Friday Gun Tunes

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Happy B'day Robert Plant, 77 today
Born this day 1948 staffordshire, England

 

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“Rider in the Rain” by Randy Newman (1977)​

Newman has been known to take subtle shots at other peers in his songs. If you heard “Rider in the Rain” without the backing vocals, you might assume he was doing a tongue-in-cheek parody of the rock singers-as-outlaws ethos which the Eagles inhabited early in their career. There even seem to be lyrical references: I have been a desperado, Newman sings, and the setting of Arizona hearkens back to “Take It Easy.” But then you hear the smooth backing vocals from Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and JD Souther (who is pretty much an honorary Eagle), and it seems like they were very much in on the joke.