18 March - 01 July 2020
When Malaysia began its Movement Control Order (lockdown) on 18 March 2020, Don Bowyer committed to streaming live music and bad jokes at 5pm everyday until the lockdown was lifted. This continued for 106 consecutive days, until 01 July 2020. Initially streamed through his Facebook page, these videos are now available as a Playlist on YouTube and collected together below on this page.
Subsequently, he did the same thing for 70 consecutive days for a second lockdown from 14 October through 22 December 2020, a third lockdown from 13 January through 04 March 2021, and a fourth lockdown from 06 May through 03 July 2021.
Dean of the School of Arts at Sunway University in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Bowyer is an American who has been in Malaysia since December 2016.
Week 15 (plus one)
01 July – Day 106
Bonus Day!
- Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
- House of the Rising Sun
- My Romance
- What a Wonderful World
30 June – Day 105
- Lockdown Blues
- Señorita
- Pretty Woman
- Covid19 Blues (Based on Bessie Smith's Backwater Blues)
29 June – Day 104
- Anticipation
- Leaving on a Jet Plane
- Flying Home
28 June – Day 103
- Silly Rhymes #1: Merle the Squirrel
- Silly Rhymes #2: Laura Belle the Gazelle
- Silly Rhymes #3: Tony the Pony
- Silly Rhymes #4: A Monkey in the Zoo
- Silly Rhymes #5: Donna the Iguana
- Silly Rhymes #6: Claire the Bear
27 June – Day 102
- Rhythm is Gonna Get You
- Come Rain or Come Shine
- Turn the Beat Around
26 June – Day 101
- Alice in Wonderland
- Autumn in New York
- Blue Room
25 June – Day 100
- Only You
- Unchained Melody
- Up, Up, and Away
24 June – Day 99
Tribute to a Friend
- Dear Old Stockholm
- Swedish Pastry
- Vem Kan Segla
23 June – Day 98
- Fundamentally Fearful
- Just Lookin’
- Deft Counteraction
22 June – Day 97
- It Had to be You
- It Could Happen to You
- It’s You or No One
21 June – Day 96
Happy Father's Day!
- My Heart Belongs to Daddy
- Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone
- Dancing in the Street
- Space Oddity
- September
- For the Longest Time
- Yorktown
- Havana
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Itchin’ in the Kitchen
- Rocket Man/Crocodile Rock
- Uptown Funk
20 June – Day 95
- Cantaloupe Island
- Watermelon Man
19 June – Day 94
- Boogie Wonderland
- After the Love is Gone
- September
18 June – Day 93
- With a Little Help from my Friends
- Yesterday
- Hey Jude
17 June – Day 92
- Anybody Really Know what Time it Is?
- Just You ’n Me
- 25 or 6 to 4
16 June – Day 91
- Beautiful Love
- Darn that Dream
- Blue Trane
15 June – Day 90
- Superstition
- Isn’t She Lovely
- You Are the Sunshine of My Life
14 June – Day 89
- That’s What I Like
- Versace on the Floor
- Uptown Funk
13 June – Day 88
- April in Paris
- Poor Butterfly
- All the Things You Are
12 June – Day 87
- But Not For Me
- But Beautiful
- All About that Bass
11 June – Day 86
- Take a Chance on Me
- Fernando
- Dancing Queen
10 June – Day 85
- Comin’ Home Baby
- Donna
- Almost Like Being in Love
09 June – Day 84
- We Will Rock You
- We are the Champions
- Bohemian Rhapsody
08 June – Day 83
- Spinning Wheel
- You’ve Made Me So Very Happy
- Lucretia Mac Evil
07 June – Day 82
- Sway
- Fly Me to the Moon
- Quando, Quando, Quando
06 June – Day 81
- Let’s Dance
- Heroes
- Space Oddity
05 June – Day 80
- Easy to Love
- All of You
- Could It Be You
04 June – Day 79
- Philadelphia Freedom
- Rocket Man
- Crocodile Rock
03 June – Day 78
- A Fine Romance
- Doxy
- A Foggy Day
02 June – Day 77
- Bad Bad Leroy Brown
- Time in a Bottle
- You Don’t Mess Around with Jim
01 June – Day 76
- Piano Man
- Just the Way You Are
- Uptown Girl
01 May – Day 75
- Night and Day
- Blue Monk
- Cheek to Cheek
30 May – Day 74
- What’s Goin On
- Let it Be
- Dancing in the Streets
29 May – Day 73
- Fables for Faubus
- Black and Blue
28 May – Day 72
- Satin Doll
- Lush Life
- Take the A Train
27 May – Day 71
From Hamilton:
- Helpless
- Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)
26 May – Day 70
- As Time Goes By - Waltz
- As Time Goes By - Ballad
- As Time Goes By - Latin
25 May – Day 69
- Bugs and Gas
- Dos Gatos Diablos
- Fancy Pants Dance
24 May – Day 68
- Bernie’s Tune
- It’s Only a Paper Moon
- Sugar
23 May – Day 67
- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
- Chim Chim Cher-ee
- Spoonful of Sugar
22 May – Day 66
- Bare Necessities
- My Own Home
- I Wanna Be Like You
21 May – Day 65
- One Jump
- A Whole New World
- Prince Ali
20 May – Day 64
- So this is Love
- A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes
- Bibbidi Bibbidi Bop
19 May – Day 63
- I Just Can’t Wait to be King
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight
- Hakuna Mutata
18 May – Day 62
- Kiss the Girl
- Part of Your World
- Under the Sea
17 May – Day 61
- For the First Time in Forever
- Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
- Let it Go
16 May – Day 60
- California Girls
- Good Vibrations
- Wouldn’t it be Nice
15 May – Day 59
Happy Burthday, Carter!
