Bobby McGee Part 2 - On The Big Black Bus

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Kelli works out her approach
There are many different ways to do a cover of a song: On one hand, you can keep fairly faithful to the original, have a similar band, same instruments, same parts - the only thing different is the singer, in tribute bands, even the singer emulates the original. On the other hand, you can take the song and change it dramatically, kinda like sandwiching yourself inside the actual song. One of our favorite examples of this is the Johnny Cash cover of Hurt by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails.

Andrew does

As ever though, it ultimately comes down to what sounds good. We are excited about this cover as we have made significant changes to the song. We shared the opening guitar riff in Bobby McGee Part I, earlier last week, but we still had some work to do on the chorus. Having made the decision to make the track minor, we had originally kept the chorus major, but having worked on it again last week and made the chorus minor too, we think it makes the track even spookier, which when you think it about, it is a pretty gruesome story!

Kelli finds a way that works for her

Here’s the original recording from December 31st, 2007 with a major chorus.
Here’s a revised version from January 23rd, 2008 with a minor chorus.

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