Def Leppard was the second concert I ever went to (Neil Diamond was the first), and I have nothing but good memories about them and this song. It was challenging taking a song originally done by a rock band with several talented singers and multiple guitarists and making it solo acoustic, but it was a lot of fun! Too much fun in fact...doing these covers is a cheap thrill, but it can’t compare to the feeling you get when you spend many hours writing a song and have it turn out as good as or better than it sounded in your head. Even if you totally remake a cover and do it in your own style, you still have the original in the back of your mind as a guide. When you’re writing your own stuff, on the other hand, you have sounds floating around in your head and a general feeling of what kind of song it might become, but you are your own guide, and the process from initial idea to finished tune is almost always full of surprises. I guess what I’m saying is that it’s time for me to get back at it.

But I hope you enjoy this blast from over 30 years in the past....yikes!! 😋

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