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Related: About this forumMelanie (with the Edwin Hawkins Singers) - Lay Down (live TV performance)
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Melanie (with the Edwin Hawkins Singers) - Lay Down (live TV performance) (Original Post)
ificandream
Sep 2022
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(24,764 posts)1. OMG, 3 things about this.
(1)....I thought this tune was way before Woodstock. Melanie says otherwise.
(2).....she's got an awesome group of folks providing background.
(3).....best version I have ever heard...thanks for posting!
ificandream
(9,421 posts)2. I interviewed her once.
If memory serves, it was after but I'm not sure. I will say she was a wonderful interview. As nice as her music is.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,764 posts)3. Melanie seems to have been a really nice person.
Mixed up with Mick? Too bad, because he probably swamped her boat.
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(24,764 posts)4. Just realized it was the Edwin Hawkins singers.
A beautiful chorus to play behind you....