(bright music) ♪ L is for the way you look at me ♪ - Welcome to "11th & Grant."

I'm Eric Funk.

♪ One I see ♪ - [Eric] Tonight Elana Hayden and the Sugar Daddies.

♪ V is very, very extraordinary ♪ ♪ E ♪ - A native New Yorker, Elana relocated from the Big Apple to Big Sky Country and performs with a group of renowned Billings, Montana musicians.

♪ Give to you love ♪ ♪ You took the part that once was my heart ♪ ♪ So why not take all of me, yeah ♪ - All the artists that have influenced me over the years kind of meld together, and then I kind of found my own thing.

So I do jazz standards, but I think they're with a little more of a blues flare.

And now since I've been here, they're blues jazz with a little country thing, which doesn't even exist.

I don't know, I don't think it exists.

I think we've created a new genre.

(laughs) - [Mike] I wonder if you haven't.

♪ Other eyes smile tenderly ♪ ♪ Still in peaceful dreams ♪ ♪ I see the road ♪ ♪ That leads back to you ♪ ♪ Georgia, Georgia ♪ - [Eric] Elana Hayden and the Sugar Daddies next on "11th & Grant."

♪ I find ♪ - [Announcer] "11th & Grant" was made possible by: The Greater Montana Foundation, Montana State University Office of the President, Quinn's Hot Springs Resort, Donna Spitzer-Ostrovsky in loving memory of Jack Ostrovsky, the godfather of "11th & Grant," Gomez and Mary Routhier.

"Great music will blow the dust off your soul."

Iris Model, Sanbell, Betty Clauson, honoring Bob and Suzy Sterling, Regina M. Wunsch and Walter G. Wunsch, Music Villa and Gibson Guitar, the Utzinger family, Bill and Jane Gum, Rob Maher and Lynn Peterson-Maher, Nancy Thompson Flikkema, and by these generous donors.

