12/12/2023 0 Comments Wasted days and wasted nights playlist![]() ![]() – Lady Gaga in 2014 telling the Guardian she would have given up singing had Bennett not become someone she could “relate to. I tell Tony every day that he saved my life.” “The other day, Tony said, ‘I’ve never once in my career not wanted to do this.’ It stung. – Country singer Tim McGraw in 2006 telling Time magazine about recording a duet with Bennett “I know the words to ‘Cold, Cold Heart’ by heart but I was shaking so bad standing 3 feet from him that I had to hold on to the lyric sheet to try to steady myself. “To attend a Tony Bennett concert is to find yourself in the presence of a performer who exudes a rough-hewn natural elegance, devoid of airs … He can still end a song like ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ or ‘How Do You Keep the Music Playing?’ with an old-fashioned, quasi-operatic crescendo but he makes these corny triumphal endings stick in your heart.” – Duke Ellington in his autobiography, “Music Is My Mistress” He gives to credit to everybody with him, including the fourth triangle player.” “Tony Bennett is the most unselfish performing artist today. I’ve met the Pope, Pavarotti – and Tony Bennett.” – Frank Sinatra in a 1965 Life magazine interview. “For my money, Tony Bennett is the best singer in the business.” If you are creative, you get busier as you get older.” “If you study the masters – Picasso, Jack Benny, Fred Astaire – right up to the day they died, they were performing. ![]() – 1995 Good Housekeeping magazine interview ![]() In my time, I’ve seen both go out of style but they always come back in vogue again.” It is considered by many to belong to the swamp pop idiom. * “Through song and art, I can communicate what I believe is the essence of life – truth and beauty. Wasted Days and Wasted Nights is an American country and pop song recorded by Freddy Fender. I want people to like me and I get a kick out of making them happy.” T.(Reuters) – Quotes by and about singer Tony Bennett, who has died at the age of 96: Something that in my opinion is missing in modern pop music. Wasted Days And Wasted Nights Freddy Fender 81.2K subscribers Subscribe 256K Share 28M views 4 years ago Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Wasted Days And Wasted Nights Freddy. Combined with the fact that this song is not only one of my favorite songs of all time, but I can also relate to it – that was life in my 20’s. His work with the Texas Tornados is literally the reason why I started playing an instrument in the first place. A lot of people especially musicians don’t get that opportunity. He is the ultimate comeback story as well, and this song was a huge part of his second chance. He was still part of that down to earth “Hank Williams” mindset so to speak. Tom Bomb selected the perfect aspect of our collective unconscious to interpret here in Freddy Fender’s song, and he does it with just the right balance of oomph and finesse.įreddy Fender is by far one of my biggest influences. “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights” is Tom Bomb on vocals Augie Meyers on organ James Graham on piano Alex Bone on tenor saxophone Brandon Trent on bass and Nate Barnes on drums. Song arrangement is courtesy of Tom, with vocal engineer Gregory Abat and organ engineer Joe Trevino. ![]() This is Tom Bomb was produced by Tom mixed by Zach Allen and mastered by Eric Boulanger at The Bakery In Culver City, California. Americana Highways is hosting this premiere of Tom Bomb’s version of the song “Wasted Days and Wasted Nights” by Freddy Fender (and Wayne Duncan) from Bomb’s forthcoming album This is Tom Bomb, due to be released early next year. ![]()
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