Once Upon a Full Moon Night What We Play
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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."
Adele - British soul sensation who'll find someone like you, 'cause
you coulda had it all.
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?!?
Pat Benatar - With only two acoustics, we give it our best shot.
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."
David Bowie - "Ground Control to Santa Claus . . ."
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!
Eric Carmen -- Ripped Rachmaninoff as he fell in love again.
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.
Freddy Cole - Nat's younger bro can't make you love him.
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."
Duffy -- The Welsh warbler can also break hearts.
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.
Dan Fogelberg - Drank a toast to innocence.
The Four Tops - ... with a different spin, on acoustic guitars.
Michael Franks - Will warm your popsicle toes.
Free - To move before they raise the parking rate.
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."
Human League - Whose singer wondered if you wanted him.
Janis Ian - Confessional songwriting at its best.
Chris Isaak - Smoldering songcraft.
Michael Jackson - Danced on the floor in the round.
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.
Billy Joel - He's still movin' out to me.
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.
Lady Antebellum - Country-rock trio with a melancholy 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.
Amy MacDonald - Tongue-twisting lyrics with a catchy backbeat.
Melissa Manchester - An okay voice, but what style!
Jon Mark - One half of the 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.
Sarah McLachlan - Sweet melancholy.
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."
The Motels - Martha Davis could sing the phone book and make it
work.
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.
Noisettes - You'll never forget 'em.
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?
Bonnie Raitt - She can't make you love her, but she doesn't have
to.
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.
Smash Mouth - Then they heard the Monkees. Now they're the
believers.
Bruce Springsteen - The quintessential hungry heart.
Rod Stewart - Wake up -- he thinks he's got something to say to
you.
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.
Tears for Fears - ... 'cause it's a mad world out there.
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.


