by quarantoons | Aug 3, 2020 | Music
When I posted that Yardbirds tune last week, I struck up a conversation with Bill Hafener (Finn & His Rustkickers) about doing a song. Bill suggested that he bring in the band and do a revved-up take on Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska,’ done in...
by quarantoons | Jul 25, 2020 | Music
This one was a lot of fun to put together. This was the hit single from Michael Penn’s 1989 debut album March, and you can classify this one as a guilty pleasure. There is so much detail in this song, and I tried to do as much of it as I could. It took 6 guitar...
by quarantoons | Jul 23, 2020 | Music
Scott Bittner suggested doing this 1965 track by The Yardbirds, but upon listening to it I thought the arrangement could use a little freshening up. I suggested styling it after 80s Power Pop, specifically a song called ‘A Million Miles Away’ by the Los...
by quarantoons | Jul 18, 2020 | Music
Sure, ZZ Top went global in the Eliminator – Afterburner – Recycler era, but this song is from the Antenna album, one of the later records before they went back to more of the old school sound. This has always been one of my favorite Top tunes –...
by quarantoons | Jul 6, 2020 | Music
Confucius once said ‘Many hands make light work.’ Sounds about right for this 1974 Paul McCartney & Wings tune – this one breaks the record for the sheer number of people involved! I approached Tom Collier (formerly of Grimm Jack, presently a...
by quarantoons | Jun 30, 2020 | Music
Some debut singles are a shot across the bow, and this one from Everclear’s 1995 major-label debut Sparkle and Fade is exactly that – it goes from zero to ‘punch in the throat’ in the first 10 seconds and does not let up. This song has been on...
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