Joe Cocker

And Clydie would not go on to fame as a singer herself, but she would become a prominent and well-respected and well-loved backing vocalist.

She sang with Humble Pie, The Rolling Stones, Joe Cocker.

In fact, you can see her in that Joe Cocker movie, Mad Dogs and Englishmen.

because she was on that 1971 tour that documents.

As well, she sang with Ike and Tina.

It existed before that.

Um, I think Joe Cocker didn't do the original song.

There was somebody else that did it first, but then I think he did it like a year later.

And I think it was in the seventies.

There is a video of Randy Newman, because this is the second time that I have seen something happen like this.

There's a video of Randy Newman talking about his song, You Can Leave Your Hat On, which was very famously covered by Joe Cocker.

And he talks about how when he wrote the song, when he performed it, he saw this guy as kind of like a fucking loser who didn't know what he was doing.

But then when Joe Cocker did it, he didn't quite get that.

And you get this big fucking bang.

You know, it's like a confident sex.

Cocker.

Joe Cocker.

Hand me your rears and I'll sing you a song.

What was that song, you know, with the two guys and

I have also got for you the guest of the intro, and of course we'll slice in there a few on this day in music history as we go as well.

Are you feeling all right? Joe Cocker is.

Seems I've got to have

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anytime a rock song has that uplifting hands in the air gospel swell feeling under it you're hearing the church piano whether there's an actual piano in the mix or not it taught rock and roll how to reach for the heavens and that gospel and blues keyboard tradition produced some beloved rock Sidemen, who deserve a name check because they played on records you love without most people ever knowing it.

Leon Russell was a fantastic gospel and boogie-soaked piano player and band leader who played on countless sessions and led Joe Cocker's Wild Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour.

Billy Preston was such a great gospel-rooted keyboard player that he played with the Beatles on Get Back and became known as the Fifth Beatle.

And he toured with the Rolling Stones for years.

I watched him do the Star Spangled Banner and The Who, obviously, and everybody that was on that.

Joe Cocker.

I mean, it was just an amazing concert that I wished I had been at.

I know somebody that was born there.