Most know that Bruce wrote Atlantic City, yet Levon and the Band made it their own. My favorite version by far is the Band cover with Levon on lead vocal and Rick Danko on back up/harmony vocal. This is a brilliant song by any measure
In 1999 she started her own independent label, Bad Dog, and has since released six more albums. Her 2008 release, The Works, combined previously unheard, unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics with her own music and arrangements. Recently, she’s co-written songs with Katy Perry and with The Courtyard Hounds. Jonatha has written for three Disney films and several television shows, and has composed the theme song for Joss Whedon’s, Dollhouse.
The busker who never left the corner, even after the Oscar. Glen Hansard — the voice of Once, the heart of The Frames, the man who turned Christmas busking for Dublin’s homeless into an institution — is gone at 56. From an ocean away, with Irish roots of my own, a tribute to the music, the kindness, and the thread that doesn’t break.