The New Cars
Here’s news. The Cars are reuniting! Well, sort of. The New Cars, as they’re called, is without Ric Ocasek, drummer David Robinson, and bassist Benjamin Orr, who, sadly, died of cancer in 2000. Only two original members return: keyboardist Greg Hawkes and fellow lefty guitarist Elliot Easton. But an interesting (and surprising) replacement for Ocasek… Todd Rundgren. Former Tubes drummer Prairie Prince on drums and bassist Kasim Sulton round out the group.
The New Cars debuted on Jay Leno tonight, performing “Let the Good Times Roll”. Pretty spirited performance, Rundgren fits in well. And Greg Hawke, the uber geek keyboard player, has white hair!! I’m getting old.
So here it is, along with one of my favorite Cars album segueways…
The New Cars:
Let the Good Times Roll(mp3) – from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, 3/14/06The Cars:
Shoo be Doo / Candy-O(mp3) – from ‘Candy-O‘, buy it on Amazon.P.S. I tried finding the official site of the New Cars, but didn’t feel like sifting through 50 Google pages of auto sites.See the comments for links to their web sites.Number 3 and Counting
It’s my 3rd wedding anniversary today, so I feel the need to pull out one of my favorite looove songs. Say what you will about Garth Brooks, but I love this song. The song was written and recorded by Bob Dylan on his excellent ‘Time out of Mind’ album. It was soon re-recorded by Mr. Brooks for the ‘Hope Floats’ movie soundtrack.
Dare I say it, I’ll take Garth’s version over the original any day. Sappy, sweet, whatever, but it’s a downright beautiful song. Happy Anniversary babe.
Garth Brooks:
To Make You Feel My Love(mp3)>> Buy the Hope Floats soundtrack
>> Buy Bob Dylan’s Time out of Mind