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Sidney Barnes has a Stone Cold Feeling

From: Ayana Contreras
Length: 00:03:38

Old record albums are plastic testaments to dreams: sometimes distant, forgotten dreams of their makers. Sidney Barnes wrote a song called "Stone Cold Feeling" in 1971 that was recorded and nearly forgotten as a B-Side. He hadn't heard his own creation in nearly forty years. Until I played it for him. Read the full description.

Stone_cold_feeling_small Old record albums are plastic testaments to dreams: sometimes distant, forgotten dreams of their makers. 

Sidney Barnes wrote a song called "Stone Cold Feeling" in 1971 that was recorded and nearly forgotten as a B-Side.  In an interview with him, I asked about it (a personal favorite of mine) only to discover that he hadn't heard his own creation in nearly forty years.  Until I played it for him.

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Piece Description

Old record albums are plastic testaments to dreams: sometimes distant, forgotten dreams of their makers. 

Sidney Barnes wrote a song called "Stone Cold Feeling" in 1971 that was recorded and nearly forgotten as a B-Side.  In an interview with him, I asked about it (a personal favorite of mine) only to discover that he hadn't heard his own creation in nearly forty years.  Until I played it for him.

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
Stone Cold Feeling Gene Chandler Mercury 1971 00:00