The song is "It's Getting Better", a late-60s pop hit for Cass Elliot (aka Mama Cass from the Mamas and Papas).
I've known this track since childhood, but it was only more recently that I paid any attention to the guitar part. It's quite low in the mix, panned hard right. When I was listening to the song one day, I made out one little bit of the guitar track at some point in the verse, and ended up scrolling back to see what I'd missed - the whole verse has a very pretty, melodic, surprisingly intricate guitar part which accentuates the chord changes really nicely.
I think it was played by James Burton, but I'm not 100% on this. Anyway, I pulled that part out and learned it, and there it is.
- "I'm going to write a very stiff letter. A VERY stiff letter. On cardboard."
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Great stuff
Nicely played and I wasn't even aware of that part at any conscious level.
(But then every time I hear Heaven Know... I am get a tip of the tongue experience and the closest I get is some 60s hippy band with a Woman singer. My theory is Johnny knows and that why he always seems less than gushing about the merits of that particular song. But I digress)
Thanks for posting.
Much prefer it to the shreddy stuff.