I just thought of this- I saw Tom waits in I think 1976. He played ‘ole 55’. It was great. It was the first time I heard it. Very moving. When I heard the Eagles do it it’s like a cheap imitation and the Eagles did a very good job with it.
Great time to have seen him.
There is or was a video on YouTube from around that time of him solo on the piano on German tv.
Ol’55 is a song I used to play when in the car with my daughters. But not the eagles version which I actually don’t like. It’s a nice memory and they call out the name of the song as soon as they hear the first couple seconds.