Originally posted 2008-12-05 22:48:52.
By Jim Fusco:
Well, my first Eagles cover tonight, aided by one Chris Moore!
This is a landmark Laptop Session, as it’s the first one EVER to feature an electric guitar! I’m using one of my prized Ibanez guitars for this video. I can’t believe how great it came out. I’m not talking about our performance- I’m talking about the fact that we used my one microphone and just sorta placed it there and let it roll. The amp was on the other side of the room, too.
I got the solo perfect in this take, but Chris wanted to do another one to perfect his part. After a couple of extra takes, I decided that the solo was more important than a couple of botched chords, so we kept this take. You may notice a different font used in this video, as that’s a clear sign we used Chris’ computer, as mine was busy burning DVDs.
I like this song, but didn’t really love it until I learned how to play it last year. It’s got some great chords, including one of my favorites- A major 7th. It’s my first Eagles song, too, and I’m happy I had Chris to back me up and allow me to play a non-kazoo solo tonight.
It’s really late now, as Mike came over to talk and chill with Dana, Chris, and me. We had a good time laughing about Dana’s various botched pickup lines and Chris’ general hilarity.
I’ll be back with you on Thursday night, as Jeff will be filling in for me on Monday. He’s got his work cut out for himself this week, as he’ll be posting Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. Wow, that’s pretty awful. But, at least that’ll eat up four of his remaining nine or ten videos for the year! I’m getting ramped-up for Christmas, as the tree (which is perfect) is up, the lights are on, and the presents are ready for wrapping. Of course, I’m still busy with video jobs and the like, but we’ll make it.
Okay, have a great week and enjoy your quad-shot of Jeff coming right at ya!
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- “Blue Christmas” (Elvis Presley acoustic Christmas cover song) – The Laptop Sessions
- “On Christmas Day” (Brian Wilson Christmas Cover Song) – The Laptop Sessions
- “Merry Christmas Baby” (Beach Boys Christmas Song Cover Version) – The Laptop Sessions
- “A Change is Gonna Come” (Sam Cooke electric cover) – The Guest Sessions [Ep 3, Fall 2011]
This is one in a series of acoustic cover songs, original music, and free mp3 downloads here on the Laptop Sessions Music Video Blog.
December 6th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Awesome! How come it took the whole year for you to break out the electric guitar?