Once Upon a Full Moon Night
What We Play
Artists who have appeared in our repertoire include:

311 - Great reggae-fied cover of The Cure's "Love Song."

ABBA - Admit it.  Behind the fluff were several strong songs.

Bryan Adams - Everything he did wasn't a hit, but everything we
do by him was.

Oleta Adams - She first hit with "Calling You," and followed up
with a cover of Brenda Russell's "Get Here."

Aerosmith - Boston's original bad boys.

Mose Allison - Quirky blues.

The Animals - Eric Burdon was so misunderstood.

Jann Arden - Canadian Paula Cole.

Joan Armatrading - Tough and tender; unique, with a devoted
following.

Tal Bachman - Son of Randy Bachman, of Bachman-Turner
Overdrive. Really strong debut.

Badfinger - Included Mike McGear (Paul McCartney's brother-in-
law).

Joan Baez - Rusty diamonds, but we put a new shine on 'em.

The Bangles - Manic as ever.

The Beatles - WHO?!?

Tony Bennett - Hey, even the MTV generation embraced his
honesty.

John Berry - Confessional country singer.

James Blunt - Leo Sayer lives!

Bon Jovi - Livin' on a wing and a pear?

Bow Wow Wow - With their sweet little love song "I Want Candy."

The Boxtops - Alex Chilton started here.

Michelle Branch - We know -- you're happy, now that we've added
this -- but like this?!?

Jackson Browne - Doctor, my ties have bowed to years . . .

Jym Britton - Bluntly described his life in a cube.

Michael Buble - The Sinatra disciple who swings like Spiderman.

Jimmy Buffett - Parrotheads, unite!

The Cars - Helped drive the '80s' sound.

Johnny Cash - The late American master, with June Carter.

Eva Cassidy - The late cover artist covers Cyndi Lauper late in the
Smallville soundtrack.

Harry Chapin - More stories.

Mary Chapin-Carpenter - Carole King's progeny.

Charlie Chaplin - Yup, he brought a 'smile' musically, too.

Cher - Still kicking, even without the rib.

Eric Clapton - Still Eric. Period.

Patsy Cline - Untouched, though Mandy Barnett comes close.

The Coasters - Don't talk back!

Leonard Cohen - Dark tales from the '60s.

Judy Collins - …And the seasons, they go 'round and 'round …

Phil Collins - Shoulda stuck with Genesis.

Alice Cooper - but only when school's out.

Counting Crows - Took a ride in Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi."

Randy Crawford - Former Crusader: "Street Life"

Creedence Clearwater Revival - John Fogerty worked magic with
four chords, on material that remains relevant today.

Jim Croce - Timeless in a bottle.

Crowded House - Neil Finn's band of dreamers.

Dixie Chicks - Cool, even if they can't gargle as well as Stevie
Nicks on "Landslide."

Bob Dylan - Our culture's mirror.

The Eagles - Unparalleled vocals.

The Electric Prunes - Garage-rock, sonically ahead of its time by
20 years. I guess they had too much to dream ...

Melissa Etheridge - Fiery writer, in one style:  on.

Eurythmics - Annie "Chameleon" Lennox.

Roberta Flack - The first time ever you heard her sing...

John Flynn - Kid songs for grown-ups.

The Four Tops - ... with a different spin, on acoustic guitars.

Michael Franks - Will warm your popsicle toes.

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Classic duo.

Al Green - The Rev!

Josh Groban - Proof that classical is anything but stuffy.

Corey Hart - Lost his way after wearing his sunglasses at night.

Don Henley - After the boys of summer have gone, he's still there.

Faith Hill - She gives a piece of her heart faster than Janis ever
imagined.

Jake Holmes - Not his "Dazed and Confused," but you're "So
Close."

Janis Ian - Confessional songwriting at its best.

Chris Isaak - Smoldering songcraft.

Jefferson Starship - Might've been only a pop Airplane, but Grace
was still a fine pilot.

Joan Jett - The last singer you'd associate with Mary Tyler Moore.

Jewel - Alaskan spirituality.

Elton John - From Honky Chateau to The Lion King, a Philadelphia
favorite.

Norah Jones - Don't know why, but this meeting of Patsy Cline and
Billie Holiday will bring you a sunrise to warm your cold, cold
heart.

Janis Joplin - Gave a piece of her heart every time she sang.

Louis Jordan - Precursor to Elvis.

Journey - Admit it - they did have a few great tunes.

Israel "Iz" Kamakawo'ole - Who'da thunk a ukelele and voice
could take you over the rainbow?

Kansas - '70s prog-rock standard-bearer.

Katrina and the Waves - One-hit wonder.

Ben E. King - Will stand by you.

Carole King - Classic Brill-style songs completely open to re-
interpretation.

