The November issue of the UK's MOJO Magazine features a brief mention of Harry in their "Time Machine" column (news from 1976). In it, Nilsson's brief flirtation with
politics is highlighted by the full page ad Harry ran in support of Democratic Presidential candidate, Jimmy Carter. See MOJO's post above, and the original Billboard ad on the right. Click any image for a larger pop-up.
Davy Jones died today, February 29, of a heart attack. He was 66 years old. As fans know, Davy worked with Nilsson numerous times over the years, singing Harry's songs in the late 60s with The Monkees, in the 70s as part of the UK stage production for The Point! and in a series of Japanese TV commercials Ringo Starr made for Simple Life leisure suits. For many of a certain age - those who just missed out on Beatlemania - The Monkees were an entry point into both music and group idolatry, and Davy should always be fondly remembered for his charm and professionalism.
Interested in some really obscure Nilsson covers? There a site called FONOS, which digitizes Dutch LPs to CDs (in agreement with multinational record companies). A cursory search of Nilsson will turn up a handful of Dutch artists covering Harry's material, mostly from the 60s. Click the titles to hear colorful, pop-up snippets of Nobody Cares About The Railroads Anymore, The Puppy Song, Good Old Desk, Rainmaker, Together, Mournin' Glory Story, Little Cowboy, The Most Beautiful World In The World, and maybe others. Many thanks to Piet.
Seems a growing number of new artists are picking up on Harry Nilsson these days. Brendan Rivers has self-released an album of covers tunes called, Songs For You, which features five Nilsson covers; "Without Her," "Jump Into The Fire," "Down," "The Moonbeam Song" & "Me And My Arrow." Get Rivers' free Harry covers HERE.
Hillary & The Democrats have posted an offbeat tribute to Harry at Bandcamp entitled, simply, "Harry Nilsson." You can listen to it below but it's not being made available for download.
Long time readers of this blog know John Krane. We've posted his music before (wearing Harry's own robe, no less), and he has a new album, Sun Dog, that you can hear in its entirety here. Highly recommended to Paul Simon fans and lovers of song craft in general. Hear "Fire Winds," below.
Finally, Magic Hero Vs. Rock People have released a 5-song vinyl EP entitled Secret Enemies, and it features a most obscure Nilsson cover, "I Live In A World," which Harry never officially recorded (there's a demo on our Monkees Demos post). Unfortunately, we can't tell you what the track sounds like, as it's not available for listening or download. Someone from the band told us they've removed all their Facebook/MySpace links as part of an 'anti-promotion' campaign. Purchase here.
There's been some recent chatter that Andrew Sandoval and Rob Santos are working with Sony on a 17-CD Nilsson Box Set set for release in 2012. All we've heard at this point is that Flash Harry is not included in this collection, but there will be bonus tracks and an additional disc of rarities.
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Skidoo (2011 DVD)
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Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) (2010 DVD)
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Best Of Harry Nilsson (2009)
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