{"id":6179,"date":"1992-02-15T11:00:07","date_gmt":"1992-02-15T19:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=6179"},"modified":"2026-02-15T07:26:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T15:26:59","slug":"cover-me-lanny-cordola-my-beautiful-reward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1992\/02\/15\/cover-me-lanny-cordola-my-beautiful-reward\/","title":{"rendered":"Lanny Cordola: My Beautiful Reward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes a wonderful cover can fly completely under the radar.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ufyu-DgD5tA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Lanny Cordola has associated himself with a few bands over the years, but he&#8217;s a wonderful musician in his own right. (He plays every instrument you hear on this track.)<\/p>\n<p>His 2001 spin on &#8220;My Beautiful Reward&#8221; is original in sound but true in spirit to the original; it&#8217;s more reflective and atmospheric than Bruce&#8217;s album version, and his vocals and arrangement really bring out the narrative.<\/p>\n<p>This is very well done.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 December 9, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lanny Cordola delivers a beautiful, atmospheric studio recording of &#8220;My Beautiful Reward.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,3610],"tags":[2038,1049],"class_list":["post-6179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cover-me","category-lucky","tag-lanny-cordola","tag-my-beautiful-reward"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/lanny-e1543102754632.jpg?fit=600%2C397&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-1BF","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7981,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/24\/cover-me-sandra-stephens-adam-raised-a-cain\/","url_meta":{"origin":6179,"position":0},"title":"Cover Me, Sandra Stephens: Adam Raised a Cain","author":"Ken","date":"February 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Sandra Stephens and Lanny Cordola's simmering, smoky, wonderful cover of \"Adam Raised a Cain\" dials back the fury and dials up the foreboding. 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Here's one, from a busker on the streets of Dublin.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/flynn.jpg?fit=752%2C673&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/flynn.jpg?fit=752%2C673&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/flynn.jpg?fit=752%2C673&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/flynn.jpg?fit=752%2C673&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17749,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1988\/07\/24\/matr-roy-orbison-bruce-springsteen-and-friends-blue-bayou\/","url_meta":{"origin":6179,"position":4},"title":"Blue Bayou","author":"Ken","date":"July 24, 1988","format":false,"excerpt":"Bruce's one-time-only performance of \"Blue Bayou\" with Roy Orbison and friends went missing in action for years after being edited out of Roy's Black and White Night TV special, but you can watch that beautiful performance here.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/admin-ajax-24.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/admin-ajax-24.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/admin-ajax-24.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/admin-ajax-24.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/admin-ajax-24.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15626,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/27\/cover-me-alexander-schmidt-band-im-on-fire\/","url_meta":{"origin":6179,"position":5},"title":"Cover Me, Alexander Schmidt Band: I&#8217;m on Fire","author":"Ken","date":"January 27, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Featuring a banjo-led arrangement and beautiful harmonies, The Alexander Schmidt Band's version of \"I'm on Fire\" deserves a listen.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cover Me&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cover Me","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/category\/cover-me\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/alexschmidt.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/alexschmidt.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/alexschmidt.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/alexschmidt.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/alexschmidt.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6179"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67653,"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6179\/revisions\/67653"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}