I think this is the first time I posted a cover song here. Now that it's been 50 yrs since Croz released this song, "Laughing" on his first solo album ("If I Could Ever Remember My Name"), one of my favorite albums, and having seen him perform it several times live, I thought I'd finally have a crack at it. I'm doing a rather stripped down production version, just me (3 vocal tracks) and my acoustic in Croz's weird DGDDAD tuning. Not much in the way of mixing etc. The original version includes a who's who of the Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell and others on the track.....beyond my ability to replicate :)
Here's a link to the original song for those unfamiliar with it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hug_ovoGFOU
David Crosby - guitars, vocal; Jerry Garcia - pedal steel guitar;Phil Lesh - bass; Bill Kreutzmann - drums; Graham Nash, Joni Mitchell - vocals
Jerry on Pedal Steel, Joni singing the high register....It Doesn't get Much Better...basically the Dead with Crosby & Nash
interesting tuning... I might have to try that... I don't know this song... but when I saw who was covering it i knew it was going to sound really good...and it does...I will have to check the orig...
great guitar sound and recording and your vocal at the high end reminds me of Greeny a bit...but the vocals overall sound good and kind of remind me of when I listen to Seals and Crofts and America in their more live versions...great stuff..
Super cover... I love that album..so much great stuff on there...this one was done up real nice with lots of feeling
very beautiful cover, the voices are formidable, one feels well the print Crosby in these choruses, and I adore the tuning in D I often use the Open D and the DADGAD
I'm not familiar with this David Crosby song but it's definitely his style. Great acoustic guitar and vocal work here!
Farrell
Not a Croz song I'm familiar with (I'm an early Byrds fan - I really need to dig into IICORMN someday), but I'm digging that tuning and the Crosby-esque harmonies.
Nicely done.
Very nice job on this. Don't remember the original, but I'm equally impressed with your vocal performances and guitar playig and guitar sound. Wish I knew how to get that sound from a recording of one guitar track
Great acoustic, and great voice. Top class, well dpne..
Alex
I don't know the original, I missed out on a lot of good genres when I was younger as my tastes were pretty narrow. But what a great job. The recording sounds good to me. Guitar sounds nice and full. Great vocals and yes, it's a lovely song.
Mike
I am laughing as I remember this song very well of course I would listen to album with a big bag of herbal and just chill I loved his tuning. You have done great justice to this song
Bravo
Tim
Don't know the original but you did a fantastic job on this one. The vocals are stunning, which I guess is the key to any Crosby track. It all sounds fantastic, beautifully recorded and it's a fantastic listen. Well done!
Beautiful, I love David Crosby, have messed about with some of his weird tunings in the past. This is a very classy cover. Bravo.
Beautiful cover, not sure if I'm familiar with the original or not but you clearly did justice to this track.