High Tea With The Beatles

You’d be surprised how well a cowboy hat fits a mop top. All 10 gallons are required. Your pardners at Balcony Radio are known to be fond of two things: Country music and The Beatles. For episode 18 of High Tea with The Beatles, we bring you the best of both worlds. Pull up some room on the hay bale, we’ve got a couple dozen twangy versions of Beatles tunes done by Nashville’s finest.

LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS: BILL EVANS (IN GOOD COMPANY)
HELP!: DOLLY PARTON (GREAT BALLS OF FIRE)
LADY MADONNA: BUCK OWENS (THE WARNER BROS. RECORDINGS)
I’M LOOKING THROUGH YOU: STEVE EARLE (TRAIN A COMIN’)
I DON’T WANT TO SPOIL THE PARTY: ROSANNE CASH (HITS 1979-1989)
PAPERBACK WRITER: THE CHARLES RIVER VALLEY BOYS (BEATLE COUNTRY)
THINGS WE SAID TODAY: DWIGHT YOAKEM (LA CROIX D’AMOUR)
I’M A LOSER: DOUG KERSHAW (FLIP, FLOP AND FLY)
COME TOGETHER: DELBERT MCCLINTON (THE GREAT SONGS/COME TOGETHER)
HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE: EMMYLOU HARRIS (ELITE HOTEL)
LET IT BE: JOHN DENVER (POEMS, PRAYER AND PROMISES)
YOU’VE GOT TO HIDE YOUR LOVE AWAY: WAYLON JENNINGS (LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE)
NORWEGIAN WOOD (THIS BIRD HAS FLOWN): HANK WILLIAMS, JR (HIGH NOTES)
YOU WON’T SEE ME: ANNE MURRAY (A LOVE SONG)
CAN’T BUY ME LOVE: CHET ATKINS (PICK ON THE BEATLES)
I FEEL FINE: SWEETHEARTS OF THE RODEO (ONE TIME, ONE NIGHT)
IF I FELL: SAMMY KERSHAW (COVERS THE HITS)
EIGHT DAYS A WEEK: LONNIE MORGAN (LEAVE THE LIGHT ON)
SOMETHING: WILLIE NELSON (PARTNERS)
THE FOOL ON THE HILL: BOBBIE GENTRY (LOCAL GENTRY)
CHILD OF NATURE: MASON JENNINGS (MINNESOTA BEATLE PROJECT, VOL. 2)
I’V JUST SEEN A FACE: THE DILLARDS (RHINO HI-FIVE)
DON’T LET ME DOWN: DILLARD & CLARK (THROUGH THE MORNING, THROUGH THE NIGHT)
WHAT GOES ON: NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND (UNCLE CHARLIE AND HIS DOG TEDDY)
BABY’S IN BLACK: TRAMPLES BY TURTLES (MINNESOTA BEATLE PROJECT, VOL, 4)
I WILL: ALISON KRAUSS (NOW THAT I’VE FOUND YOU: A COLLECTION)

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Your friends at Balcony Radio have watched all 8 hours of the Get Back documentary. Our note? Give us another 80 hours! We’ve got Beatlemania and there’s no cure . . . and we don’t want one. Pull up a chair for High Tea with The Beatles episode 17. Your hosts present a fair serving of both group and solo material. We set you a place between Mean Mr. Mustard and Eleanor Rigby, check your silver hammer at the door.

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Greetings again from Quarantineville. We’ve set a place for you with another serving of our Fab Four tribute programme High Tea with The Beatles. This week, it’s episode #16 and we’ve got a tasty variety of “LIVE” performances of band and solo material for you to chip a tooth on. Relax and float upstream with a couple dozen tracks from that band your (Grand)mum liked so much. Stay inside, put on your mask, and shine yer boots, we got the music covered.

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Very few things are popular worldwide. . . Disney, Coca Cola, coronavirus. Oh, and The Beatles. In episode 15 of High Tea with The Beatles, we break quarantine and take a musical voyage through the music of the Fabulous Foursome. We’ll be sampling cover versions from around the world. Never heard the Beatles in Polish, French, or Punjabi? Get your passport and your headphones ready.

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1968 was interesting time in Beatlemania. After breaking popular culture with Sgt. Pepper, they had to do something . . . So, they chose to fuck off to India and write 8 million songs in a month. In episode 14 of High Tea with the Beatles, we spin all the best demos and album tracks.
 

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The Beatles are dropping like flies . . . (sorry). We at the Balcony are pretty sure that Ringo is going to be the last Beatle standing, and we’re totally fine with that. In episode three of our series, High Tea With The Beatles the drummer gets the spotlight with his finest solo material. Ringo is always a fun time and this overview of his tunes proves it. As per the playlist below it is necessary to purch the merch of the RINGO!!

