“Silver Thunderbird” by Marc Cohn

"Silver Thunderbird" comes from Marc Cohn's self-titled debut, the 1991 Atlantic album best remembered for "Walking in Memphis" and the one that led to his Grammy for Best New Artist in 1992. Cohn wrote it on his own and produced it with Ben Wisch, who also recorded and mixed it.

It's a roomy, rootsy arrangement built by a small circle of players: Cohn and John Leventhal on guitars, with Leventhal also on bass, Robin Batteau on acoustic guitar and mandolin, Steve Tubin on harmonium, Kenny White and Wisch on keyboards and Don Alias on percussion. White joins Cohn on the backing vocals, and the whole thing has the warm, lived-in feel of a songwriter's record rather than a radio product.

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