Monday, March 09, 2026

Monday's Pleasant Surprise

From 2015, please enjoy honey-voiced chanteuse Skylar Gudasz and the Wild Honey Orchestra with a really lovely live cover of my favorite sort of obscure underrated George Harrison song.

I must confess I had never heard of the young lady in question until one of my FB buds posted the clip (which derives from a Wild Honey autism benefit in LA) last weekend; an internet search hipped me to the fact that she's got three albums out and will be doing a few live gigs in the not so distant future (including another LA show with Wild Honey in April.)

You can find out more about her -- and listen to a lot of her own music, which seems to be sort of countrified Joni Mitchell -- over at her website HERE.

6 comments:

mistah charley, ph.d. said...

beautiful

i find i agree with the audience - that bit at the end - even though george did it - doesn't add anything in the context of a live performance in front of people who are not expecting it - sometimes the best surprise is no surprise

Dave Leonatti said...

Nice voice. Looked her up. A more muted Neko Case, or..... not sure. Reminds of someone. A good find.

Rob said...

No need for auto tune for that Gal.
Thought she did a fine job with George's
song - a White Album Hi Light.
Regarding the ending - I was not off put.
iirc - George stretched it out - ohh,ohh😉

Allan Rosenberg said...

I checked out her website & I think she's damn good! Great discovery Steve.

Captain Al

Old Dave said...

She has a significant role in Thank You Friends - Big Star's Third Live. Definitely worth checking out.

Anonymous said...

One of my favourite tracks off of the White Album. Like how she even does the creepy moaning drums and sound effects outro of the original.
rs