Colorado Blues

Bonie Maronie


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03-13-15 - Shadow Mountain Recording Studio Session --
Working on a new arrangement of Bonie Maronie
Bony Moronie" is Larry Williams' third single, released in 1957. Williams' original peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #4 on the U.S. R&B chart.
The song has been covered many times. Among those who have covered the song are John Lennon for his 1975 album, Rock 'n' Roll, Joni Mitchell as a medley with Big Yellow Taxi during her 1970 concert in Amchitka for Greenpeace. The Who as a 1971 live performance included on their 1994 compilation Thirty Years of Maximum R&B, Dr. Feelgood on their 1974 album, Down by the Jetty, Johnny Winter on his 1975 album, 'Captured Live!, Showaddywaddy and Julie Covington for the 1977 Amnesty International benefit show The Mermaid Frolics. In 1975, a cover of the song by Australian band Hush was a number one single on the Australian charts.[citation needed]
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