Descripción: This is a live recording of Unsigned Band SMOKED GLASS playing live at Jools Hollands Jam House on 11th November 2007. Over 200 Tickets Sold By this Unpromoted Band with no releases! This video has been reported in the Evening News and has been 8th Most Watched Video on Google Video...making Smoked Glass the most watched Live Music Act in the UK... Check out The Feature in Skinny Magazine too! ...

Descripción: "Crazy" this version by thomascow of the famous 1961 Willie nelson`s song was first recorded by Patsy Cline in 1962, her biggest hit. Willie has written many master pieces but none touch this. It is an evergreen and will last till the end of time; it has been covered by many artists including Linda Ronstadt, Julio Iglesias, Kenny Rogers, Dottie West, kidneythieves, LeAnn Rimes and The Waifs. Ev...

Descripción: “Hound dog” This is a version of the1952 Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller`s “Hound dog “sung by Thomascow. The 1956 remake by Elvis Presley is the best known version. It was also recorded by 5 country singers in 1953 alone, and over 26 times through until 1964. Presley first performed "Hound Dog" to a nationwide television audience on The Milton Berle Show on June 5, 1956, and later recorded it with...

Descripción: "When I Fall in Love" Thomascow`s version can now be heard and viewed right here. This golden classic, composed by Edward Heyman and Victor Young for the 1952 film "One Minute to Zero" The song has become a standard, with numerous artists recording it, though the original hit adaptation was by Doris Day. Day's recording was made on June 5, 1952. Flip side "Take Me in Your Arms." It reached no.2...

Descripción: "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" Origanally “When your heart`s on fire”written by American composer Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach for the 1933 Broadway musical Roberta. It was performed by Irene Dunne for the 1935 film Roberta with Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Randolph Scott. It has been recorded by various artists,the most famous now a classic recorded in 1959 by The Platters, is smash hit worldw...

Descripción: Hey Jude Thomascow`s version of “Hey Jude” can now be heard and viewed here, it is one of life’s greats, penned by Paul McCartney of the Beatles of course. This was the Beatles longest single, running 7:11, and at the time was the longest song ever released as a single.1968.But this type of music is gripping and one could well endure the mastery of the composition for a very long time, even after...

Descripción: "The Green Fields of France" [also known as” No Man's Land" and "Willie McBride"] a 1976 song written by Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter Eric Bogle, reminiscing the futility of war by the grave of a soldier who died in World War I. Three William McBride's fell in 1916, two were recruits of the Northern Irish Regiment, the Royal Enniskillen Fusiliers, they died during the Battle of the Somme ...

Descripción: "He'll Have to Go" This version by Thomascow covers the Joe Allison composition and the 1960 country music chart hit for Jim reeves which earned him a platinum record. Thomascow made this version some time ago before his accident last February 2007. As he no longer can play guitar this is probably the last video of him playing.The incident has also hampered his gig appearances, as he now records ...

Descripción: Thomascow`s version of "Folsom Prison Blues" can now be heard and viewed here it is a song composed by Johnny Cash in the early 1950s and originally recorded with his trio in 1956 for the Sun Records label. Johnny was stimulated to write this song after seeing the movie Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951) while serving in West Germany for the United States Air Force. Once he made the San Qui...

Descripción: Thomascow`s version of "She Moved Through the Fair" can now be heard and viewed here, a song derived from a Gaelic dirge. This version arrives from the period in Ireland when the two main religions became bitterly divided against each other, and mixed relationships between sweethearts caused family hostility. In 1791, 14th July all the people of Belfast were openly celebrating the fall of the Bast...

Descripción: Thomascow`s version of “Busted” can now be heard and viewed here a 1960 song composed by Harlan Howard. This was the 1963 Grammy winner for Best Rhythm and Blues Recording covered by Ray Charles, though Johnny Cash originally recorded it in 1962. First hearing it appears simple, but the real complexity of being busted is generally never felt by most. The humiliation of begging from kin is soul des...

Descripción: Thomascow`s version of " Love me tender" can now be heard and viewed here, an old American civil war song, entitled “Aurla Lee” the original words by George R. Poulton; Music W. W. Fosdick 1861. In 1956 Elvis Presley and Vera Matson rearranged the words to suit the movie “Love me tender,” This was the theme song to the first of the Elvis movies. The movie was first called The Reno Brothers before ...

Descripción: After nearly 70 years of educating students, Mackenzie High School in Detroit Michigan has been targeted for closure. Despite meeting all of the Detroit Public School Board's conditions for remaining open, Mackenzie is still slated to be closed at the end of this school year. Alumni, students and staff fight to avoid this fate in this short documentary by Josh Young. You can help save Mackenz...

Descripción: "The Town I Loved So Well", This is a version of Phil Coulter`s song by Thomascow. It has been released on Phil’s 2001 album "Songs I Love So Well" it is a grand piece of work, by one of Ireland’s top composers. It relates to his hometown Derry in Ireland, but it is really applicable to any place on the planet, hence it great popularity. The melody is striking and the words capture a feeling in...

Descripción: Thomascow`s version of "Help Me Make It Through the Night" may now be heard and viewed here a country music ballad composed by Kris Kristofferson and released on his 1970 album “Kristofferson”. As well it was recorded in 1971 by country singer Sammi Smith. This version lies amid the most flourishing country singles of all time in terms of sales, recognition and radio play. Many other singers recor...

Descripción: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" is a 1957 song written by Ewan MacColl. my all time favourite writer, England`s MI5 caused MacColl a lot of trouble causing his songs to be banned from the BBC he enlisted in the Army in July 1940, but deserted in December. There is a plaque dedicated to MacColl in Russell Square in London. The inscription includes: "Presented by his communist friends 25.1.19...

Descripción: "The band played waltzing Mathilda" This version by Thomascow covers the Eric Bogle 1972 masterful anti war song, on the battle of Gallipoli; it is insight of the extreme aristocratic class, in war, no matter what happens the band plays on, the little man fights on and dies in his millions. This of course is the power of music, it covers everything in life and death, it can have a power on the hu...

Descripción: Thomascow`s version of " Trouble" can now be heard and viewed here, it is a Presley song composed by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller for the hit film King Creole released on July 2, 1958. This was Elvis’s greatest performance and film, after this all that followed was junk. The scene when he sang Trouble was electrifying, with great acting from Carolyn Jones, and Walter Matthau. This was the king at...

Descripción: "Beautiful Dreamer" This version by Thomascow covers this great Stephen Foster`s (July 4, 1826 – January 13, 1864), song, he was way beyond his time in the world of music and wrote numerous classics such as "Oh! Susanna", "Camptown Races", "My Old Kentucky Home", "Old Black Joe" "Old Folks at Home" Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair" to name a few. A sculpture of Stephen Foster stands near the ent...

Descripción: "Blowin' in the Wind" This version by Thomascow covers the Bob Dylan classic anti war song, Dylan released it in 1963 and ever since it has been applied towards all of mankind’s conflicts. In 1999, the song was brought into the Grammy Hall Of Fame and in 2004; this song was no.14 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Other artists covering this song include Chet Atkins, ...