of all the folks has come upon youtube -

boyce avenue, home free, max schneider, post modern jukebox....

there is one that made go OMG!

has sent others the vids and their reaction was the same as 's

sometimes somebody comes along and you wonder

"why is this person not internationally famouse?"

"why can we only have access via youtube to this person?"

that IS Von Smith

 

most first came upon von smith via PostModern Jukebox

was the same

(if you are not aware - postmodern jukebox takes popular songs and retools the arrangement and performs them in a different genre

often greatly improving the song that is otherwise just meh)

 the very first time most became aware of von smith was his LIVE rendition of And I'm Telling You (from Dreamgirls)

Von was brought on The View - but don't go to that version. as good as that is it pales to this unvarnished one

NOTE: the sound is mono and not the best - but to do this LIVE and make this song decidedly NOT effeminate .....

for the acid test is always Can You Do This LIVE?

but then came upon A Piece Of The Sky

as the note says on youtube - this was not done in a professional studio. there is no autotune. the last note is real

does von outdo streisand? she has heard it. she thinks so

but the final one of this days selection is Stay With Me

it is the song that caught Postmodern Jukebox's attention.

they say when you can cover a song and make it yours....

lets just say that sam smith also does this (tho nowhere near as well)

 

BONUS: lets have tara simon explain to us what is so exceptional about von smith