Some people claim that there’s a woman to blame,
but I know, it’s my own damn fault.
From “Margaritaville” by Jimmy Buffett
Or Maybe It’s The Blog’s Fault
While KD Lang Sings Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah†At Opening Of 2010 Vancouver Olympics and Now Available – The Other Leonard Cohen Album (a two CD set of unreleased Leonard Cohen songs [...]
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At 7:00 on the morning of December 3, 1999,
in the bed we shared, Julie Showalter,
my beloved, fiercely smart, wickedly sexy wife,
died from cancer diagnosed the week
of our wedding nearly 20 years earlier.
I miss her every day.
In My Secret Life
In the past, I have never planned in advance which poems or songs to place in [...]
On The Birthday Of Julie, My Much-Beloved, Fiercely Smart, Extraordinarily Sexy Wife Who Died 10 Years Ago
One of the few reliable sources of solace I have found following the death of my wife, Julie,1 almost 10 years ago has been Donald Hall’s poetry dealing with the loss of his wife, poet Jane Kenyon.
I happened onto [...]
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Leonard Cohen fans have awaited a new album of his songs since 2004. DrHGuy has again stepped in to lift the burden from the fashionably clad shoulders of the heroic but harried singer-songwriter icon by offering The Other Songs Of Leonard Cohen - a collection of unreleased Leonard Cohen songs.
Notice: On March 7, 2010, higher quality recordings of "Do I Have To Dance All Night (1976)" and "To Love Somebody" replaced the versions previously used in this collection. Those who downloaded the earlier set of files may wish to check Revision Made To The Other Leonard Cohen Album about obtaining the improved
compilation.
Track List: Vol 1
1. Feels So Good (The Other Blues Song)
2. Book Of Longing
3. The Darkness
4. Puppets
5. Lullaby
6. Do I Have to Dance All Night (1976)
7. Blues By The Jews
Track List: Vol 2
1. Red River Valley
2. Never Got To Love You (Duet with Anjani)
3. Can’t Help Falling In Love
4. Ride Around
5. The Union Makes Us Strong
6. We Shall Not Be Moved
7. To Love Somebody
8. The Hypnotist (Poem)
9. Chelsea Hotel #1
10. There’s No Reason Why You Should Remember Me
11. Streets Of Laredo
12. Do I Have To Dance All Night (1980)
More information and MP3 downloads are available at Now Available – The Other Leonard Cohen Album
In celebration of Leonard Cohen’s 75th birthday, September 21, 2009, Heck Of A Guy offers a video pastiche of favorite scenes featuring the singer-songwriter, poet, and icon.
The highlight video celebrating the The Leonard Cohen World Tour Fall 2009 USA concert series is now online at
Thanks, Leonard Cohen, For Coming To The USA – The Video Celebration
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Heck Of A Guy also offers two videos of clips and photos from earlier portions of the Tour:
The Original
Heck Of A Guy
Dear Leonard Cohen - Thanks For The Tour. I Hope It Was Good
For You, Too.
Commemorative Video Celebration Of The First 14 Months Of The 2008-2009 World Tour
can be viewed at
Thanks For The Tour
A 2nd video, focusing on the Summer 2009 concerts can now be seen at Thanks Again For The Tour – The Encore Video
Bonus: The World Tour That Might Have Been
Heck Of A Guy offers exclusive videos of the Alternative Leonard Cohen World Tour, our version of how the final US concerts could be given a special, venue-specific twist:
... I never had a chance. I was – and this is the only word that fits – smitten. She was overwhelmingly intelligent and quick-witted, although it took three more years for me to recognize that she was, in fact, much smarter than me, and then another two years to forgive her for that. And, she was surpassingly good-looking, with an unmistakable aura of sexiness.
The unlikely story of how Julie and I fell in love and - 2 husbands, 1 wife, and 2 careers later - spent an outrageously wonderful 20 years together is unlike anything else you will find in this blog, and perhaps anywhere else.
The story starts, appropriately, at This Is How A Love Story Began
"Do I Have To Dance All Night" was performed many times in concerts but was never released in the US.
As part of my crusade to popularize this song, I've cobbled together 2 videos - one for the semi-funky 1976 version with Laura Branigan and one for the 1980 more gypsy, less disco version - that kinda sorta fit the music.
Both videos include links to keys to the sources of the clips and the identities of the backup singers and others who are featured.
The complete story of "Do I Have To Dance All Night" is available at The Best Leonard Cohen Song You've Never Heard (Probably)
Unreleased music from Anjani's performances in Warsaw, Poland and Joe's Pub, New York.
The Anjani Birthday Montage includes selections of favorites, especially songs from the Blue Alert album.
The review of Anjani's Blue Alert album is found at Blue Alert – A Recommendation That Will Make You Want To Kiss Me
Other important Anjani links:
Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen had a fling in the 1960s that, for unspecified reasons, was short-lived, with Cohen instigating the parting.
It was then and is now a complex connection. In 1988, Cohen said, “I’m still very friendly with Joni - I had dinner with her before the tour, and I have the same admiration for her as you do. But I think it was Noel Harrison who came up to me in the LA Troubadour and said ‘How d’you like living with Beethoven?’”
The full story is at Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell: Just One Of Those Things
