My version of Don Henley's classic "Boys of Summer"
Rob from Ambigram wanted to mash this number, so I learned it ...then realised what a beautiful song it really is, and set-to on the arrangement.
Jim Reynolds asked me [and others] to play at his 50th birthday and surprised us all with a recording of our offerings. So thank Jim for this upload :)
I think verses 1 and 2 speak as they are heard; verse 3 is interesting. A "Deadhead" was a diehard fan of The Grateful Dead, a group that epitomised the 60's free sprirt and their anti-capitalism movement. Years later Don notices a Deadhead sticker on a car and remembers his dream; then realises the car is Cadillac - the automotive antithesis of everything Deadhead. And realises, he sold out, just like everyone else :,(
...If you're looking for the riff, the first chord is an open Am7, and the bass roots are A, F, G, F ...the chorus modulates to the major, so replace the Am7 with a C.
