A second week with Charlie brings his brief SbS return to a close, as we revisit this excellent demo version of Blue Skies. We broadly acknowledge our love of the simple 1971 version, before digging into Solange's 2016 image of Cranes in the Sky, and the beautiful complexities of that song’s structure.

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Music extracts used for illustrative/review purposes include: Blue Skies, The Early Years vol 2, Tom Waits (1993) Cranes in the Sky, A Seat at the Table, Solange (2016)

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