1. You Don’t Know Me

    Posted in: Videos on Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

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    You Don’t Know Me.  Did you ever say that to someone who was giving you a hard time about your life?  It’s a familiar response to criticism usually uttered in anger.  But when Texas songwriter Cindy Walker teamed up with Eddy Arnold to turn those words into a song, it gave the phrase a completely different feeling and meaning.  You Don’t Know Me, became an aching, haunting, cry of unfulfilled love.  It also became a hit song for Eddy Arnold, Ray Charles, and many other performers.

    This version was one of the songs my friends recorded for me in LA last spring when they kindly agreed to show up and play some blues for my cameras at Phil Driscoll’s recording studio.  There were no rehearsals, no music, and nothing was planned in advance.  They just showed up and started jamming.  The results were amazing, like they had been playing together for years.

    For You Don’t Know Me, it’s Phill on vocals and piano, Bill Maxwell on drums, Hadley Hockensmith on guitar, Michiko Hill on organ and Pee Wee Hill on bass.  Enjoy!

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