After hearing Joe Cocker's soul stirring inerpretation of With a Little Help from My Friends, Paul McCartney and George Harrison quickly summoned Cocker to meet them hoping he could work some magic on a few other Beatle ditties: Harrison offered up Something; McCartney was more than willing to part with She Came in Through the Bathroom Window. With Leon Russell at the helm, Joe Cocker did it again infusing each song with his gritty growls and bluesy phrasing. Forty years later, Cocker's first three albums hold up remarkably well, his Dylan, Beatles, and Leonard Cohen covers outshining the originals.
If you regret missing Cocker's blistering performance at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium a few years back, you can catch this rock legend on June 7th when he plays the Hampton Beach Casino. Can't make the show, check out one of the concert clips from Woodstock or the Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour on You Tube. And if that's not enough to make you long for the days when sex, drugs and rock and roll ruled the world, relive what may be one of the funniest SNL moments ever...John Belushi's impersonation of Cocker complete with hands flailing and facial distortions. You'll be laughing for days!
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