Music Videos and Blog Posts for April 15th, 2008

  • The Laptop Sessions: “Cowgirl in the Sand” (Neil Young & the Byrds Acoustic Rock Cover Song)

    Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

    By Jim Fusco:

    Thanks for stopping by for your Tuesday edition of the Laptop Sessions!

    Something “sorta” new today, as I bring you a song written by Neil Young, “Cowgirl in the Sand”. Not only is this song one of his most famous, but it’s also generally well-known among country-rock music fans.

    The version I’m doing is derivative of the version the Byrds did on their reunion album from 1975. That album isn’t wonderful by any means, but Gene Clark’s contributions are, of course, superb. He sings a great lead on this song, too.

    This is one song that I never planned on doing, but came into my head one night, so I just sat down and did it! I think some people were a bit surprised that I busted this one out at our first live show as a trio the other day.

    You may also notice the “incredible fluctuating hairdo” of myself- I recorded this song before getting a haircut, as you saw in the “Aware” video from last week.

    I hope to do more Neil Young in the future and I hope this attracts some new viewers to the Sessions series!

     



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