Mr. Blue Sky - Kenny MacRobbo cover ELO

[The Gobi Desert Canoe Club]

Fabulous guys, I was lucky enough to see ELO 2 which had all original members (except Jeff Lynne) on a couple of  occasions and this is just a wonderful cover. I wondered how you were going to do the vocoder parts, shouldn't have worried the pedal did it beautifully. Top, top class.   Willie

[Hook]

Another incredible job off capturing that time capsal quality, sounds as if it came from the same studio as the original. Kenny, your vocals are just stellar and I too dig that lead work. Talk about a tough cover, a dream team you 2 are!
Rock on!

[hooper]

Wow!  What a huge undertaking, and masterfully done!  I read through the 'how-you-did-it' blog and was very impressed with the musical know-how, attention to detail and organizational skill that went into this production.  And the recording just plain sounds like you're having a lot of fun and playing really good!  Some of the guitar parts especially stand out as more than excellent.  Congratulations!  This is a fun listen.

[Hook]

When you pull Hooper out of lurk mode to comment, well that means you did something right my friends. That guy can record a f&@$?ing song.
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Rock on!

[Johnny Robbo]

Thanks chaps. ELO songs like this one were constantly on the radio as I was growing up, so they hold a lot of happy memories for me.  Then there was a time back in the late '80s/early '90s when Jeff Lynne seemed to be producing everybody... Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, George Harrison, Bryan Adams, Del Shannon & Dave Edmunds (to name but a few)... and then The Beatles (as well as the Travelling Wilburys project) so it occurred to me he must be a bit good! But about a year ago I saw a documentary about him and I realised what an amazing talent he is.

Hats off to Kenny for really pulling it out of the bag, vocal-wise, on this one. His lead vocal is superb (obviously) but what floors me with every listen are those falsetto backing vocals... his harmony singing is absolutely killer & he delivers it so effortlessly. Every now and then when I think about doing a vocal on something, I listen to someone like Kenny & think... "perhaps I'll just stick to being a guitarist! I know my place!" 

[Bluesberry]

Big win boys........unbelievable............I shall listen to this over and over.......lead guitar kills it.....as does the vocals....kills it......son-of-a-gun

[cuthbert]

Magnificent cover gents - excellent musicianship and vocals!

[Mike_S]

That is brilliant guys. Sounds amazingly full - hats off to the instrumentation. but those vocals are just great, they just make it. I can tell how complex this tune could be to reproduce and i know the feeling taking on something and then thinking... oh dear... how the f**k are my gonna do this. But, wow, this has turned out really brilliant.

Mike

[Ella]

I love ELO! And this is spectacular cover! Kenny´s vocals are amazing and all the way this is so well done.

[thetworegs]

Wow!! John you've out done yourself this time with this beauty...What a great collab excellent vocal Kenny  Bravo Chaps Bravo!!