Posts Tagged ‘Cover Songs’

While promoting his latest album, A New Testament, Christopher Owens recorded an in-studio session for the University of Minnesota college station Radio K. During the session, the former Girls frontman pulled out a sentimental and stunning cover of Jackson 5‘s “I’ll Be There.”

With affectionate finger picking being the only accompaniment, it feels like we are watching a man sing the cherished song to a lover rather than witnessing a studio session. If anything, this cover reminds us that Owens’ is at his best in an intimate and acoustic setting.

The guys hit the City Of Chicago, the fourth in this series of songs inspired by their American Tour together. Its a cover of the one of the master power ballads by one of the genres specialists in this area with a steady stream of hits in the 1970’s and 80’s  CHICAGO  the band with the choice of song “Hard To Say I’m Sorry” which was a huge hit in the eighties originally sung by Pete Cetera,