Sunday, 23 April 2023

always in los ang eles


"Los Angeles" by Frank Black and the Catholics.

Two virtuosos, one song. Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV, AKA Black Francis, shows an extraordinary versatility and great vocal control in this song that became his debut solo single in 1993, after the first breakup in the Pixies. Curiously, Angeles is pronounced with a strong G with no apparent explanation. However, there was a certain generation of immigrants who pronounced "Ang'elez" until close to 100 years ago. In 1994, Frank Black joined Lyle Workman in his band, later named "The Catholics". In the 1st video of this post, we can appreciate the excellence of Lyle Workman's guitar solo. Unfortunately, only one record was released with Lyle Workman playing on that song, in a poor version of the live album Black Session. Lyle Workman is a multifaceted songwriter, record producer and musician who composes music for cinema and has performed with numerous artists such as: Sting, Bryan Adams, Sheryl Crow, Alanis Morissette, Ziggy Marley, Lisa Marie Presley and many more. He could be a pop star. He chose to be in music this way.
Below, the second part of the song as it was recorded originally:

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