(bright jazz music) (dramatic jazz music) (dramatic jazz music continues) (upbeat jazz music) (upbeat jazz music continues) (bright music) (bright music continues) ♪ Blue skies smiling at me ♪ ♪ Nothing but blue skies do I see ♪ ♪ Bluebirds singing a song ♪ ♪ Nothing but bluebirds all day long ♪ ♪ Never saw the sun shining so bright ♪ ♪ Never saw things going so right ♪ ♪ Noticing the days hurrying by ♪ ♪ When you're in love, oh how they fly ♪ ♪ Those blue days, all of them gone ♪ ♪ Nothing but blue skies from now on ♪ (bright music continues) (twangy guitar solo) (bright music) (twangy guitar solo) (bright music) (twangy guitar solo) (bright music) (bluesy guitar solo) (bright music) (bluesy guitar solo) (bright music) (bluesy guitar solo) ♪ Blue skies smiling at me ♪ ♪ Nothing but blue skies do I see ♪ ♪ Bluebird singing a song ♪ ♪ Nothing but bluebirds all day long ♪ ♪ Never saw the sun shining so bright ♪ ♪ Never saw things going so right ♪ ♪ Noticing the days hurrying by ♪ ♪ When you're in love, oh how they fly ♪ ♪ Those blue days, all of them gone ♪ ♪ Nothing but blue skies from now on ♪ ♪ Nothing but blue skies ♪ ♪ From now on ♪ (music fades) (mellow jazz music) (mellow jazz music continues) ♪ Fly me to the moon ♪ ♪ Let me play among the stars ♪ ♪ Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars ♪ ♪ In other words, hold my hand ♪ ♪ In other words, darling, kiss me ♪ ♪ Fill my heart with song ♪ ♪ Let me sing forevermore ♪ ♪ You are all I long for ♪ ♪ All I worship and adore ♪ ♪ In other words, please be true ♪ ♪ In other words, I love you ♪ (mellow music) (twangy guitar solo) (mellow music) (twangy guitar solo) (mellow music) (twangy guitar solo) (mellow music) (bluesy guitar solo) (mellow music) (bluesy guitar solo) (mellow music) (bluesy guitar solo) (mellow music) (bright piano solo) (mellow music) (bright piano solo) (mellow music) (bright piano solo) (mellow music) (bass solo) (mellow drum solo) (mellow bass and drum duet) ♪ Fly me to the moon ♪ ♪ Let me play among the stars ♪ ♪ Let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars ♪ ♪ In other words, hold my hand ♪ ♪ In other words, darling, kiss me ♪ ♪ Fill my heart with song ♪ ♪ Let me sing forevermore ♪ ♪ You are all I long for ♪ ♪ All I worship and adore ♪ ♪ In other words, please be true ♪ ♪ In other words, whoa oh oh ♪ ♪ In other words ♪ ♪ In other words, I love you ♪ (bright music) (gentle music) (gentle music continues) ♪ It's not the pale moon that excites me ♪ ♪ That thrills and delights me ♪ ♪ Oh no, it's just the nearness of you ♪ ♪ It isn't your sweet conversation ♪ ♪ That brings this sensation ♪ ♪ Oh no ♪ ♪ It's just the nearness of you ♪ ♪ When you're in my arms ♪ ♪ And I feel you so close to me ♪ ♪ All my wildest dreams come true ♪ ♪ I need no soft lights to enchant me ♪ ♪ If you'll only grant me the right ♪ ♪ To hold you ever so tight ♪ ♪ And to feel in the night ♪ ♪ The nearness of you ♪ (gentle music) (mellow guitar solo) (gentle music) (mellow guitar solo) (gentle music) (mellow guitar solo) (gentle music) (mellow guitar solo) ♪ When you're in my arms and I feel you ♪ ♪ So close to me ♪ ♪ All my wildest dreams come true ♪ ♪ I need no soft lights to enchant me ♪ ♪ If you'll only grant me the right ♪ ♪ To hold you ever so tight ♪ ♪ And to feel in the night ♪ ♪ The nearness of you ♪ ♪ Of you ♪ ♪ Of you ♪ ♪ Of you ♪ (music fades) - How'd you guys meet?

'Cause we've never really gotten to talk about the very beginning.

- We met on the bandstand, actually.

I was in a band that I had been in for decades, and this was a time in 2005 we needed to replace one of the musicians.

So we had auditions and he came in to play, and he ended up staying in the band 'cause he was a good fit.

Although I did say to him, you know, he had come from a very different world of just playing, you know, stinky, nasty, slappy, you know, swampy bass, and this band that we were in, we were very particular about playing things accurately, so- - Where are we located?

Where is this?

- We're in New York, and it was probably Long Island, I think.

And so he came in and he just did his like, you know, stuff.

And at the end of it, I knew the guys liked him and wanted him to join the band, but I pulled him aside.

I said, listen, "If you really want this gig, you gotta go home and you gotta learn your parts, and know them.

You can't just fake it."

And he did.

I think he wanted the gig.

So that's where we met.

He ended up in that band, we met on that bandstand.

- But the only reason I learned those parts was 'cause she was kinda cute, so I thought maybe I'll... - Do anything for her?

And you're doing this, so you were playing electric bass at that time?

- Yeah, yeah.

- That's true.

- All electric.

- But it was a jazz group?

- No, I never sang jazz until I got to Montana.

Most of what we did in New York for decades was wedding bands, corporate affairs, private parties.

I did a lot of recording and studio work, so did Mike.

Jingles, you know, commercials, radio stuff.

Both of us, I think playing, doing the wedding circuit, in New York they call them club dates, was the best education.

I think we both would agree.

You know, you can't learn about all that music, those different styles and genres of music in school.

You've gotta be out there doing it.

I kinda fell into this jazz thing when I got to Montana because when I first got here, I wanted to meet musicians, and there were open jazz jams, particularly in Billings where we were.

