by quarantoons | May 28, 2020 | Music
Doom Davis and I racked our brains for the better part of an hour deciding what to follow up ‘Golden Years’ with, and after calling out 20 or 30 songs we settled on this Tears For Fears track suggested by my wife. This one was actually a few weeks in the...
by quarantoons | May 22, 2020 | Music
I got the big idea to do something Rockabilly, so I reached out to my bud Joe Rock (Joe Rock & The All Stars) and he was kind enough to oblige. After batting a few songs back and forth, the final result is this Robert Gordon tune from 1977. We got real gone,...
by quarantoons | May 7, 2020 | Music
John ‘Doom’ Davis plays bass and sings for 70s Rock Parade, a band known for their spot-on recreations of 70s rock hits. When I asked him what song he wanted to do, it didn’t take him long to pick this Bowie tune from the Station to Station album....
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...
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