''The Fun Sessions'' is the 8th studio album by

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, and the first made with Imago Records. It is described as “Tortelvis sings the classics”, where “classics” are songs from the late-1960s and early-1970s particularly loved by the band. The album title is a wordplay on

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. This album brings the band away from

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covers, like they did with ''

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'', which was criticized by many fans because of its

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style and Tortelvis was not singing on it. At the time of release, Dread Zeppelin had covered most of Led Zeppelin's successful songs; they have now produced more albums than the band they mostly cover. Only two of the original band members, Tortelvis and Butt Boy, are still in the band for this album. Unlike all previous albums, this album was not produced by Jah Paul Jo. Most of the original band members do make "special guest appearance" (

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on guitar, Rasta-mon and Ed Zeppelin on vocal).

Track listing

#" Baba O'Riley" (Townshend) - 4:04 #"

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" (Brown, Bruce, Clapton) - 5:41 #"

Born on the Bayou "Born on the Bayou" (1969) is the first track on Creedence Clearwater Revival's second album, ''Bayou Country'', released in 1969. It was released as the B-side of the single "Proud Mary" that reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' charts. The song ...

" (Fogerty) - 4:20 #" Light My Fire" (The Doors) - 4:28 #" Smoke on the Water" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Paice, Lord) - 5:17 #" Freebird" (Collins, VanZant, Dutchess) - 6:09 #" Feel Like Making Love" (Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs) - 4:19 #"BBWAGS" BBWAGS stands for "Butt Boy's Wearing A Girl's Shirt". Also noted with "classic status pending" (Putman, Tortell, Johnson, Burke, Boerin) - 3:58 #" Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" (Stephen Stills) - 7:06 #"

Golden Slumbers "Golden Slumbers" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album ''Abbey Road''. Written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney, it is the sixth song of the album's climactic B-side medley. The song is follow ...

, Carry That Weight, The End" (Lennon, McCartney) - 5:31

Band members

*Tortelvis: lead vocal *Butt Boy: six-string and pedal pusher *Fuzzy Buzzman: bass *Spice: drums *Fernandez: percussion and vocals

Notes

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