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This is an offshoot of the 'Brandonites in the music biz' discussion from a couple of years back. http://www.ebrandon.ca/messagethread.aspx?message_id=150676&cat_id=3  
 
In it someone brought up Biossevain's Rick Neufeld and his 1969 hit Moody Manitoba Morning. The song is back ! Kelwood's Alana Levandoski has done a cover of it and it sounds really good !  
 
An additional Brandon connection is the Neufeld's final album, Manitobasongs was recorded live at the Westman Centennial Auditorium in 1975.  
 
To hear Levandoski's take on the song:  
<:A target="_blank" HREF="http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/features/manitobacovers/">:http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/features/manitobacovers/<:/A>:  
 
To hear the 1969 version by The Five Bells, (it was the B-side to their first single but for whatever reason Moody ended up becoming the hit in Canada and a couple of US markets):  
<:A target="_blank" HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmR7fvLGg8Q">:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmR7fvLGg8Q<:/A>:  
 
I did a little digging on Neufeld, The Bells and Moody Manitoba Morning and here's what I found:  
<:A target="_blank" HREF="http://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2010/10/moody-manitoba-morning-indeed.html">:http://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2010/10/moody-manitoba-morning-indeed.html<:/A>:  
 
Edited by mrchristian, 2010-10-11 01:07:23