So, you know, Mike had grown up here and knew a lot of these players who were still here or who had left and come back, so I just started going to the jams and sitting in and meeting people, and because they were jazz jams I was singing jazz tunes, and I was like, "Ooh, I gotta learn some more jazz standards," you know?

And I think people then started to see me as a jazz singer.

I'm really not a jazz singer.

I'm more of a blues, I think bluesy... I'm not even sure what I am, honestly.

You know, I just sing the way I feel, and I guess all the artists that have influenced me over the years, kind of meld together and then I kind of found my own thing.

So I do jazz standards, but I think they're with a little more of a blues flare.

And now since I've been here, they're blues jazz with a little country thing, which doesn't even exist.

I don't know, I don't think it exists.

I think we've created a new genre.

- I wonder if you haven't.

You know, and to your point of doing a song that this person did, so you kind of lean in that direction, and then doing a song that that person did, so you lean in that direction.

And you end up either as a singer or as a player, kind of after a while, it all just becomes this big thing that maybe is what you become.

(laughs) - Well, it definitely becomes more organic.

And with my Elana Hayden and the Sugar Daddies, which I love, and he thought of that name by the way, among other names that we will probably not mention, but that was the one that stuck.

It's kind of become this like, country-fried jazz or something.

I don't even know what to call it.

We were trying to think of a name for this genre, so.

- To be honest, I think that's where your style does emerge from because it's a polymorph of all these different things, but you are the common denominator.

And so suddenly, you know, and same thing, you know, when you're playing an instrument like bass, you know all these other bass players and you know how they feel, and yet your body and how you breathe and how you phrase sorta drives the entire thing.

But, you know, they've used that word polystylism as a classical terminology to try to describe this third stream admixture where you take this from this, and music is so ubiquitous that you can't be a purist in a particular genre pocket.

(mellow music) (mellow music continues) ♪ Pack up all my cares and woes ♪ ♪ Here I go, singing low ♪ ♪ Bye-bye, blackbird ♪ ♪ Where somebody waits for me ♪ ♪ Sugar's sweet, so is he ♪ ♪ Bye-bye, blackbird ♪ ♪ No one here can love or understand me ♪ ♪ Oh, what hard luck stories they all hand me ♪ ♪ Make my bed and light the light ♪ ♪ I'll arrive late tonight ♪ ♪ Blackbird, bye-bye ♪ (bright music) (bright piano solo) (bright music) (bright piano solo) (bright music) (bright piano solo) (bright music) (mellow guitar solo) (bright music) (mellow guitar solo) (bright music) (mellow guitar solo) ♪ Pack up my cares and woes ♪ ♪ Here I go, singing low ♪ ♪ Bye-bye, blackbird ♪ ♪ Where somebody waits for me ♪ ♪ Sugar's sweet, so is he ♪ ♪ Bye-bye, blackbird ♪ ♪ No one here can love or understand me ♪ ♪ Oh, what hard luck stories they all hand me ♪ ♪ Make my bed and light the light ♪ ♪ I'll arrive late tonight ♪ ♪ Blackbird, bye-bye ♪ ♪ Blackbird, bye-bye ♪ (music fades) (mellow blues music) (mellow blues music continues) ♪ Georgia ♪ ♪ Georgia ♪ ♪ The whole day through ♪ ♪ Just an old sweet song ♪ ♪ Keeps Georgia on my mind, mm, mm ♪ ♪ I said Georgia, Georgia ♪ ♪ A song of you ♪ ♪ Comes as sweet and clear ♪ ♪ As moonlight through the pines ♪ ♪ Other arms reach out to me ♪ ♪ Other eyes smile tenderly ♪ ♪ Still in peaceful dreams ♪ ♪ I see the road leads back to you ♪ ♪ I said, Georgia ♪ ♪ Georgia ♪ ♪ No peace I find ♪ ♪ Just an old sweet song ♪ ♪ Keeps Georgia on my mind ♪ (gentle music) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) (gentle music continues) ♪ Other arms reach out to me ♪ ♪ Other eyes smile tenderly ♪ ♪ Still in peaceful dreams ♪ ♪ I see the road ♪ ♪ Oh, leads back to you ♪ ♪ Georgia, Georgia ♪ ♪ No peace I find ♪ ♪ Just an old sweet song ♪ ♪ Keeps Georgia on my mind ♪ ♪ Just an old sweet song ♪ ♪ Keeps Georgia on my ♪ ♪ Mind ♪ (gentle music fading) (no audio) - It was kinda cool 'cause you could feel the energy of the other players in your group on the set, and they were ready to bring whatever they needed to bring, and they never brought anything that wasn't necessary, but you could always feel it was there.

