Josh Weathers Kills With Stripped-Down "I Will Always Love You"

Josh Weathers

Fort Worth musician Josh Weathers' vocals on this stripped-down version of  “I Will Always Love You" are not to be believed.

According to Weathers, his mother saw Whitney Houston's hit movie The Bodyguard in the early 90s and immediately bought the soundtrack which lived in her car's cassette player "until the car didn't run no more."

Consequently, Weathers says he knows every note of the soundtrack.

I grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, and Weathers is apparently killing it as local musician done good.

Watch the performance below. The comments on the YouTube page are pretty funny, too.

Infectious Venezuelam Youth Orchestra Kills It With "Mambo" From West Side Story

A Facebook friend just reminded me of this clip featuring Maestro Gustavo Dudamel conducting West Side Story's "Mambo" with the Venezuelan Youth Orchestra Simón Bolívar, the Venezuelan Brass Ensemble, plus Alexis Cárdenas & Ensemble.

There is no way anyone who really knows me could watch this just once. The talent and energy is beyond infectious.

By the way, did I point out these are high school musicians? Over 700,000 kids across the country in Venezuela are in music programs, and almost every village has a youth orchestra.

Las Vegas: Legendary Guitarist & Singer BB King Passes Away At 89

Fifteen times Grammy Award winner BB King has died at age 89 in his home in Las Vegas.

Known as the "King of the Blues," King's hits included "Sweet Little Angel," "Rock Me Baby," and "My Lucille." His latest Grammy Award ca,e om 2009 for his album One Kind Favor.

Although suffering ill health in recent years due to diabetes-related illness, King still performed at least 100 concerts a year.

He was an inductee to both the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

With a career stretching back to the 1940s, King's body of work influenced generations of musicians including U2 and Eric Clapton.

(source)

Music Video: 2CELLOS Covers Michael Jackson's "They Don't Care About Us"

Those sexy 2CELLOS guys - Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser - drop their new music video today of They Don't Care About Us by Michael Jackson.

Echoing sci-fi films as The Hunger Games and Divergent, Luka and Stjepan have created a cinematic video filled with destruction, fire, and striking imagery to convey a powerful message: pointless war leads to devastation.

The video opens with Luka and Stjepan dressed as opposing soldiers who not only represent pawns in a chess game, but pawns in war as well. The pieces symbolize individuals who are helpless against government rule and the influential elite.

Explore their music on iTunes here.

(via press release)

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