Dawning 1985 - Minnesota's version of "We Are the World"

news footage:
https://youtu.be/mD__YkwdtE4

single:
https://youtu.be/mZaPal908Ec

Was feeling nostalgic for this song and looked for a concert version. This is the best of two. The other was in 1993, just with guitar.

https://youtu.be/E_oElMnwjS0

Happier Days:

https://youtu.be/2cURq6pSEzc

Minnesota Nights:

https://youtu.be/Wkw8ROVaf48

Cynthia Weil (October 18, 1940 – June 1, 2023) was an American songwriter who wrote many songs together with her husband Barry Mann. Weil and Mann were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.

Michael covered 5 of her songs:

Brown-Eyed Woman
You Sure Fooled Me
You're Not Easy to Forget
I've Been Alone Too Long
Never Gonna Look Back

Added the EMI covers of For All You Mad Musicians to the liner notes page. They're a bit horrendous compared to the original Sanskrit cover. They also left off Hello and Goodbye.

https://mjblue.com/afaymm.html

Check out the new story from Dan Koopmans and "Minnesota Nights" with a new YouTube audio of a work tape.

https://mjblue.com/mjstories.html

1984-85 MPR broadcasts: Closer Than You, It's My Job, My Old Yellow Car

Courtesy of Gary Kerr

https://youtu.be/zoeT2a1fli4

I don't have much info on this song, just guesses. Found among Lonnie Knight's archives. Another version by a different singer also found which speculates Lonnie could be the songwriter.

https://youtu.be/qRT8Z28x5dw

Rough Mix. Box titled Eggteeth...

https://youtu.be/EyrXPCn6qas

Jennifer Griffith shared this photo she took at Cafe Veritas, First Unitarian Church in Rochester NY on March 9, 2015. Thanks, Jennifer!