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Old 08-01-2020, 07:10 AM   #34
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Re: American Baby Intro

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Originally Posted by rwrusso View Post
Love this song. The simplicity of those repeating chords, and that huge buildup. I may be biased as a piano player. You can do a lot with those 4 chords. Then the rawness of Dave's voice (live versions), layered with Boyd's melody and Carter pushing it little by little. There's so much power and emotion in this song.
Fantastic way of putting it. Whole heartedly agree. But agree with a previous post that the presence of a vocal coach basically eliminates this being played as a full song anymore. At least we get a taste of it in Lying in the Hands of God.
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