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  • “Turn To Stone” (Electric Light Orchestra – ELO Acoustic Cover Song) – The Guest Sessions

    Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

    Originally posted 2009-01-17 00:37:22.

    The Guest Sessions tonight comes at you with a great ELO tune written by the one and only Jeff Lynne.  “Turn To Stone” is an ambitious tune and definitely one that’s hard to capture just using an acoustic guitar.  But, my friends, Mr. Les Groby has done it here with this acoustic cover song music video.  His sweet singing voice and solid playing have made this just the second ever Guest Session here on the Laptop Sessions music video blog!

    Here’s what Les had to say about his submission:

    “I love finding good songs hiding under complex arrangement and production. Solo performers rarely cover ELO, but under their lavish recordings are some good, simple songs that work well solo.”

    And isn’t that the the essence of the Laptop Sessions right there?  I tell you, Jim’s videos with the most views are the ones where he took a very lavish song and turned it into an acoustic solo performance.  And that’s what Les has done here with this fine cover song.  We hope that you’ll continue sending in your submissions, as a new video will be featured once a week here on the best music video blog ever created- the Laptop Sessions!  Congratulations Les!



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  • “Evil Woman” (ELO Acoustic Rock Cover Songs) – The Laptop Sessions

    Sunday, February 24th, 2008

    By Jim Fusco:

    Well, “New Bands Week” is over, but I have a hard time letting go…so I bring you yet another new band to the Laptop Sessions!

    Tonight I give you a band fronted by a great producer, songwriter, and singer: Jeff Lynne. The band is Electric Light Orchestra (E.L.O.) and the song is “Evil Woman”, a favorite of mine for a long time.

    This song is originally done on piano, but I’ve adapted it for acoustic guitar. It’s got great vocals and a great chord progression. I love the way the drums come in- it’s what I miss the most when I play it solo.

    But, I hope this will be the start of many other E.L.O. songs for the Sessions. I can’t wait to do “Sweet Talkin’ Woman”, too.

    Enjoy tonight’s session, and make sure to come back on Wednesday to see my Original Wednesday tribute to Jeff Copperthite’s great new album, “Greenlight”. Aw, heck, why don’t you just come back on Monday and Tuesday, too?

    Download a FREE mp3 of this song at the Fusco-Moore Store by
    Clicking HERE! It’s on “The Laptop Sessions, Vol. 2″:



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ELO Acoustic Rock Cover Songs and Free mp3 Downloads

Electric Light Orchestra, or ELO for short, was formed in 1971 and lasted for a decade and a half, in which time they carved out their own distinctive sound, making new rock music with discernible classical overtones. Interestingly, ELO achieved the most Billboard Top 40 hits of any U.S. band without ever reaching number one. One of their lead songwriters, Jeff Lynne, would go on to record with George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, and Roy Orbison in the supergroup the Traveling Wilburys. Although he earned a reputation for the way he produces new music, particular in terms of recording layers of instruments, Lynne has developed many interesting and excellent productions, such as for George Harrison’s posthumous release, Brainwashed. One of the most instantly successful Laptop Sessions cover songs (available as one of a series of YouTube videos) is ELO’s “Evil Woman.”