This song has been a favourite in my family for many years. I decided to record my own version of it for a few reasons:

a) It's one of my Mum's all-time favourite songs.
b) I was quite surprised to find out that my mate Tenille loves it!
c) My bandmate Gogs showed me a killer live version of it by Brian May, which inspired me.
d) I wanted to record a song with an insane amount of vocal harmonies.
e) It's just a really cool little tune.

I started work on this track in the middle of January 2013 when I was still on holidays. Unfortunately it sat dormant for over half a year, as I had to engineer and produce a full length album for my brother in my studio, which took a hell of a long time. Basically any little slots time I could find in my busy schedule to actually get into the studio, were used up on that. My part of it is finally all done now though, so I can get back to my own projects. I eventually got back to this song, and finished it off at the end of August 2013.

Like I mentioned above, I was keen to load right up on vocal harmonies. I ended up singing the choruses in six-part harmony, so it sounds pretty sweet! For what I originally thought was a very simple little ditty, there ended up being a hell of a lot of tracks used in the recording. I was pretty thorough, and although I've put my own spin on it, it's reasonably true to the original.

The song was originally released in 1979, when Rainbow had Graham Bonnet on vocals. He has a killer voice, which is a bit intimidating when attempting to record a cover! Although it's definitely one of Rainbow's more "pop-ish" songs, the catchiness is undeniable. I promise my next song will be way more metal!

Since You Been Gone (Rainbow cover)

Great song, Vocals by yours truly.
Originally by Jay & the Americans.
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Come a little bit closer, Jay & the Americans

'Bohemian Rhapsody' Was Freddie's confessional. It was about how different his life could have been, and how much happier he might have been, had he just been able to be himself, the whole of his life. The world heard this song as a masterpiece of imagination, a great command of musical styles.

Bohemean Rhapsody

This song is a tribute to The Beatles and the 50th anniversary of the release of the HELP! LP. The song is performed by The Bits - European Beatles Supergroup (http://thebits.eu). The recording was made in 2015.

Further links:
http://thebits.hu
www.facebook.com/thebits.hu
www.youtube.com/thebitshu

The Beatles - Help! (Performed by The Bits European Beatles Supergroup)

Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode (Back to the future) //  Guitar Cover

Here's my version of Glen Campbell's 1977 hit "Southern Nights".  Originally written and performed by Alan Toussaint.

Come a little bit closer, Jay & the Americans

Andy Kohn

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