He told a story that began with Joni Mitchell dropping by the house in Laurel canyon to hang out, and ended with finishing Best of My Love at a recording studio in England, ‘and that’s the first gold record I had anything to do with.’
I didn’t know how well he sings.
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That’s gonna make things difficult up in here. ..
Thanks for spoon-feeding it to me, Lucas
I wanted to post a ‘prequel cover’, of sorts. . .or the earlier, almost unknown version of a well-loved song. The Eagles beautifully covered Ian Matthews’ version of, “Seven Bridges Road.” I think you’ll find they were pretty faithful to the prequel cover’s arrangement.
Technically, this is not the original. . .the man who wrote it, Steve Young, also recorded it in 1969, four years before Matthews.
Thanks! I was a fan when he played with Fairport Convention.
Back then he was Ian McDonald, then he changed his name to Ian Matthews. Twenty years later, he changed it again to Iain Matthews.
As an aside, a friend of mine introduced himself the other day as "Jan… or Yan."
Geez, pick a name and stick with it…
I recently heard the They Might Be Giants cover of “Savoy Truffle” and loved it. BTW, KMSU Minnesota is in the middle of a They Might Be Giants marathon right now.
I’ve always loved that song. Interesting cover!
The Bacon Brothers love them some Stones.
Two Metallica covers 10 years apart.
Three sisters from Mexico play Rock Band and decide they want to play real instruments and become a rock band themselves. Here is an early Enter Sandman cover from 2013 (the bassist is 9, the drummer is 12, and the guitarist doing her best Hetfield imitation is 14!). Lars Ulrich’s reactions was: “the drummer kicks maximum ass!”
Here they are in 2023 playing an anniversary show in Mexico City in 2023, including the Enter Sandman rendition below, this time their contribution to the Metallica tribute album to the Black Album, Blacklisted. Not so much a cover as a reimagining into their vibe (but it still kicks maximum ass).
Bonus trivia: Glen Campbell was playing lead guitar in this song.
Glen played on the original, not the Soft Cell version right? That would be weird.
Yes, Campbell played on the 1964 Gloria Jones version.