A different version

Everybody knows Ray Charles’s version of this song. Here’s Becky Kilgore’s and Dave Frishberg’s cover, from their “Not a Care in the World” album. I think I first heard these two together on Fresh Air about fifteen years ago, and it was a revelation to hear her sing and hear Frishberg (who wrote “I’m Just …

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Frishberg sings

If you haven’t heard Dave Frishberg play piano, you’re missing a treat. He began as an accompanist but started singing his own compositions in the Sixties. He wrote this song for a friend. “A friend of mine in Minneapolis invited me to perform at a big party celebrating his 25th year as a lawyer,” he …

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