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Posts Tagged ‘heartbreaker’
Drift Away
Utilizing the talents of our newly added keyboard player, Remedy has decided to add a bit more keyboard-driven material to the play list by learning the Dobie Gray classic, ‘Drift Away’. Chris takes the lead on the vocals, with Andy and Tim picking up the harmonies. In addition, the song provides Chris with an opportunity to showcase his keyboard skills as well, with subtle but distinct melodies throughout the tune.
The song provides just a taste of what you’ll be hearing at future gigs as we continue to expand our play list, now nearly 80 songs deep, featuring a wide variety of songs that either spotlight piano and keys or serve as great accompaniment to the driving guitar-driven songs the band is known for playing.
Be sure to let us know what you think with a comment below!
Heartbreaker, Your Time Has Come
In an effort to routinely improve, diversify and expand on our musical offerings, the Remedy Band has decided to add a fantastic tune to our play list from the album Led Zeppelin II entitled, “Heartbreaker.”
Having heard countless Zeppelin tunes on the radio, you’ve likely heard Heartbreaker a number of times over the years and rather than tackle one of the Zeppelin standards you often hear other bands cover, such as “Rock and Roll” or “The Ocean,” we’ve decided to challenge ourselves with something a little more difficult, rewarding and fun to play.
Collectively, we’re all huge Zeppelin fans and choosing the right song for us to play was not an easy exercise. In the end, we decided on a song that we thought we could do well, would be enjoyable to play and listen to, and something that provided a bit of a challenge. Heartbreaker turned out to be the perfect choice.
As many hard core Zeppelin fans know, Heartbreaker showcases the brilliance of Jimmy Page and one of the most well known guitar solos in Zeppelin’s vast library of songs, if not all of rock. It was with some reservation then, that we decided to tackle the song, as we knew it would be a strain on Tim to learn the complexities of the solo. We knew it wasn’t beyond his ability mind you, but contemplated whether or not it was worth spending substantial amounts of time learning.
As it turns out, it was well worth the effort. We played the song for the first time last night and Tim navigated Page’s muddy solo masterfully, with Andy and Jon adding the additional pieces to the puzzle throughout the song. The timing, sound and fullness of the song was incredible and the tune has very quickly become one of our favorites to play.
Look for us to continue to perfect the song and play it at future gigs and be sure to listen for the solo when we do. We’re fairly confident you won’t hear another local band attempting the song and you most assuredly won’t hear a guitar player (outside of Jimmy Page of course) nail the solo the way Tim does!
Let us know what you think!