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“I Can’t Tell You Why” (The Eagles Acoustic Rock Cover Song) – The Laptop Sessions

Jeff Copperthite — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:45:46 +0000

Originally posted 2008-06-28 16:09:35.

By Jeff Copperthite:

Good afternoon to you! Thank you for checking out today’s Laptop Session. I really am looking forward to your watching this session, as it is my third Eagles acoustic cover video. Today I bring you the awesome ballad “I Can’t Tell You Why” from their album “The Long Run”.

This song is among the few that are sung by bassist Timothy Schmit. His voice is very sweet and appropriate for this song. I feel I did a great job emulating his singing style, and I hope you agree. The guitar part I play is an adaptation of the synthesizer that is constant in the song.

Also, if you are wondering why i’m dressed up, it is because I went to a wedding today (and am going to a reception in a little while). I want to take this opportunity to congratulate Lisa & Tom Kapitan on their wedding today.

Thank you again for checking out today’s session. Your weekend has just started, and I know you will come back tomorrow to see what Jim has in store for us all. Until then…

“Please Come Home For Christmas” (Eagles Acoustic & Electric Rock Cover Song) – The Laptop Sessions

Jim Fusco — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:00:15 +0000

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!

“Best Of My Love” (Eagles Acoustic Rock Cover Song) – The Laptop Sessions

Jeff Copperthite — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:30:47 +0000

Originally posted 2008-04-29 18:02:02.

By Jeff Copperthite:

Good evening to everyone out there! It’s Jeff bringing you today’s edition of The Laptop Sessions, and our third addition to #1 week here. I bring you a new band, and another hit #1 song.

Today’s band is The Eagles, among the kings of classic rock, and their #1 hit from “On the Border” – “Best Of My Love” is today’s song. I have always enjoyed The Eagles since my father introduced them to me when I was a kid. You will see more sessions from them in the future.

I always have liked this song, as have many others. The strumming is very catchy, and the story it tells of relationships is a good one as well.

Remember to come back tomorrow for Jim’s installment of Original Wednesday, and then on Thursday for another great #1 pick from Chris Moore’s library. Thank you for visiting laptopsessions.com!

“One of These Nights” (The Eagles Acoustic Rock Cover Song) – The Laptop Sessions

Jeff Copperthite — Tue, 27 May 2008 02:11:15 +0000

By Jeff Copperthite:

Good evening and Happy Memorial Day. I hope you had a glorious holiday and got to enjoy a parade, a hamburger, and perhaps a game of horseshoes. Well, at least I did.

Today we get to continue “Title Track” week with another song by The Eagles. It’s great, because I don’t have to tell you the album and song title – I get to tell you both when I type “One of These Nights”!

This is a great tune that is somewhat tricky to capture on acoustic guitar. I decided to do a slightly off-beat strum pattern for this song. I tried to do more takes with me singing the chorus at the higher octave, but I failed miserably. My voice just wasn’t ready to maintain that, so this take has me singing the chorus in a normal range. I also improvised a little at the end. After all, every live version of this song that i’ve heard has something different at the end too. Also, since the song fades out on the recording, I decided to end the song…well, watch to the end to find out!

Jim will be here tomorrow for his first installment for “Title Track” week. Thank you for visiting The Laptop Sessions and I hope you enjoyed this acoustic cover.