As we continue our look at songs
The deep vocals at the end of each verse were done by Cochran. In March 2005, Q magazine placed it at Rolling Adhesive 77 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks and the song is ranked #73 in Rolling Stone s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. The song s most famous lyric: Out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac is rumored to be inspired by Henley who saw Joe Walsh driving a Cadillac Hearse with a Grateful Dead sticker on it while on Sunset Boulevard. Not bad for a B side. I made the demo on my little 4 track and I showed it to Tom, but at the time, the record we were working on, Southern Accents, it didn t really sound like anything that would fit into the album. Henley was well known to be a rabid fan of the psychedelic icons, and was often seen backstage hanging out with Jerry Garcia and other band members. As we continue our look at songs with the word summer or summer time in the title, lets explore some timeless classics. It depicts the main character...