Shawn Colvin - Round Of Blues

Music Monday: There seem to be a bunch of cover songs in a row from Live at the Paradiso in Amsterdam, 2007, and here’s another. I pretty much performed nothing but cover songs for many, many years, starting when I was 18 and could legally play in bars ($40 for 4 sets and all the beer you could drink). Killin the Blues was written by the amazing Roly Salley. Larry Campbell hipped me to the song when I landed in New York City and joined The Buddy Miller band in 1980. Larry said, “you have to lear

Here’s “Venetian Blue” from a record I made called “These Four Walls”. Dedicated to Jack, Ennis, and to my friend, Robin, who requested it. | Shawn Colvin