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Inside Tracks #26: Sylvia Tyson, "You Were on My Mind"-Ian & Sylvia & Covers by We Five, The Bangles, Joe & Eddie, Crispian St. Peters

How does a song go from original acoustic folk song to an energetic pop rock hit? Inside Tracks: The anatomy of an arrangement.

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“You Were On My Mind” was on my mind. But, only because it was covered with such clarity in a recent post by Michael Acoustic. Here ‘tis:

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Last week’s rando lyrics: The lyric, "I got to move on I got to travel Walk away my blues" is from the song “You Were On My Mind” a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Sylvia Fricker and recorded by Fricker and Ian Tyson in 1963 and released in 1964 . The song is most well known for it’s 1965 cover by the group We Five, with other artists coverin…
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