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Buddy and Julie Miller: Broken Things
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18 responses to “Buddy and Julie Miller: Broken Things”
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This has been quite a day for broken things.
AMDG -
That sounds pretty mysterious.
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BTW that is a great song.
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Yes! The Millers are the first couple I think of when I think of musical couples.
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By the way, this was going to be the last one in this series. Except maybe for Fleetwood Mac, in which two members were married for a time (but I’m not sure if it was when they were both in the band), and Linda McCartney’s presence in Wings, both of which are a little questionable as well as not being very interesting artistically, I’m out of instances. So if anybody has any others, let me know.
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What about Johnny and June Carter? Or is that too much of a stretch? (They weren’t a ‘duo’ in the strict sense.)
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Did you just accidentally leave out “Cash” or were you making a statement? Anyway, they would sorta fit, at least–they did make some music together, though they were better known separately.
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Did I miss Tina and Ike?
And then of course there’s Jill Copper and Jon Dudley (seated centre and right), but since they perform in a larger family ensemble that might not count. -
No, you didn’t miss Ike & Tina, but I did. Not sure whether I should include them or not, since she says Ike was pretty abusive. I’m trying to watch/listen to that video you linked to and as usual having trouble.
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What other Johnny and June Carter could I have meant?
I can’t remember if you had a post about Arcade Fire. The core of that band is a husband and wife.
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Customarily it’s “Johnny Cash and June Carter,” so I wondered if perhaps you consider June the greater talent.
I don’t know Arcade Fire’s music, and didn’t know there was a husband and wife involved. And never heard of Rez Band at all. I’ll check them both out. -
Somewhat on topic: have you heard the string of Innocent Mission songs which start with a song which begins ‘Beautiful Saviour’, then it goes on to Christ is my light, then it has ‘Sacred Head sore wounded,’ and ‘Were you there when they crucified my Lord?’ ? A colleague burned it onto a disc for me, and said it was rare. I don’t know if it exists on any of the CDs on general release. If you haven’t heard it but would like to, I could ask him how to send a copy of music which I have as a handmade CD. It’s really fine.
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That sounds approximately like this release. Is it? Amazon shows it as available so I should buy it rather than have a copy.
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That is what it is. It’s lovely. I never noticed it on amazon.
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I vaguely remembered having seen something of the sort, which is why I looked on their site. Don’t know why I’d never looked at it. Thanks for the offer, btw.
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I have thought about getting that album because it has several of my favorite hymns.
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Oh. I’ve always heard her called “June Carter Cash” (after the marriage, of course). Your question makes better sense now.
Rez Band = Resurrection Band. They were (and perhaps still are) a bluesy, hard-rock Christian band out of Chicago, I believe. They must have put out at least 20 records, starting in the 1970s. Some of their stuff is really good. He (Glenn Kaiser by name, if I remember), especially, had a wonderful rock ‘n’ roll voice. This is a good song.
Arcade Fire really started as a husband and wife, and other musicians gathered around them. He writes most of the songs; she sings and plays instruments. I like this song. -
The singer in Rez Band sounds a whole lot like Bob Seger, esp. at the beginning of that song.
I saw Arcade Fire on tv a while back and was struck by the energy of the dark-haired girl on the kb. I guess she’s the wife? There seemed to be some kind of different interplay between the two of them. I’m embarrassed to admit that I have one of their albums but haven’t had time to listen to it–it was on sale for something like $3 at Amazon (mp3) so I thought I’d check it out.
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