by quarantoons | May 6, 2020 | Music
This Gerry Rafferty classic was on my short list of songs to cover, and to get it done I enlisted two friends I’ve worked with extensively in the Neil Diamond tribute One Hot Night. The song would not work without the atmospheric keyboards, provided here by Rich...
by quarantoons | May 6, 2020 | Music
When I contacted Danny Calvagna (45 RPM) about doing a song, I had a darker tune in mind to kind of play against his band’s happy-go-lucky image. But in keeping with 45 RPM’s motto of ‘Come On, Get Happy!’, he said ‘How about something...
by quarantoons | May 6, 2020 | Music
When I approached my friend John Genua (The Rustlers) about doing a song, he illustrated perfectly why it’s a good idea to let the guests pick the songs – he’s been doing a live stream every week and had just added ‘My Back Pages’ to his...
by quarantoons | May 6, 2020 | Music
The choice of a Slade tune came about because my wife and I always noticed that the only Slade tunes getting played on the radio are the ones that Quiet Riot covered. Those are fine, but Slade recorded a bunch of other really good tunes, this one among them. This...
by quarantoons | May 6, 2020 | Music
You knew there’d be a Beatles song in here (and there will probably be more before we’re done!). This track features my friend Bobby D’Andrea on lead vocals. I play with Bobby in a band called Way Back When. Like me, Bobby is a hard core Beatles fan,...
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