PLAYLIST:
NO NO SONG (ANTHOLOGY..SO FAR)
I WOULDN’T HAVE YOU ANY OTHER WAY (BEACOUP OF BLUES)
HONEY DON’T (CONCERT FOR GEORGE)
I’M THE GREATEST (PHOTOGRAPH; BEST OF..)
I WAS WALKIN’ (VERTICAL MAN)
BEAUCOUP OF BLUES (BEACOUP OF BLUES)
OH, MY MY (PHOTOGRAPH; BEST OF..)
FILL IN THE BLANKS (Y NOT)
VERTICAL MAN (VERTICAL MAN)
FASTEST GROWING HEARTACHE IN THE WEST (BEACOUP OF BLUES)
(IT’S ALL DOWN TO) GOODNIGHT VIENNA (GOODNIGHT VIENNA)
GIVE ME BACK THE BEAT (CHOOSE LOVE)
SNOOKEROO (PHOTOGRAPH; BEST OF..)
LIPSTICK TEARS (BAD BOY)
MISSOURI LOANS COMPANY (RINGO RAMA)
LA DE DA (VERTICAL MAN)
OCTOPUS’S GARDEN (LIVE ON SOUNSTAGE)
THE OTHER SIDE OF LIVERPOOL (Y NOT)
$15 DRAW (BEACOUP OF BLUES)
TONIGHT (BAD BOY)
IT DON’T COME EASY (ANTHOLOGY..SO FAR)
ACT NATURALLY (LIVE ON TOUR)
BAD BOY (BAD BOY)
DRUMMING IS MADNESS (STOP & SMELL THE ROSES)
FALLING IN FADING OUT (CHOOSE LOVE)
PHOTOGRAPH (PHOTOGRAPH; BEST OF..)

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Fifty years ago the world took a strange wobble and created the band that started it all – The Beatles. And in this second episode we begin our look at the solo work of the individual members beginning with John Lennon. A host of demo recordings pays a fitting tribute to a genuine legend and icon. Check out the play list below and take a trip to a record store.

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PLAYLIST:
EVERYONE HAD A HARD YEAR
I’M IN LOVE
INDIA
YER BLUES
I’M SO TIRED
YOU SAVED MY SOULD (WITH YOUR LOVE)
WHAT’S THE NEW MARYJANE?
CRY, BABY, CRY
GOD
GROW OLD WITH ME
THE RISHIKESH SONG
REVOLUTION
SEXY SADIE
WHY MUST WE BE ALONE
HOLD ON
A CASE OF THE BLUES
COOKIN’ IN THE KITCHEN OF LOVE
JULIA
YOU SEND ME
NOBODY TOLD ME
SURPRISE, SURPRISE (SWEET BIRD OF PARADOX)
THE CONTINUING STORY OF BUNGALOW BILL
LOOK AT ME
CHILD OF NATURE

Fifty years ago the world took a strange wobble and created the band that started it all – The Beatles. And in the second episode of High Tea w/ The Beatles we begin our look at the solo work of the individual members beginning, appropriately enough, with John Lennon. We explore great album cuts, rarities, ‘live’ performances, and demos for a full portrait of a genius. Your hosts are most humbled.

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PLAYLIST:
COME TOGETHER (‘LIVE’, MSG, 8/30/1972, ONE TO ONE CONCERT, DAY SHOW)
GROW OLD WITH ME (DEMO)
CRIPPLED INSIDE (IMAGINE)
LOOK AT ME (PLASTIC ONO BAND)
BEAUTIFUL BOY (DEMO)
IMAGINE (‘LIVE’, MSG, 8/30/1972, ONE TO ONE CONCERT, DAY SHOW)
I’M STEPPIN’ OUT (DEMO)
SURPRISE, SURPRISE (WALLS AND BRIDGES)
NOBODY TOLD ME (MILK & HONEY)
JUST BECAUSE (DEMO)
THE RISHIKESH SONG (DEMO)
MUCHO MUNGO (DEMO)
WORKING CLASS HERO (PLASTIC ONO BAND)
YOU SAVED MY SOUL (DEMO)
MOTHER (‘LIVE’, MSG, 8/30/1972, ONE TO ONE CONCERT, DAY SHOW)
OUT OF THE BLUE (LOST LENNON TAPES)
GOOD (DEMO)
WHY MUST WE BE MORE ALONE (DEMO)
WHAT YOU GOT (WALLS AND BRIDGES)
IT’S SO HARD (IMAGINE)
COOKIN’ (IN THE KITCHEN OF LOVE) (DEMO)
WHATEVER GETS YOU THROUGH THE NIGHT (DEMO)
AIN’T THAT A SHAME (ROCK & ROLL)
HOW? (IMAGINE)
GROW OLD WITH ME (MILK & HONEY)
(JUST LIKE) STARTING OVER (DEMO)

The first episode in our series dedicated to the greatest band in the history of sound. In this episode, we stick to just the live stuff. There is a large amount of high-pitched screaming, some by us.

PLAYLIST:
She Loves You (NME 1964)
Things We Said Today (Convention Hall, Philadelphia 9/2/1964)
This Boy (Festival Hall, Melbourne, AUS, 6/17/1964)
Ticket To Ride (NME 1965)
Twist And Shout (NME 1965)
Yesterday (Blackpool, Eng, 1965)
You Can’t Do That (AUS, 1964)
Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby (Palais Du Sport, Paris, 6/6/1965)
From Me To You (Miami 1964)
Help! (Eng, 1965)
I’m A Loser (Paris. 1965)
I’m Down (Japan 1965)
I Feel Fine (Eng, 1965)
I Saw Her Standing There (AUS, 1964)
I Wanna Be Your Man (Japan, 1966)
If I Fell (Eng, 1965)
Long Tall Sally (NME 1965)
Nowhere Man (Japan 1966)
Rock N Roll Music (Paris, 1965)

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