This installment of “Friday Morning Tunez” features Wendy Flower singing “The Paisley Window Pane” with The High Llamas and Jane Weaver in the UK in 2007. Wendy originally recorded this song in 1969 as part of Wendy & Bonnie, a duo that featured her sister, Bonnie. Wendy & Bonnie recorded one album, Genesis, released in 1969. It’s great music, made all the more remarkable by the fact that Wendy and Bonnie were just 17 and 13, respectively.
Wendy & Bonnie’s label went under soon after the album came out, and their producer getting poisoned to death by morphine definitely didn’t help matters. Such a shame, because their music certainly fit in well with the zeitgeist of the time. Decades later, the band began to gather a following with groups like Stereolab and Broadcast (two favorites of yours truly) embracing their music. In 2003, The Super Furry Animals sampled their song “By The Sea” for their song “Hello Sunshine”.
So here for your listening enjoyment is “The Paisley Window Pane”:
Tags: Friday Morning Tunes, Jane Weaver, Paisley Window Pane, The High Llamas, Wendy and Bonnie, Wendy Flower
