Es kann so einfach sein :)
Al then explains the story behind the Spanish guitar solo. He says that Alan Parsons recommended it due to the fact that the song was set on the border between France and Spain. Luckily Peter White, primarily a piano player, knew how to play Spanish guitar, took Al’s cheap Spanish guitar and played the solo that appears on the record.
This information and quote was extracted from the Year of the Cat: 45th Anniversary Deluxe Edition box set book written by Mark Powell and from track No. 12 of the 2001 release of the “Year of the Cat” album, titled, “Song on the Radio”.
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Dirty, dirty feet from the concert in the grass / I wanted to believe that freedom there could last (Willy Mason)