albert bouchard played the cowbell on don't fear the reaper according to bassist joe bouchard.
who played the cowbell on don't fear the reaper according to bassist joe bouchard?
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.





















































section::::reception.
(don't fear) the reaper
smith has been selling real estate in new england since the early 1980s. he is also still active in music, and has performed with alice cooper during a show in 1998. in 1999, he released his first solo album, "platinum god", recorded in 1975. he is also currently the drummer/percussionist and songwriter for bouchard, dunaway & smith (bds), composed of smith, former blue öyster cult bassist joe bouchard, and original alice cooper bassist dennis dunaway. the band has co-written songs with ian hunter. bds has released two albums: 2001's "back from hell", and 2003's "bds live in paris". smith has also released two albums under the group name cinematik, with guitarist robert mitchell and bassist peter catucci, produced by rob fraboni. cinematik has a loose, jam-laden world-beat sound, as opposed to bds's more classic-rock sound.
neal smith (drummer)