""WEREWOLVES OF LONDON"(Warren Zevon, Excitable Kid, Elektra, 1978 )" This guy(Warren Zevon )utilized the exact same specific chord development as 'Sugary food Home Alabama.'I suggest, you might sing'Alabama'to his tune. I can't think about any examples, but I'm sure we did the same thing to somebody at a long time. I think it's great. ""CALL ME THE BREEZE" Second Aiding (MCA, 1974 )"We always liked J.J. Cale and we heard 'Breeze'one night relaxing your home and Ronnie said, 'Let's do that! 'But it didn't worked the way he did ita real straight shuffleso I composed the arrangement, which was completely different.
We did the same thing to Merle Haggard's'Honky Tonk Night Man.'"" CROSSROADS"One More For The Road(MCA, 1976)" We did that as a homage to Cream, one of our all-time favorite bands. We saw them on their Farewell trip and they entirely blew our minds, so we made this a regular part of our set. By the time we tape-recorded the live album, it had actually been such a part of our set for so long that we felt we had to include it. Likewise, our producer, Tom Dowd, crafted the Cream version and he informed us the story about how it came together, which really inspired us to wish to re-record it. "" I KNOW A LITTLE "and" YOU GOT THAT RIGHT"Street Survivors( MCA, 1977) "I think these 2 songs summarize what Steve Gaines suggested to the band. He was a terrific songwriter and singerand an amazing guitarist. I have actually never heard any person, including any of us, play the selecting he did on 'I Know A Little'quite right. Steve had a lot to do with the writing and arrangements throughout this album and his playing was so excellent it really motivated us. Source utilized to piss us off because he could do so lots of things that me and Allen could not. Each time I ever went to his house or his hotel space, he had his black Les Paul on. He 'd buy space service and consume with his guitar on. He 'd relax and talk and not play it for an hour, however it would be strapped on. It was like his 3rd arm."" HONKY TONK NIGHT TIME MALE "Street Survivors (MCA.