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RIP Hal Wilner, producer of incredibly wonderful live events, albums, SNL& #39;s music, and the 80s TV show Night Music, which blew my mind as a teen as remains a great YouTube rabbit hole. Weird is wonderful. A 2017 profile here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/08/nyregion/hal-willners-vanishing-weird-new-york.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/0...
This cracked my mind open in 1988: Sonic Youth w/ Daniel Lanois and Indigo Girls and David Sanborn doing Iggy & Stooges& #39; I Wanna Be Your Dog. Thanks, Hal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdJ2ecf-dYo">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Leonard Cohen with Sonny Rollins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCaD6GAQmjA">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Mary Margaret O& #39;Hara in Wilner& #39;s Kurt Weill tribute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgQBdxA47lE">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Antony (Anohni) doing Cohen& #39;s If It Be Your Will: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MDlMdu2gjw">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
First time I ever heard Yma Sumac was on Wilner& #39;s Stay Awake album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFUgcQD5H3E">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Replacements doing "Cruella de Vil" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_1u-ufBYEA">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
He also produced a live tribute to Bill Withers, featured in the 2009 documentary Still Bill. And he produced my favourite post-Broken English album by Marianne Faithfull, who also has a Covid19 diagnosis. Even in this horrible week, there are Willner connections made.
