Musical Tastes

[Mark Yacavone]

From the "too good for classic rock" folder...
Darkness Darkness is a song from The Youngbloods 3rd album, Elephant Mountain
Apparently, it was good enough for the rock music fraternity:

Cover versions

1969 Gloria Loring on the album ... And Now We Come To Distances
1971 Mott the Hoople on the album Brain Capers
1972 Phil Upchurch on the album Darkness, Darkness
1976 Iain Matthews on the album Go for Broke, also included on Matthews' compilation Discreet Repeat (1981)
1980 Eric Burdon on the album Darkness Darkness
1994 Richie Havens on the album Cuts to the Chase
1994 Screaming Trees on the True Lies Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Epic Records)
1995 Golden Earring on the album Love Sweat
1996 Heidi Berry on the album Miracle
1997 Richard Shindell on the album Reunion Hill
2001 Elliott Murphy and Iain Matthews on the album La Terre Commune
2002 Solas on the album The Edge of Silence
2002 Robert Plant on the album Dreamland
2004 Cowboy Junkies on the 'neath Your Covers, Part 1, a bonus disc to their album One Soul Now
2007 Ann Wilson on the album Hope & Glory (with sister Nancy Wilson)
2009 Helium Vola on the album Für Euch, die Ihr liebt
2018 Escondido, featured on This Is Us season 3 episode 4, as well as the original version
2023 William Tyler (musician) and Kieran Hebden on the EP 'Darkness Darkness/No Service'

Other credits

1983: appeared in the film Purple Haze
1993: appeared in the opening credits of the film Jack the Bear
2003: played during the credits of the film Ghosts of the Abyss (by Lisa Torban)
2005: played during the ending credits of the film The Devil's Rejects
2015: played (in part) during the ending credits of episode 11 of Bloodline
2018: played on the opening scene of This Is Us season 3 episode 4 (the cover by Escondido was played at the end of the same episode)

Also the song and album were produced by Charlie Daniels

At least, you can hear it here ;-)

[Mike Jones]

[Mark Yacavone]

For my CA. friends in the El Nino' pattern:

[L.Fite]

But, I thought...

[Jeff Niceswanger]

Fun Fact ....
2024 marks 50 years that women have been able to have a credit card in their name !

[Mark Yacavone]

I meant to do this one before now, but it got lost in all the seasonal stuff. ;-)

[Mike Jones]

Only Ice, outside, up here today... we can still dream.

[Mark Yacavone]

Happy Birthday, Mick Taylor
RIP, Nicky Hopkins

[Billy Nees]

Ain't it funny how a few dozen years can "change yer tune?"

[Mark Yacavone]

Along that theme...