{"id":19706,"date":"2016-04-21T10:58:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T09:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=19706"},"modified":"2016-04-21T10:58:12","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T09:58:12","slug":"essential-covers-pete-gardiner-big-yellow-taxi-joni-mitchell-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/04\/essential-covers-pete-gardiner-big-yellow-taxi-joni-mitchell-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Covers: Pete Gardiner &#8211; &#8216;Big Yellow Taxi&#8217; (Joni Mitchell Cover)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"17261\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/01\/essential-covers-molly-anna-band-ashes-to-ashes\/essential-covers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Essential-Covers.png?fit=1502%2C862&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1502,862\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Essential Covers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Essential-Covers.png?fit=640%2C367&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17261\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Essential-Covers.png?resize=640%2C367&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Essential Covers\" width=\"640\" height=\"367\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2015 was a big year for Pete Gardiner, which saw him\u00a0tour with Lawson\u00a0around the UK,\u00a0in\u00a0a stream of packed gigs and festivals (EP caught his performance at Total Access Live). He also released his debut EP, \u2018Idols\u2019, to much acclaim.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18884\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/03\/pete-gardiner-tells-us-all-these-things-with-new-video\/pete-gardiner-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Pete-Gardiner-3.jpeg?fit=2400%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Pete Gardiner 3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Pete-Gardiner-3.jpeg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18884\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Pete-Gardiner-3.jpeg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pete Gardiner 3\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pete gives us the Essential Cover this week, his take on the Joni Mitchell classic, &#8216;Big Yellow Taxi&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_92299\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cCFTdWsdV5s?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"Pete Gardiner - &#039;Big Yellow Taxi&#039; (Joni Mitchell Cover)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/cCFTdWsdV5s\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>You can hear the original <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/94bdMSCdw20\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pete is set to release his new album later this year, and his latest single, &#8216;All These Things&#8217;, came out in March. Check it out:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4gC2QWqhv9M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Essential Cover this week comes from Northern Irish singer songwriter, Pete Gardiner, who gives us his take on the Joni Mitchell classic, &#8216;Big Yellow Taxi&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[1893,4904,5270,4174,5128,144,77,427,2153],"class_list":["post-19706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-acoustic-guitar","tag-all-these-things","tag-big-yellow-taxi","tag-essential-covers","tag-joni-mitchell","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-northern-ireland","tag-pete-gardiner"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-57Q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18880,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/03\/pete-gardiner-tells-us-all-these-things-with-new-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":19706,"position":0},"title":"Pete Gardiner Tells Us &#8216;All These Things&#8217; 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