albert bouchard played the cowbell on don't fear the reaper according to bandmember eric bloom.
who played the cowbell on don't fear the reaper according to bandmember eric bloom?
albert bouchard
the song features prominent use of the cowbell percussion instrument, overdubbed on the original recording. bassist joe bouchard remembered the producer requesting his brother, drummer albert bouchard, play the cowbell: "albert thought he was crazy. but he put all this tape around a cowbell and played it. it really pulled the track together." however, producer david lucas says that he played it, a claim supported by bandmember eric bloom.





























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(don't fear) the reaper
"more cowbell" is a comedy sketch that aired on "saturday night live" on april 8, 2000. the sketch is presented as an episode of vh1's documentary series "behind the music" that fictionalizes the recording of the song "(don't fear) the reaper" by blue öyster cult. the sketch featured guest host christopher walken as music producer ""the" bruce dickinson", and regular cast member will ferrell, who wrote the sketch with playwright donnell campbell, as fictional cowbell player gene frenkle, whose overzealous playing annoys his bandmates but pleases producer dickinson. the sketch also starred chris parnell as eric bloom, jimmy fallon as albert bouchard, chris kattan as buck dharma and horatio sanz as joe bouchard.
more cowbell