Skynrd did this song justice but nothing beats the original.
From his classic debut album 'Naturally' this 1971 gem is a pretty standard 12 bar blues shuffle with an almost demo sound to it. Cale plays a lazy guitar riff over a primitive drum track from an early drum machine. Layered on top of that is a couple more guitar tracks, a chugging rhythm guitar and a lead playing little riffs all over the place. Tempo wise it definitely has a slower pace than Skynrd's cover but you can't help bopping along to it nonetheless. The rest of the album is filled with songs you can put on as the background soundtrack to a lazy day.
Oh and did I mention that the album also features the song 'After Midnight'. You know the one, the one Clapton liked so much he covered it.....twice. Turned it into a beer commercial, you know that one. It's crazy too because at the time when JJ heard Clapton's version, he was dirt poor. It was actually the success of the Clapton cover that got JJ into the studio to record his debut.
And in case you were wondering, Clapton later covered another of Cale's songs, a little ditty called 'Cocaine'.
Pretty sure you've heard of that one.
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