The Kinks - Influenced so many later bands, from the Pretenders
to Van Halen.

k. d. lang - Her songs evince a uniquely constant Canadian
craving.

Cyndi Lauper - Ditzy clown with a sad side.

John Lennon - The lemon in the Beatles' tea.

Lifehouse - Pop hooks that won't quit.

Gordon Lightfoot - Canadian folkie with a warm voice and an
extensive catalog.

Loggins & Messina - Folkie cheer.

Los Lobos - "Para bailler la bamba?"

Lulu - One-hit wonder with a schoolgirl crush.

Melissa Manchester - An okay voice, but what style!

Jon Mark - One half of the amazing jazz-rock cult fave Mark-
Almond.

Kathy Mattea - True folkie.

John Mayer - The wonder kid leaping generations in his appeal.

Martina McBride - Any way she sings it, that's how it's done.

Paul McCartney - Still amazing.

Lynn Miles - Canadian singer-songwriter, one of the best around,
bar none.  And a great guitarist to boot.

Joni Mitchell - Perhaps Canada's most famous musical export. An
artist completely unafraid of crossing boundaries.

The Monkees - Mike Nesmith's little band of hitmakers.

Monty Python - The bright side of life.

Lorrie Morgan - A pop-country stalwart.

Gary Morris - His "Wind beneath My Wings" lifts 'way above the
others -- there's a real song here.

Van Morrison - Van the Man: no one comes close.

Bill Morrissey - Droll-voiced folkie with a funny "Letter from
Heaven."

Alison Moyet - Ex-Yaz singer with a great set of pipes, criminally
ignored.

Michael Murphey - He disappeared calling "Wildfire."

Alannah Myles - Could belt 'em like Janis, but only hit with "Black
Velvet."

Anna Nalick - Twenty-something singer-songwriter who knows
how to let a song breathe.

Willie Nelson - Folk's original rebel.

Juice Newton - '80s hit factory.

Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta - And they SING, too!

No Doubt - You don't speak of Gwen Stefani.

Laura Nyro - No one wrote 'em or sang 'em like her -- her passing
was a big loss.

Once Upon a Full Moon Night - We've performed
everything ever written by this duo . . .

Roy Orbison - Musical yearnings.

The Pointer Sisters - Started with 20s remakes and hit big with
pop.

The Police - Every take you breathe.  But when they started, they
couldn't get arrested.

Daniel Powter - Idol turned his "Bad Day" into a good year.

Elvis Presley - It would be cruel to skip him, so we don't.

The Pretenders - Work out the kinks. Stop your sobbing.

Prince - We go crazy.

Queen - Won't you be our best friends?

Otis Redding - No one covers him well -- Michael Bolton died
trying.

Kim Richey - Another under-appreciated folkie, in the Joni
Mitchell vein.

The Righteous Brothers - ... unchained a song from its title.

Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels - A devilishly blue dress.

The Rolling Stones - England's original bad boys.

Jennifer Rush - Hit with Elton John on "Flames of Paradise," but
"The Power of Love" is her own.

Merrilee Rush - '60s one-hit wonder, with "Angel of the Morning."

Tom Rush - Made his mark with a definitive version of Joni's
"Urge for Going."

Boz Scaggs - Rock with soul, real soul.

Helen Schneider - '70s singer who started in pop, rolled into rock,
then hit with Kurt Weill in Europe.

Duncan Sheik - Intelligent songwriting with a bite.

Richard Shindell - Wry folksinger with the real "Are You Happy
Now."

Carly Simon - You're so vain to think that your anticipation will
dispute the fact that nobody does it better.

Simon & Garfunkel - The original 60s storytellers.

Nancy Sinatra - She did something stupid called "Boots."

Sixpence None the Richer - "Kiss Me" was a leap.  Now they don't
dream it's over.

Smash Mouth - Then they heard the Monkees. Now they're the
believers.

Bruce Springsteen - The quintessential hungry heart.

Sting - The ex-Policeman with the distinctive wail.

Barbra Streisand - Yes, we cover Babs. But only at midnight, not a
sound from the pavement...

Supertramp - Dreamers who gave a little bit and much more.

James Taylor - He's your friend.

Train - The band who's calling all angels with drops of Jupiter in
their hair.  Frontman Pat Monahan defines charisma.

K. T. Tunstall - Her irresistible black horse / cherry tree stomp will
jog the most jaded among you.

Bonnie Tyler - Her heartache was eclipsed, and are we glad!

U2 - Music with a social conscience, 'cause sometimes you can't
make it on your own.

Vagabond Lovers - Different cover of the Cars' "Drive."

David Wilcox - One of the warmest folk voices going.

Vanessa Williams & Bobby Caldwell - ...who told you it's cold
outside.

Stevie Wonder - Wishing . . .

The Zombies - '60s group with great songs featuring unique major-
minor twists.