David Clayton Thomas - cover album
 

David Clayton Thomas has a new album of covers and does Early Morning Rain: http://spillmagazine.com/spill-news-...joni-mitchell/

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Early Morning Rain (Gordon Lightfoot)

No collection of Canadian songs would be complete without Lightfoot. I hope Gord will forgive me for turning his song inside out, changing the order of the verses to give the song a fresh new narrative. The story begins with a man alone at the airport without the price of a ticket and ends with “Hear the mighty engines roar” as the plane takes off without him. We also chose to give to song a funky “Memphis” sound with Lou Pomanti playing Wurlitzer piano and Hammond B3. Quite different from Gord’s folksy acoustic guitar original but played with total respect for this iconic songwriter.