Thursday, April 9, 2020

An overlooked cover tune LVIII

Do you admire the peaceful message of "If I Had A Hammer" but feel self-conscious playing or singing it?  Let Billy Preston's organ instrumental be your version. Let Preston and company funk up the melody for you.  Preston's cover was released in 1976, but I don't think I'd ever heard it until today.  If I didn't know otherwise, I would have thought Booker T. & The MGs were playing.

Now, let's discuss Preston's rendition of "King Of The Road..."