Here's a link to one of the best covers of 'Bird on a Wire' I've heard (recorded at 2015 Winnipeg Folk Festival):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ1_E0XuqOk
Marlon has an amazing voice and does the song complete justice I would suggest.
Cheers,
Andrew
P.S. I only came across this version because a fellow Cohenite friend told me it was featured in the recent episode of a new drama series on ABC TV here, 'The Beautiful Lie'. Thanks Tracey
Marlon Williams - Bird On A Wire
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Marlon Williams - Bird On A Wire
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Re: Marlon Williams - Bird On A Wire
Thanks Andrew for finding out more information. My daughter knows this guy because another song of his (or rather his band 'the unfaithful ways')was played endlessly for the ABC promos for 'The Beautiful. Lie' and it got inside my head and wouldn't get out and she recognised his voice. He is different, alt-country, and I like his voice.
http://youtu.be/GpMLfUPWqJ0
http://youtu.be/GpMLfUPWqJ0
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1985 -- State Theatre, Melbourne
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1980 -- Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
1985 -- State Theatre, Melbourne
2008 -- Hamilton, Toronto, Cardiff
2009 -- Rochford Winery, Yarra Valley
2010 -- Melbourne
2013 -- Melbourne, The Hill Winery, Geelong, Auckland
Re: Marlon Williams - Bird On A Wire
Thanks friends. I added this to the growing list of Cohen on soundtracks, the Filmography at http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/filmo.html
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