Ted Tocks Covers

Strawberry Fields Forever

Originally posted on January 31, 2023

On this day 15 years ago the gates of the Liverpool ’Strawberry Fields’ Children’s home were taken down and put into storage.

“Let me take you down
'Cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields
Nothing is real
And nothing to get hung about”

#thebeatles #johnlennon #Odetta #RichieHavens #petergabriel #toddrundgren #LosFabulososCadillacs #debbieharry #cyndilauper #HayseedDixie #RickWakeman

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#Odetta

Odetta - Hit or Miss by Everbald on #SoundCloud
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Ted Tocks Covers - Year 9 - Day 22

The Foggy Dew

Those who sacrificed everything on Easter Monday, 1916 were forever remembered by Canon Charles O’Neill.

“For slavery fled, O glorious dead, when you fell in the foggy dew!”

#CanonCharlesONeill #TheChieftains #SineadOConnor #TheDubliners #LukeKelly #TheClancyBrothers #TommyMakem #WolfeTones #CelticThunder #ColmMcGuinness #DaoiriFarrell #Odetta #TheSnakeCharmer #U2 #TheCranberries

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2026/03/17/the-foggy-dew-they-bore-the-fight-that-freedoms-light-might-shine-through-the-foggy-dew-musicislife-tedtockscovers-happystpatricksday-canoncharlesoneill-sineadoconnor-thechiefains/

Ted Tocks Covers - Year 9 - Day 9

Take Me to the Pilot

Using a classic Elton John song to emphasize the role Dick James played in his stratospheric rise as an artist.

“Through a glass eye, your throne
Is the one danger zone
Take me to the pilot for control
Take me to the pilot of your soul”

#eltonjohn #BERNIETAUPIN #DICKJAMES #orangebicycle #Odetta #johnfarnham #rickwakeman #SolomonBurke #JoseFeliciano #TaronEgerton #jackblack #thebeatles

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/take-me-to-the-pilot-one-simple-ad-changed-music-history-musicislife-tedtockscovers-eltonjohn-bernietaupin/

Today in Labor History December 31, 1930: American singer-songwriter, guitarist, civil rights activist and actress Odetta was born. She played and sang folk music, blues, jazz and spirituals. She influenced Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Mavis Staples and Janis Joplin. She is perhaps most remembered for her performance of “O Freedom” at the 1963 March on Washington. In reference to the Civil Rights Movement, she described herself as "one of the privates in a very big army."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SdDZyfrTuc

#workingclass #LaborHistory #folkmusic #civilrights #protest #activism #odetta #BlackMastodon

Odetta

December 31, 1930 ~ Blues and folk singer Odetta is born Odetta Holmes in Birmingham, Alabama. Named the "Queen of American folk music" by Martin Luther King Jr., Odetta sings "O Freedom" at the 1963 March on Washington and is considered The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement. Listen to my Odetta playlist on Amazon Music ... #Odetta #birthday #blues #folk #civilrightsmovement #spirituals #queenofamericanfolkmusic #music #musicsky #musiciansky

http://robinbannks.com/2025/12/31/odetta/