Obviously we had a lotta coverage on your pedal steel player, but he was just ready to, "What can I give to this?"

- Jeff Taylor, that guy?

- He's great.

- Is just such a gifted player.

- He's just- - He's really gifted and he's got great ears and great instincts and he really listens, and you know, he doesn't play jazz, but he wanted to, and he wanted to learn.

And I forgot even where we did a first gig together.

It might have been at the jam at Levity because he would sit in there.

- Probably was.

Yeah.

- And I think that's where we met originally, and I sat in and did a couple of standards and he was there, and I thought, "Wow, that's the coolest thing.

I never ever would've thought of like having a pedal steel player play at a jazz jam."

- Well, and playing major seventh and major ninth chords, and there are some pretty far out voicings, and I thought, my respect was like, yeah man, you're not trying to say, "Let me fit this sixth chord in here."

- No.

- Yeah.

Yes.

- He was very appropriate, and I was really impressed, and in some way I was like, "Wow, I gotta figure out how to incorporate him into some gigs.

And this is kinda cool actually.

I like this."

And that's why I wanted him to be part of this episode because I thought this is not something that people are used to seeing around here, or anywhere for that matter.

And I just, I don't know, I just was really digging the whole pedal steel with these jazz standards.

It was just too cool.

- Yeah.

- And you have a real rich amalgamation of styles, 'cause I know you can go the Jocko route, you can get as technical as you need to, but you can be Charlie Haden.

I mean, you have an ability- - Oh, bless you.

Oh my goodness, that's- - Oh no, when we played together, that was my first thought, "This is Charlie Haden," 'cause you're so respectful to the music.

I'm never sure what you're gonna say next, but it's always the perfect thing and it's never showy.

It's like, "Just exactly what do we need here?

Let me give you this jewel."

(Mike laughs) You're good at it, Mike.

- You're very kind, Eric.

- Not at all.

- Thank you.

Thank you.

- I've played with a lotta bass players.

- You know, I think, well, and to what you just said, though, and especially being in, you know, the bass is the foundational thing, but it's also a supportive role.

To do that, it's not about me, it's about the music.

What is the coolest thing?

What's the most perfect thing that the music should have happen at this moment?

You know, it's not about playing some flashy thing.

That would be disrespectful to the music, I think.

And, I mean, I think there's no greater proponent of what you said than a guy like Charlie Haden, who was just so respectful to the music.

It takes a lotta time, and a lotta playing, and a lotta years to get comfortable enough on your instrument so that you can leave yourself behind and just do what's necessary for the music.

- One of the things that I love about the way Mike plays, and which is why I always torture him to do my gigs instead of everybody else's gigs, is because he's so versatile, he's so flexible, and I'm gonna use a phrase that he always uses, it's always the right tie with the right suit.

And what I mean by that is he plays the appropriate thing for the appropriate piece of music, the appropriate style, the appropriate genre.

And he can dig in when it's time to dig in, and then he knows when it's time to not dig in.