- That’s Not What My Teacher Said
- Lullaby for Carter
- Laughing Baby
14 May – Day 58
- Mr. PC
- Stella by Starlight
- Feeling Good
13 May – Day 57
- Miss You Madly
12 May – Day 56
- Black Orpheus
- Twelfth of Never
- Up on the Roof
11 May – Day 55
- Just Friends
- El Amor Cubano
- Out to Lunch
10 May – Day 54
Happy Mother's Day!
- I Wanna Hold Your Hand
- Mother and Child Reunion
- Someone to Watch Over Me
- Pretty Woman
- Señorita
- Days of Wine and Roses
- Make You Feel My Love
- What a Wonderful World
- I Love You
09 May – Day 53
- Hush Puppies, No Onions
- At Last
- Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
08 May – Day 52
- Bad Hair Day Blues
- Bluesy Ballad
- Where’s the Songo
07 May – Day 51
Happy Birthday, New Oeleans!
- Bill Bailey won’t You Please Come Home
- Do You Know What it Means to Miss New Orleans
- When the Saints Go Marching In
06 May – Day 50
- Blue Bossa
- Easy Livin’
- In a Mellow Tone
05 May – Day 49
Happy Cinco de Mayo!
- La Bamba
- Amor a la Mexicana
04 May – Day 48
- No More Blues
- Laura
- Left Over Vowels
03 May – Day 47
Happy birthday, Frankie Valli & James Brown!
- Can’t Take My Eyes off of You
- I Feel Good!
02 May – Day 46
Happy birthday, Lorenz Hart!
- Isn’t It Romantic
- My Funny Valentine
- Have You Met Miss Jones
01 May – Day 45
- Caravan
- Havana
30 April – Day 44
Happy International Jazz Day!
- All of Me
- Misty
- I Love You
29 April – Day 43
Happy birthday, Duke Ellington & Willie Nelson!
- Perdido
- On the Road Again
- It Don’t Mean a Thing
28 April – Day 42
- Stand By Me
- Happy
27 April – Day 41
- I Let a Song Go Out of my Heart
- I Left My Heart in San Francisco
- Achy Breaky Heart
26 April – Day 40
- Skylark
- Mumbles
25 April – Day 39
Happy birthday, Ella Fitzgerald!
- Lady is a Tramp
- How High the Moon
24 April – Day 38
Happy birthday, Joe Henderson & Kelly Clarkson!
- Isotope
- My Life Would Such Without You
23 April – Day 37
Happy birthday, Roy Orbison!
- Only the Lonely
- Pretty Woman
- Here’s that Rainy Day
22 April – Day 36
Happy birthday, Charles Mingus & Glen Campbell!
- Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head
- Goodbye Porkpie Hat
- Wichita Lineman
21 April – Day 35
- My Romance
- Bye Bye Blackbird
20 April – Day 34
Happy birthday, Tito Puente & Georg Philip Telemann!
- Sueños Tropicales
- Telemann Fantasy
- FF=Fortissimo
19 April – Day 33
- Ticket to Ride
- Help!
18 April – Day 32
- Three Moods(three movements)
17 April – Day 31
- Angel Eyes
- Autumn Leaves
16 April – Day 30
Happy birthday, Henry Mancini & Dusty Springfield!
- Moon River
- Son of a Preacher Man
15 April – Day 29
Happy birthday, Bessie Smith & Roy Clark!
- Covid19 Blues (Based on Bessie Smith's Backwater Blues)
- Ghost Riders in the Sky
14 April – Day 28
- Summertime
- There Will Never Be Another You
13 April – Day 27
Happy birthday, Al Green!
- Let’s Stay Together
- I’m so Tired of Being Alone
12 April – Day 26
Easter Sunday: Music from Jesus Christ Superstar
- I Don’t Know How to Love Him
- Heaven on their Minds
11 April – Day 25
- Pink Panther
- Very Stable Genius
10 April – Day 24
- Days of Wine and Roses
- I Could Write a Book
09 April – Day 23
In Memorium
- Dies Irae
- Precious Lord, Take My Hand
08 April – Day 22
Happy birthday, Carmen McRae!
- My Foolish Heart
- Them There Eyes
07 April – Day 21
- Spoonful of Sugar
- When You Wish Upon a Star
06 April – Day 20
- Eleanor Rigby
- Come Together
05 April – Day 19
- Multiple Vision(four movements)
04 April – Day 18
- Ain’t No Sunshine
- Lean on Me
03 April – Day 17
- Itchin’ in the Kitchen
02 April – Day 16
- Just a Closer Walk with Thee
- When the Saints Go Marching In
01 April – Day 15
- Alone Again, Naturally
- I Wanna Hold Your Hand
31 March – Day 14
- In a Sentimental Mood
- Tenor Madness
30 March – Day 13
- Stay Home (Somewhere Over the Rainbow
29 March – Day 12
- Bass Trombone Concerto(movememts 2 & 3
28 March – Day 11
- Bass Trombone Concerto(movement 1)
27 March – Day 10
- Someone to Watch Over Me
- You are My Sunshine
26 March – Day 09
- Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
- Solitude
- Take the A Train
25 March – Day 08
- Isolatin’ Blues
24 March – Day 07
- Trombone Triathlon(three movements)
23 March – Day 06
- Too Soon
22 March – Day 05
- Blue Skies
- Come Sunday
21 March – Day 04
- Bare Necessities
- What a Wonderful World
20 March – Day 03
Silly Rhymes#4, 5, & 6:
- Donna the Iguana
- Laura Belle the Gazella
- Claire the Bear
19 March – Day 02
Silly Rhymes#2 & 3:
- Tony the Pony
- A Monkey in the Zoo
18 March – Day 01
Silly Rhymes#1:
- Merle the Squirrel
