BAKER STREET (5.6.20)

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...

DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC (5.6.20)

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...

MY BACK PAGES (5.6.20)

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...

MAMA WEER ALL CRAZEE NOW (5.6.20)

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...

EIGHT DAYS A WEEK (5.6.20)

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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