(mellow bass music) (mellow bass music continues) ♪ If you ever plan to motor west ♪ ♪ Travel my way ♪ ♪ Take the highway that's the best ♪ ♪ Get your kicks on Route 66 ♪ ♪ It winds from Chicago to LA ♪ ♪ More than 2,000 miles all the way ♪ ♪ Get your kicks on Route 66 ♪ ♪ Now you go through Saint Louis ♪ ♪ Joplin, Missouri ♪ ♪ Oklahoma City looks mighty pretty ♪ ♪ You see Amarillo ♪ ♪ Gallup, New Mexico ♪ ♪ Flagstaff, Arizona ♪ ♪ Don't forget Winona ♪ ♪ Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino ♪ ♪ Won't you get hip to this timely tip ♪ ♪ When you make that California trip ♪ ♪ Get your kicks on Route 66 ♪ (upbeat music) (steel guitar solo) (upbeat music) (steel guitar solo) (upbeat music) (bright piano solo) (upbeat music) (bright piano solo) ♪ Now you go through Saint Louis ♪ ♪ Joplin, Missouri ♪ ♪ Oklahoma City looks mighty pretty ♪ ♪ You'll see Amarillo ♪ ♪ Gallup, New Mexico ♪ ♪ Flagstaff, Arizona ♪ ♪ Don't forget Winona ♪ ♪ Kingman, Barstow, San Bernardino ♪ ♪ Won't you get hip to this timely tip ♪ ♪ When you make that California trip ♪ ♪ Get your kicks on Route 66 ♪ ♪ Well, get your kicks on Route 6, one more time ♪ ♪ Get your kicks on Route 66 ♪ (bright music crescendos) (no audio) (bright music) ♪ All of me ♪ ♪ Why not take all of me ♪ ♪ Can't you see I'm no good without you ♪ ♪ Take my arms ♪ ♪ I want to lose them ♪ ♪ Take my lips ♪ ♪ I'll never use them ♪ ♪ Your goodbyes left me with eyes that cry ♪ ♪ How can I go on, dear, without you ♪ ♪ You took the part that once was my heart ♪ ♪ So why not take all of me, yeah ♪ (mellow music) (twangy steel guitar solo) (mellow music) (twangy steel guitar solo) (mellow music) (twangy steel guitar solo) (mellow music) (bright piano solo) (mellow music) (bright piano solo) (mellow music) (bright guitar solo) (mellow music) (bright guitar solo) (mellow music) (bright guitar solo) (mellow bass solo) (mellow drum solo) (mellow bass and drum duet) (mellow bass and drum duet) ♪ All of me ♪ ♪ Why not take all of me ♪ ♪ Can't you see I'm no good without you ♪ ♪ Take my arms ♪ ♪ I want to lose them ♪ ♪ Take my lips ♪ ♪ I'll never use them ♪ ♪ Your goodbyes left me with eyes that cry ♪ ♪ How can I go on, dear, without you ♪ ♪ You took the part that once was my heart ♪ ♪ So why not ♪ ♪ Take all of me, oh ♪ ♪ Why not take all of ♪ ♪ Me ♪ (music fades) (gentle music) (gentle music continues) ♪ I love you ♪ ♪ For sentimental reasons ♪ ♪ I hope you do believe me ♪ ♪ I'll give you my heart ♪ ♪ Mm, mm, mm ♪ ♪ I love you ♪ ♪ And you alone were meant for me ♪ ♪ Please give your loving arms to me ♪ ♪ And say we'll never part ♪ ♪ I think of you every morning ♪ ♪ And I dream of you every night ♪ ♪ Darling, I'm never lonely ♪ ♪ Whenever you're in sight ♪ ♪ I love you ♪ ♪ For sentimental reasons ♪ ♪ I hope you do believe me ♪ ♪ I've given you my heart ♪ ♪ Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm ♪ (gentle music) (soft piano solo) (gentle music) (soft piano solo) (gentle music) (soft piano solo) (gentle music) (gentle guitar solo) (gentle music) (gentle guitar solo) (gentle music) (gentle guitar solo) (gentle music) (gentle guitar solo) ♪ I think of you every morning ♪ ♪ And I dream of you every night ♪ ♪ Darling, I'm never lonely ♪ ♪ Whenever you're in sight ♪ ♪ I love you for sentimental reasons ♪ ♪ I hope you do believe me ♪ ♪ I've given you ♪ ♪ My ♪ ♪ Heart ♪ (gentle music fades) - Back to the love story, because we were in New York and you're auditioning for this band, and she tells you if you really wanna be in this band, you better start, you know, workin' on the charts.

