” “It’s difficult to take credit for that composing,” Van Zandt claimed in 1984, “since it arrived from out in the blue.”Musically, it was a departure too, a pastoral tune that has a 12-string acoustic guitar direct which was pointedly various from Genesis’ prog-rock. The song has considering that grow to be ubiquitous in videos and f

On Oct 8th, 1963, when on tour, Cooke and members of his entourage were being arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana, for disturbing the peace after they tried to sign-up in a white motel — an incident mirrored during the song’s 3rd verse. And Cooke’s mourning for his 18-thirty day period-previous son, Vincent, who drowned that June, resonates in