“City Of New Orleans” – Arlo Guthrie
Written by Steve Goodman and made famous by a host of artists, I started doing this one during a couple of Woodstock revivals. Not everyone remembers that Arlo played a
Written by Steve Goodman and made famous by a host of artists, I started doing this one during a couple of Woodstock revivals. Not everyone remembers that Arlo played a
This is a great tune. We all watched the video performances by the band on Midnight Special. Listening to the lyrics that are very much dark and gloomy always seemed
Continue reading“Smoke From A Distant Fire” – Sanford Townshend Band
We love this song! ‘If her daddy’s rich take her out for a meal, if her daddy’s poor just do what you feel’. Difficult to say if this would fly
This song by B&S brings a smile to my face for any number of reasons. If you come to one of our theater shows you’ll see why.
This one has a really deep ‘wow factor’, as well. This was done using all kinds of studio tricks and tape techniques to give its quality. The vocals we do
This one has the longest breath in all of popular music! The bridge, which goes toa very thick synthesizer section, takes up a full 21 seconds in one breath. We
This is another one of those ‘wow factor’ songs with a high, lilting vocal and a very sophisticated chord structure. If you’ll have a listen to the organ solo sections
This was a tune that had a very slick studio sound performed by studio guys that were top drawer. Keith had a fantastic hit with this one in 1966. He’s
The very first introduction to reggae in popular music. The lyrics were very difficult for the audience to understand but that didn’t affect the success of this one. Wiki says
If you listen to the original of this song the way we have analyzing how we can replicate it and you’ll probably come to the same conclusion we in the