Oddly enough, the original version had no cowbell, and neither do any of the live concerts I’ve ever watched.
[but the nuts in the audience *always* bring their own].....:))
Are you sure about that? Seriously, listen carefully to the album version. Because either I'm imagining it, or I'm just really tuned in to it. Maybe it is just my imagination, but I heard the song the other night on the radio, and I swear that I heard cowbell. Lots and lots of cowbell!
Mark