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The song was written by Don Felder (music), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (lyrics), featuring Henley on lead vocals and concluding with an iconic 2 minute and 12 seconds long electric guitar solo performed by Felder and Joe Walsh, in which they take turns playing the lead before harmonizing and playing arpeggios together towards the fade-out. [7]
Mitchell described the song as a "letter back home". While on her travels in Europe, Mitchell wrote the first verse of the song in Paris, France, wrote the second verse in Spain, while longing for the creative climate she had experienced in California, where the last verse was completed. [1] [2]
Hampton Ferry. The Hampton Ferry is a pedestrian cable ferry linking Evesham and the village of Hampton across the River Avon in the English county of Worcestershire.The route dates back to the 13th century, when it was established by the monks of Evesham Abbey as a short-cut to their newly planted vineyard on Clark's Hill.
California Dreamin '" is a song written by John and Michelle Phillips in 1963 and first recorded by Barry McGuire. [5] The best-known version is by the Mamas & the Papas , who sang backup on the original version and released it as a single in December 1965.
It is also known as the Warwickshire Avon or Shakespeare's Avon, to distinguish it from several other rivers of the same name in the United Kingdom. Beginning in Northamptonshire , the river flows through or adjoining the counties of Leicestershire , Northamptonshire , Warwickshire , Worcestershire and Gloucestershire , near the Cotswold Hills ...
"California Man" is a song by British rock and roll band The Move. It was written by the band's guitarist/vocalist Roy Wood , who has said he wrote it as a pastiche of Little Richard (Wood's favourite musician of the time) and Jerry Lee Lewis (Move pianist/guitarist/vocalist Jeff Lynne 's favourite musician at the time).
[2] "California Zephyr" is likely Hank's take on the popular "Wabash Cannonball," made famous by his hero Roy Acuff; the melody and references to American cities and towns is strikingly similar. The recording on the single was taken from a 1951 demo [ 3 ] and was issued as a 78 in 1956 with "Thy Burdens Are Greater than Mine" as the B-side.
Josh Modell of The A.V. Club gave the album a B rating and wrote that "without the baggage of his political views—which is where the letter grade on this review comes from—California Son would be a worthy addition to a mostly stellar catalog, offering insight into a great singer and lyricist's taste and breathing new life into mostly ...