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"More Cowbell" [a] is a comedy sketch that aired on Saturday Night Live on April 8, 2000. The sketch was written by regular cast member Will Ferrell [2] and depicts the recording of the song "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult.
"(Don't Fear) The Reaper" is a song by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult from the 1976 album Agents of Fortune. The song, written and sung by lead guitarist Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser, deals with eternal love and the inevitability of death. [4] Dharma wrote the song while picturing an early death for himself.
Agents of Fortune is the fourth studio album by American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released on May 21, 1976 by Columbia Records. [4] [5]The Platinum-selling album peaked at No. 29 on the U.S. Billboard chart, [6] while the cryptic single "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, [7] making it BÖC's biggest hit.
The iconic sketch saw Ferrell play fictional cowbell specialist Gene Frenkle, who descends on Blue Öyster Cult's "Don't Fear the Reaper" recording session at the insistence of fictional music ...
By Blue Öyster Cult's fifth album Agents of Fortune in 1976, Roeser proved himself as a songwriter and vocalist with the band's signature song "(Don't Fear) The Reaper". As a result, Roeser's songwriting and vocals were more prevalent on the follow-up albums Spectres, Mirrors, Cultosaurus Erectus and Fire of Unknown Origin.
Both Creem readers [5] and Rolling Stone critics [6] voted "Don't Fear the Reaper" as the top single of the year. Bloom bought his own house in Great Neck in 1976. [3] Bloom performing with Blue Öyster Cult. Bloom has been one of the longtime members of the band throughout the decades, along with original member Buck Dharma.
Workshop of the Telescopes is a two-disc compilation album by the American rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released by Sony Music/Columbia Entertainment in 1995.All of the material on this album was recorded prior to the Imaginos sessions; some of it was previously only available on promo discs (marked (*)), and a few others were previously unavailable on CD (marked (+)).
John William Ferrell (/ ˈ f ɛr əl /; [1] born July 16, 1967) [2] [3] is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is known for his leading man roles in comedy films and for his work as a television producer. Ferrell has earned six Emmy Awards and in 2011 was honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.