Gourmet Chef Elaine and I recently saw the movie Song Sung Blue at the movie theater. It's the story of the life of Mike and Clair Sardina, a Wisconsin couple who performed as the Neil Diamond tribute band Lightning & Thunder, based on the 2008 documentary film of the same name by Greg Kohs.
The lead roles are played by Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, and they do a great job of singing the Neil songs I know by heart, including the film's title song, Play Me, Holly Holy, I Am...I Said, and, of course, Sweet Caroline. If you're thinking that Jackman, best known as the character Wolverine that he has played in ten Marvel movies, couldn't possibly be as good as Neil, you're right; that's a high bar, but his singing, and Kate's, is a marvel (pun intended) and is wonderful. Two thumbs up from this occasional movie critic.
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