Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren - Sunday Mornings with Elle and Toni, Volume 3: 2017

I've already posted two albums of acoustic covers by Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren. To reiterate what I've said with those past albums, this singer-songwriter duo has put out a bunch of albums of original material, but in addition to that, they've also been posting one new video on YouTube per week for years, and the vast majority of those have been covers. I've been collecting them and posting them here. I hope you like them, because I do, and there's a lot more where those came from.

If you liked the previous albums in this series, you'll like this one too. Elle Cordova does all the lead vocals, and while her voice is low key instead of dramatic and high ranged, there's something about it that I find compelling and distinctive. Toni Lindgren adds a lot with her tasty lead guitar, as well as backing vocals.

One thing I really like about this duo is the range and quality of their cover choices. Most of the songs are well known classics, but it seems there are always some obscure gems I'd missed on each album. And how many musicians who mostly do folky songs would have the chutspah to cover KC and the Sunshine Band as well?

This album is 43 minutes long.

01 Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
02 What Would I Do - Ray Charles
03 Sugaree - Grateful Dead
04 Irish Rover - J. M. Crofts
05 Engine Trouble - Last Revel
06 I've Been All Around This World [Hang Me, Oh Hang Me] - traditional
07 Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard - Paul Simon
08 Ain't No Sunshine - Bill Withers
09 Slip Slide on By - Valerie June
10 Boogie Shoes - KC & the Sunshine Band
11 Dream a Little Dream of Me - Ozzie Nelson / Mamas & the Papas
12 Coconut - Harry Nilsson
13 Brandy [You're a Fine Girl] - Looking Glass
14 Wildflowers - Tom Petty
15 Ginseng Sullivan - Norman Blake / Tony Rice Unit

Here's the usual song list:

01 Johnny B. Goode (Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren)
02 What Would I Do (Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren)
03 Sugaree (Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren)
04 Irish Rover (Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren)
05 Engine Trouble (Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren with the Last Revel)
06 I've Been All Around This World [Hang Me, Oh Hang Me] (Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren)
07 Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren)
08 Ain't No Sunshine (Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren)
09 Slip Slide on By (Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren)
10 Boogie Shoes (Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren)
11 Dream a Little Dream of Me (Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren)
12 Coconut (Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren)
13 Brandy [You're a Fine Girl] (Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren)
14 Wildflowers (Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren)
15 Ginseng Sullivan (Elle Cordova & Toni Lindgren)

https://www.upload.ee/files/16534282/ELLECRDVATNILINDRN2017SndyMrnngswthEllTniVlum3_atse.zip.html

The cover art is a screenshot from their performance of "Brandy." They recorded the song while Cordova drove their van! I wonder if that was kind of a tribute to Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers and their videos of cover songs recording in a van that was being driven at the time. (If you like this, you should check them out as this blog well.)