Joe Cocker was born on this date.

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1. Space Captain:

Once while traveling across the sky
This lovely planet caught my eye
Being curious I flew close by
And now I'm stuck here till I die
Until we die
Until we die
We're just learning to live together
Learning to live together
Learning to live together till we die


Love this cover by Warren Haynes and Susan Tedeschi, too, but the song will always remind me of Cocker's Mad Dogs And Englishmen:

There's an interesting anecdote about Cocker in Tony Visconti's autobiography. The producer who discovered and recorded Joe Cocker was Tony's boss at the time. Will see if I can find that later and type it up.


The Black Crowes do a great job with this great song, too:

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2. Link to the OP with the story about Joe Cocker I referred to in my reply above:

https://democraticunderground.com/103475989