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album:  Oh, My Girl
artist:   Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
released: 2004-04-19
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Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter

Jesse Sykes (born Jessica Ann Sykes, née Solomon; July 17, 1967) is an American singer and songwriter, best known for her band Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, which was formed in 1999 with Phil Wandscher.

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Oh, My Girl
length: 4:31
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The Dreaming Dead
length: 5:53
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The Dreaming Dead - Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter
Posted 7 years ago by junebaby65:
Every time I hear this song I think it's from 1968, which is a compliment.
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Posted 8 years ago by Segue:
Thank you RP for including a realistic balance of women musicians and songwriters throughout your stellar sets. Eventually this audience may be more accustomed to the concept. Women artists will be appreciated in their own right, as individuals. More people will recognize unique voices, without the fixation on IDing who else they sound like. Will view beauty without gender stereotypes minimizing the shared power of female artists. ... There are many striking, unfamiliar voices on RP that are so unique we stop to check who it is. It's more interesting who they are, than rating them on a scale limited to gender (which is not such a knee jerk reaction to male singers in the comments). Another public service of Radio Paradise. 😃
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Posted 7 years ago by jhorton:
DD gypsyman wrote:

Stand corrected, I do. An upside-down Gretsch?

 
Not a gretsch, not a tele, not a strat.

DeArmond by Guild Starfire Special with Bigsby. Special amplifier with reverb that goes to ELEVEN!




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Posted 6 years ago by adib:
8 -> 9
Still gives me goosebumps after 100s of listens.
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Posted 4 years ago by Rob57:
Segue wrote:
Thank you RP for including a realistic balance of women musicians and songwriters throughout your stellar sets. Eventually this audience may be more accustomed to the concept. Women artists will be appreciated in their own right, as individuals. More people will recognize unique voices, without the fixation on IDing who else they sound like. Will view beauty without gender stereotypes minimizing the shared power of female artists. ... There are many striking, unfamiliar voices on RP that are so unique we stop to check who it is. It's more interesting who they are, than rating them on a scale limited to gender (which is not such a knee jerk reaction to male singers in the comments). Another public service of Radio Paradise. 😃
 
"Eventually this audience may be more accustomed to the concept. Women artists will be appreciated in their own right, as individuals'' Oh for goodness sake please don't drag identity politics into music, I'm sure I speak for the majority of listeners on here when I say I just like music and I don't care whether its made by men, women people of colour or whatever. Female artists were massively popular 50 years ago or have you never heard of Dusty Springfield, Diana Ross, Aretha Franklin and many , many more great female artists. To to and paint female artists as victims struggling to be heard is is quite frankly ridiculous. This isn't a university campus y'know.
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Posted 6 years ago by prickelpit96:
The guitar!!! {#Meditate}
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Posted 2 years ago by adib:
The understated yet blisteringly good lead guitar adds to an already excellent song.  9 from me, love it.
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Posted 7 years ago by sleepinggypC:
New to me. Loving the rockabilly/country/swamp guitar sound.
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Posted 3 years ago by jbarryc:
The Byrds, REM, this...
Nothing beats jangly guitars
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Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities:
ch83575 wrote:
Did he just say 'fuckery'?
 
She.  Nice guitar sound.
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Posted 4 years ago by zapeta:
I know this doesn't add much to the discussion, but I love this song.  Thanks Bill.
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Posted 5 years ago by Piranga:
Another amazing song that I would have never heard, except for RP. Thanks yet again.
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Posted 5 years ago by fraserji:
Gave it an 8 the first time I heard it on RP, then a 9 the second time, just changed it to a 10. Can't get much better than this song. 
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Posted 1 year ago by RazzCat:
Where's the Repeat button?...
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Posted 6 years ago by ch83575:
Did he just say 'fuckery'?
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Posted 6 years ago by zapeta:
DaidyBoy wrote:
I still get goosebumps every time this comes on.  Thanks RP.  I keep clicking the 10 but it doesn't affect the rating, which is a shame.
 
Ditto. 
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Posted 4 years ago by sashaly1968:
Sooooooooooooooooooooooo.....GOOD SONG!!!!
YEAH!
VIVA RP!
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Posted 6 years ago by wtango:
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Posted 2 years ago by dtheb:
Takes me to that entirely groovy place 
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Posted 2 years ago by MKoMOne:
Amazing artist and amazing song....love it...
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