My favourite version is by Frankie and the Favourites. You would most likely not have heard of this band. The band features on keyboards and vocals my friend John, who owns (and built) Gopher Broke Farm. He does a mean blues vocals in a Joe Cocker style. I am looking forward to hearing John and his band play this weekend at the Collingwood Elvis Festival. No, he is not an Elvis contestent, but his band, being a favourite local Collingwood bar band, gets to play at one of the side street beer tents, which handle the overflow audience from the Main Stage which is set up on the closed off section of the main downtown street in Collingwood. It is also the place to be when you get tired of hearing good and not so good Elvises (or is it Elvi?) belt out those 50s and 60s hits. The Festival runs from July 22nd through 25th (next weekend). If you want to know more about the Elvis Festival go here to read my last year's blog and go here to the Official Elvis Festival Website.
Unchain my heart baby let me be
Cause you don't care please set me free
Unchain my heart
Baby let me go
Unchain my heart
Cause you don't love me no more
Every time I call you on the phone
Some fella tells me your not at home
Unchain my heart set me free
Unchain my heart
Baby let me be
Unchain my heart
Cause you don't care about me
You got me sewed up like a pillow case
But you let my love go to waist
Unchain my heart set me free
I'm under your spell
Like a man in a trance
You know darn well that I don't stand a chance
Unchain my heart let me go my way
Unchain my heart you worry me night and day
I live a life of misery
And you don't care a bag of beans for me
Unchain my heart set me free
Solo
I'm under your spell
Like a man in a trance
You know darn well that I don't stand a chance
Unchain my heart let me go my way
Unchain my heart you worry me night and day
I live a life of misery
And you don't care a bag of beans for me
Unchain my heart set me free
BB King The Thrill is Gone
"The Thrill Is Gone" is a blues song written by Rick Darnell and Roy Hawkins in 1951 and popularized by B.B. King in 1970.
According to Wiki:
When released as a single in December 1969, the song became the biggest hit of King's career (#3 R&B / #15 Pop) and his signature song. B. B. King's recording earned him a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance and a Grammy Hall of Fame award in 1998. King's version of the song was also placed at number 183 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest songs ever.
The Thrill is Gone
Written by Rick Darnell & Roy Hawkins
The thrill is gone
The thrill is gone away
The thrill is gone baby
The thrill is gone away
You know you done me wrong baby
And you'll be sorry someday
The thrill is gone
It's gone away from me
The thrill is gone baby
The thrill is gone away from me
Although I'll still live on
But so lonely I'll be
The thrill is gone
It's gone away for good
Oh, the thrill is gone baby
Baby its gone away for good
Someday I know I'll be over it all baby
Just like I know a man should
You know I'm free, free now baby
I'm free from your spell
I'm free, free now
I'm free from your spell
And now that it's over
All I can do is wish you well
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Have a good time at the festival and at Collingwood. We may be heading up to Lake Ontario (on the NY side) this coming weekend.
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