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“A Change is Gonna Come” (Sam Cooke electric cover) [Ep 3, Fall 2011]

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By David Reed & Justin Hamilton:

David Reed and Justin Hamilton of Airplanes cover Sam Cooke’s beautiful 1964 track ”A Change is Gonna Come.”  (Shot in Dallas — 5/30/2011.)

[Editor’s Note: This is an interesting twist in the usual format of our Laptop Sessions.  First of all, this video isn’t being hosted on YouTube, and second, this is a two-man combo (increasingly rare here recently).  One beautifully subtle electric guitar and one passionate lead vocal make for the perfect cover song.  Enjoy — I know I did!]

A Change is Gonna Come — Cover by Airplanes from James Daniel on Vimeo.

The Guest Sessions: Fall 2011 Season kicks off

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Fall 2011 Season:  Every other Friday

Run Dates:  September 9th – December 30th

Coming Attractions:

This season includes nine episodes and a wide range of talent — by far, the best series of Guest Sessions ever released heretofore on the Laptop Sessions blog.  Performers range from individuals in their bedrooms to full bands performing.  The artists being covered run the gamut as well: from Elvis Costello to Wiz Khalifa, and Sam Cooke to Phish.  For the first time ever in Laptop Sessions history, we will feature an acoustic cover song music video performed in a different language.

PLUS:  We’re still waiting for the perfect video for our December 30th season finale, so keep those acoustic cover song music video submissions coming.  This is your opportunity to be featured on the LS blog!  (Click on the “Guest Sessions” box in the upper right hand corner of the Laptop Sessions homepage for details.)

All this and more will be coming to you every other Friday for the rest of the year, so check back and check back often:

You won’t want to miss even one episode of the Fall 2011 season of the Guest Sessions cover song music video series!

“Cast No Shadow” (Oasis Cover) [SEASON PREMIERE!]

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By Ben:

[Editor’s Note: We received this video from the performer’s daughter a few days ago, and it seemed like the perfect note on which to kick off a new season of Guest Sessions videos on the Laptop Sessions blog.  The LS Blog was originally founded by one man with a guitar, a laptop, and a living room as his stage. Over 600 music videos, hundreds of music reviews, and dozens of special features later, the Laptop Sessions continues to be a source for quality commentary on music.  After all, what is a cover song if not an attempt to interact with and add ourselves into the conversation about our favorite original music?  So, check out the video below, and check back every other week for more from the best cover song music video blog in the universe!]

A note from his daughter, Jordane:

My papa singing and playing guitar to one of his favourite songs. I feel like it shouldn’t just be me admiring his talent in his living room, but I feel other people from all around the world should admire him too. Please enjoy!

Big doin’s at the Laptop Sessions!

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The Weekend Review returns, the Guest Sessions are revived, and more!

By Chris Moore:

Back in January, I had planned to take the month of February off to work on my upcoming album, the not-so-timely-titled 2010 Project.  I had the foresight to vaguely suggest that my hiatus might extend into March, but apparently not enough foresight to see all the way into mid-May.

Regardless, I’m back and re-energized for my several Laptop Sessions-related endeavors in 2011.  Before I kick it all off with my first review of the year tomorrow, I figured I would give a real quick run-down of what you can expect.

THE WEEKEND REVIEW will be in a new monthly format starting tomorrow, one which condenses the best of both worlds between the full reviews I wrote in 2010 and the Yes, No, or Maybe So? format.  I’ll be supplementing my new monthly reports with full reviews — rest assured I can’t resist going on at length about a single album! — but that won’t be until after I catch up on my January through May 2011 reports.

THE GUEST SESSIONS have accrued quite a back log of submissions over the past six months or more since the last Guest Sesh was posted, so I’ve begun sorting through those, and you can look forward to a new Guest Session video every week that a Laptop Sessions regular has not posted.  This will mean we’ll need new Guest Session submissions very soon, so click over to that page (via the link above) and submit today!

THE 2010 PROJECT, last but not least, is reaching 90% completion.  To light a fire under myself to get it out soon (like six months ago soon), I’ll be regularly posting Original Wednesday sessions in the order of my final track listing.  I began this months and months ago, but I only got to like track three, so look for that to be picked up again very soon.

And, with that, I thank you all for reading, and I hope you’ll look forward to more quality content on the site in the coming months of 2011!