Obscure Musical Lyric for the week of February 2/09

Good morning music fans. This week is the 5oth anniversary of "the day the music died". That being the early and tragic death of Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and Ritchie Valens and pilot Roger Peterson in a plane crash on February 3, 1959. So, for the month of February I will use only songs written , recorded or sung by musicians that are no longer with us. I'll try to stay in the last 50 years or so with my references.

Don McLean in his awesome 1971 song: "American Pie" appears to decry the loss of the music he loved although there are many versions of explanations as to what the song actually means. I hope you enjoy this little foray into music made famous by some amazing musicians who are gone on before us. Thanks again to Peter McM. for his inspiration for this month.

here are this weeks lyrics:

I don't know how you were diverted

You were perverted too

I don't know how you were inverted

No one alerted you

Here are some hints: The song is based on the I Ching, the writer (of the song, not the I Ching) died in November 2001. The song has been covered by many musicians, interestingly also by a Canadian who is also deceased. The song was released as part of an album with his band mates on November 22, 1968, just 33 years before he passed away. The Canadian cover musician passed away March 2, 2008 and covered the song in an album released in 1990.

Some questions:

Who wrote the song:

Who played lead guitar in the original recording:

Who is the Canadian cover musician:

Who sang background vocals on the Canadian recording:

Have a great week, this is a week of significant change for me (and for some of my colleagues) as I (we) begin transitioning to new jobs. If I can I'll send out some hints during some breaks in training. I'm not really all that happy about it, however the change was a unilateral decision and I might as well go with it, the alternative (not working) isn't very palatable.

It's groundhog day, not that I put much faith in a rodent, winter will be over when it's over. It's also the day after the Super Bowl, which was a pretty good game, although I was pulling for the underdogs, who almost won it.