And now suddenly we're all in Montana.

Did you come back here and you came back here to join?

Kinda put the loose parts of this knot together.

- Well... - When COVID happened, New York was a nightmare.

- Yeah, it was really bad.

- And I sat there for a while, and you know, we were trying to figure out, she was- - [Elana] Well, there was no work at all.

- There was none.

- There was no music, there were no venues.

- That's right.

- Everything shut down and it was really bad in New York.

I think after a couple of months he was getting buggy, understandably.

(Mike chuckling) - Put politely.

- Yeah, I mean, it's hard.

You know, when 40 years of your life, you know, you play music every weekend and multiple times a week, and then it's like you hit a brick wall, and cold turkey, nothing.

Couldn't do anything.

So he said, "You know, I think I'm gonna go home back to Montana," where he was raised, his family is still here," and like kinda ride it out."

Thinking it would be, what, a couple of weeks?

- A month, two, whatever.

Yeah.

- And he came to the cabin and stayed here, in fact.

- Right here.

- I was still in New York.

So, this was in 2020.

And after he'd been here for, I don't know, a couple of months, he said, "You know, I'm kinda digging being back in Montana.

I think I might wanna stay."

I'm like, what?

What?

Like, Montana?

Okay.

- Was there an invitation?

Did you say you might wanna come over here?

- I'd been saying that actually for a while.

- Yes.

- Ah.

- For a while.

But he also said, "But I don't know if you're gonna like it," knowing that I'm a native New Yorker.

So, but there was an open invitation.

So, it took about two years because I was still working.

I have a daughter, and she was still living at home at that time.

So, there were logistical challenges.

And I think I kept thinking he would come back.

And then when I realized he really was staying in Montana, then I thought, all right, I think maybe I'll go try and see what life is like in Montana.

And the planets aligned, and things worked out, and my daughter moved out and started to go live with some friends, and I just purged and got rid of everything I owned, and I got in my Honda Fit, and I took my cat, Lulu, and my microphone.

That's a big adjustment to go from life in New York to life in Montana.

You know, the Big Apple, Big Sky, big difference.

- My phone rang and it was a guy saying, "Hey, I've got a gig and it's a duo thing, and you wanna come play?"

And I said, "Honestly, I'm working.

My girlfriend just got here from New York, though.

Do a duet with her."

And she went up to Big Sky.

- And that was actually with Craig Hall, who was a Bozeman musician.

Amazing, monster guitar player.

And he was doing a gig in Big Sky at a hotel in a lounge, Apres Ski, up at the summit.

And I had literally just gotten here, and I'm like, I don't even know where I'm- - Stepped outta the car, and we're like, "So, I can't believe you made it.

Here, have some coffee."

Phone rings and she's got a gig.

(laughs) - Yeah, and it was a weekly gig for the entire winter.

It was like from December to April.

That was my first gig.

