When I tell you they're #StupidAccordionTricks, it's because sometimes they really are. I was invited to play #BrandNewKey to the roller derby association in 2008, and I revisited it 16 years later to memorialize its maker, #MelanieSafka.

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Brand New Key (Melanie, 1971) ... played on accordion!

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🕯️🕯️RIP Melanie 🕯️🕯️

So sad for the passing of an idol from my teen years ... Melanie Safka - singer of songs of peace and love - the way I wanted to live my life. 🖤🖤🖤

#melanie #melaniesafka #rip #laydown #candlesintherain #laydowncanflesintherain #gatherme #lookwhattheydonetomysongma #brandnewkey #folksinger #rocksinger #womenofrock #peacewillcome #theresachancepeacewillcome #doyoubelieve

Melanie Dies: ‘Brand New Key’ Singer-Songwriter, Woodstock Favorite Was 76
#News #Obituaries #BrandNewKey #Melanie #Obituary

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Melanie Dies: ‘Brand New Key’ Singer-Songwriter, Woodstock Favorite Was 76

Melanie, the witty, gentle-voiced singer-songwriter who rose to fame with her crowd-pleasing performance at Woodstock in 1969 and had two major hit singles – “Brand New Key” and “Lay Down (Ca…

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