Standing On The Gallows With My Head In A Noose

One Song + One Mic = Substack Sessions SS0021

Feb 20, 2025

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Original vs. cover, again

Do you remember Curtis Stigers? Singer and saxophone player known for his hit - I Wonder Why - Apple Music | YouTube Music in the early 1990s. He is still omnipresent on certain radio stations with this song.

But as usual the radio playlist creators just know this one song or maybe the other single - You’re All That Matters To Me - from the same album. But when I started a radio playlist from a random song on Spotify, which I do pretty frequently to discover new tunes, I happen to hear his version of a great Bob Dylan song - Things Have Changed - Apple Music | YouTube Music.

Check out Curtis Stigers’ version with a great trumpet performance by John "Scrapper" Sneider. Apple Music | YouTube Music

Substack Sessions SS0021 - Things Have Changed

Here’s my version with all the bumps and skids on my ‘Start Your Day With A Song’-series on my YouTube channel where one morning I first tried out this song noticing that Bob Dylan’s phrasing ain’t that easy to perform directly from the lead sheet.

This is my Substack Sessions song #0021 - Things Have Changed

Things Have Changed - will be released on Spotify | YouTube Music and other platforms in May 2025.

Previous Substack Session Songs

SS0001 - Waiting In Vain
SS0002 - Big Yellow Taxi
SS0003 - Green-Tinted Sixties Mind
SS0004 - Testing My Temper
SS0005 - Use Somebody
SS0006 - Walking In Memphis
SS0007 - I Han Es Zündhölzli azündt
SS0008 - Enjoy The Silence
(tomorrow February 21st 2025 - Enjoy The Silence - will be released on Spotify & YouTube Music and other platforms)
SS0009 - Blue Door
SS0010 - The Way You Make Me Feel
SS0011 - The Ballad Of Jenny Ledge
SS0012 - Tomorrow Never Dies
SS0013 - Casual Conversation
SS0014 - It’s My Life
SS0015 - In Your Eyes
SS0016 -If I Ain’t Got You
SS0017 - Time & Again
SS0018 - Appreciate
SS0019 - Roll To Me
SS0020 - Home