Saturday, January 11, 2020

Ron Sexsmith - Ron Sexsmith Sings Ray Davies, Volume 2: 2017-2020

A couple of weeks ago, I posted an album of Ron Sexsmith performing an album of Kinks cover songs. They haven't been officially released, but they have been posted at his YouTube page, along with lots of other cover versions. This is a second volume of exactly the same.

There's not much to say that I didn't say with that earlier post. If you liked that, you should definitely like this. Personally, I prefer this volume, because Sexsmith digs deeper with even more versions of unexpected Kinks songs that go beyond their hits. For instance, where else will you find acoustic versions songs like "Underneath the Neon Sign" or "Killer's Eyes?" Even a lot of big Kinks fans aren't that familiar with such songs. One gets to enjoy all of these songs in a new way by hearing them in the stripped-down acoustic format.

This album is 54 minutes long.

UPDATE: On December 2, 2022, I updated the mp3 download file. I had been hoping to create a third volume. I had eight more songs ready to go. But it's been two years since he last did a Kinks cover, and the songs he posts has mostly switched to originals. So instead I've moved four songs from here to Volume 1, and posted the eight songs here. That's made both albums about ten minutes longer. I also slightly changed the title and cover art because the years involved have changed somewhat.

01 Tired of Waiting for You (Ron Sexsmith)
02 Get Back in Line (Ron Sexsmith)
03 Oklahoma U.S.A. (Ron Sexsmith)
04 Sitting in the Midday Sun (Ron Sexsmith)
05 Have a Cuppa Tea (Ron Sexsmith)
06 Underneath the Neon Sign (Ron Sexsmith)
07 Driving (Ron Sexsmith)
08 Killer's Eyes (Ron Sexsmith)
09 Village Green (Ron Sexsmith)
10 Young and Innocent Days (Ron Sexsmith)
11 David Watts (Ron Sexsmith)
12 Better Things (Ron Sexsmith)
13 Moments (Ron Sexsmith)
14 Property (Ron Sexsmith)
15 Labour of Love (Ron Sexsmith)
16 Harry Rag (Ron Sexsmith)
17 Waterloo Sunset (Ron Sexsmith)
18 The Way Love Used to Be (Ron Sexsmith)

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As I mentioned with the first album in this series, I could have used screenshots from Sexsmith's YouTube videos, but they don't show him at his best. So instead, the photo is of him in concert from around 2017.

6 comments:

  1. Thanks for this post. I didn't know about Ron Sexsmith covering so many Kinks songs.

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    1. The link you posted for this is the wrong link. The current one is for 2003 Acoustic - Frankfurter Hof, Mainz, Germany, 9-28-2003. Ray Davies Vol 2 is missing. Thanks.

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    2. Thanks for catching that. I just updated the link again.

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