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  • John Mayer covers

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    Here are a couple of recent John Mayer covers. I’m increasingly impressed with him as a songwriter, bad boy personal life aside. These were recorded a couple of weeks apart and I didn’t realize I wore the same shirt for both. We may not be the Young Ones very long.

  • Close to Me

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    A friend of mine draws pictures and will trade them for covers of songs he likes. Here’s the latest. His drawing, a tribute to my recent struggles with dandelions in the yard: My video, “Close to Me” by The Cure:  

  • Brandi Carlile cover contest

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    Brandi Carlile has a cover contest going right now. Top 5 will be picked by YouTube view counts and then judges will select the winner among them. Winner gets a trip to Los Angeles and some time on stage with the band at The Orpheum Theater. Here’s my entry, which includes some cheezy mini-me effects…

  • French music que j’aime

    French music que j’aime

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    Justin Hill
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    I’ve told you about my music problem, right? I grew up in small-town Idaho where the only radio stations were hard rock, Top 40, pop country, and painfully easy listening. But we had a Rainbow Records store. In the age of Spotify and YouTube it feels so foreign now that I would wait for the weekly…

  • Merry Christmas 2016!

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    Justin Hill
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    Dueling time-lapse videos – Christmas Eve taffy pull vs. Christmas morning excitement: Oh Little Town of Bethlehem in matching pajamas: In the Bleak Midwinter, also in matching pajamas: