We have few enough participating as it is.

me
Sidestreet Reny
Doyle Bramhall
Bad Company
Elmore James
Eddie Rabbit
Harry Nelson
Buddy Holly
Cliff Richard

The Bottle Rockets



my wife
Bad Company
Doyle Bramhall
Eddie Rabbit
Sidestreet Reny
Elmore James
Cliff Richard
Buddy Holly
The Bottle Rockets
Harry Nelson

There's a big difference between 1 and 2. Then 2-6 are all pretty close until you get to the bottom feeders.

1. Elmore James 71 this is timeless and a great performance.
2. Harry Nilsson 58 I'm a fan. Really. But this song was not a good listen so early in the morning. Very sleepy.
3. Bad Company 54 A strong showing in a weak group of songs.
4. Eddie Rabbit 53 the dude's voice is smoother than sweet cream butter on a warm southern afternoon.
5. Buddy Holly 53 its Buddy Holly. 'nuff said.
6. Doyle Bramhall 51 Not his best, but still better than a lot of others
7. Bottle Rockets 39 Roots
8. Cliff Richard 37 (I much preferred the Vanity Fair version.)
9. Sidestreet Reny 34 I'm speechless.

Wow...your voting was VERY close to the final scores.

I also think it's funny that my favorite was the bottom feeder. I may need to go listen to that again (or perhaps everyone else should!).

Perhaps he used mind control.