(bright music) (bright music continues) ♪ L is for the way you look at me ♪ ♪ O is for the only one I see ♪ ♪ V is very, very extraordinary ♪ ♪ E is even more than anyone that you adore ♪ ♪ And love is all that I can give to you ♪ ♪ Love is more than just a game for two ♪ ♪ Two in love can make it ♪ ♪ Take my heart but please don't break it ♪ ♪ Love was made for me and Joe ♪ (upbeat music) (bright piano solo) (upbeat music) (bright piano solo) (upbeat music) (bright piano solo) (upbeat music) (twangy steel guitar solo) (upbeat music) (twangy steel guitar solo) (upbeat music) (twangy steel guitar solo) ♪ L is for the way you look at me ♪ ♪ O is for the only one I see ♪ ♪ V is very, very extraordinary ♪ ♪ E is even more than anyone that you adore ♪ ♪ And love is all that I can give to you ♪ ♪ Love is more than just a game for two ♪ ♪ Two in love can make it ♪ ♪ Take my heart, but please don't break it ♪ ♪ Love was made for me and ♪ ♪ Love ♪ ♪ Was made for me and ♪ ♪ You ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ (music fades) (bluesy bass music) (bluesy bass music continues) (bluesy bass music continues) (bluesy bass music continues) (mellow blues music) (mellow blues music continues) ♪ Summertime ♪ ♪ And the livin' is easy ♪ ♪ Fish are jumpin' ♪ ♪ And the cotton is high ♪ ♪ Your daddy's rich ♪ ♪ And your mamma's good lookin' ♪ ♪ So hush, little baby ♪ ♪ Don't you cry ♪ ♪ One of these mornings ♪ ♪ You're gonna rise up singing ♪ ♪ Then spread your wings ♪ ♪ And you'll take to the sky ♪ ♪ Until that morning ♪ ♪ There's nothin' can harm you ♪ ♪ With Daddy and Mammy standin' by ♪ ♪ Ooh, oh yes ♪ (blues music) (twangy steel guitar solo) (blues music) (twangy steel guitar solo) (blues music) (twangy steel guitar solo) (blues music) (dramatic piano solo) (blues music) (dramatic piano solo) (blues music) (dramatic piano solo) (blues music) (mellow guitar solo) (blues music) (mellow guitar solo) (blues music) (mellow guitar solo) (blues music) (mellow guitar solo) (blues music) (mellow guitar solo) (blues music) (mellow guitar solo) ♪ Summertime ♪ ♪ And the livin' is easy ♪ ♪ Fish are jumpin' ♪ ♪ And the cotton is high ♪ ♪ Your daddy's rich ♪ ♪ And your mama's good lookin' ♪ ♪ So, hush, little baby ♪ ♪ Don't you cry ♪ ♪ One of these mornings ♪ ♪ You're gonna rise up singin' ♪ ♪ Then you'll spread your wings ♪ ♪ And you'll take to the sky ♪ ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ But until that morning ♪ ♪ There's nothin' can harm you ♪ ♪ With Daddy and Mammy ♪ ♪ Standin' by ♪ ♪ With, yeah ♪ ♪ Daddy and Mammy ♪ ♪ Standin' by ♪ ♪ Ooh yeah ♪ ♪ With Daddy and Mammy ♪ ♪ Stand ♪ (dramatic bass notes) ♪ Ooh, oh, oh, ooh ooh ooh ♪ ♪ Standin' by ♪ (mellow blues music) ♪ Mm-hmm ♪ ♪ Ooh ♪ (music fades) (no audio) ♪ Fill my heart with song ♪ ♪ Let me sing forevermore ♪ ♪ You are all I long for ♪ ♪ All I worship and adore ♪ ♪ In other words please be true ♪ ♪ In other words ♪ ♪ I love you ♪ (bright music) - [Announcer] "11th & Grant" was made possible by: The Greater Montana Foundation, Montana State University Office of the President, Quinn's Hot Springs Resort, Donna Spitzer-Ostrovsky in loving memory of Jack Ostrovsky, the godfather of "11th & Grant," Gomez and Mary Routhier.

"Great music will blow the dust off your soul."

Iris Model, Sanbell, Betty Clauson, honoring Bob and Suzy Sterling, Regina M. Wunsch and Walter G. Wunsch, Music Villa and Gibson Guitar, the Utzinger family, Bill and Jane Gum, Rob Maher and Lynn Peterson-Maher, Nancy Thompson Flikkema, and by these generous donors.

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