Hot Sax Top Ten: Young Americans (#2)

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If you think about it, there really should be no surprise about these two top songs on my list of favorite sax work in a song. If you like good hot sax, and who doesn’t, today’s song is right up your alley. And I promised you this guy would show up again….. #2: Young Americans - David Bowie Welcome back, David Sanborn! One of David Bowie’s greatest songs to me, the sax work that Sanborn put on this song just made a great song better. Now, here’s something for you: like yesterday’s saxophonist, John Fogerty, Bowie could play his own sax, thank you. Bowie played sax on a lot of his early 70s albums. I realize that it’s been 46 years of “indoctrination,” but I just cannot fathom anybody playing sax on this song but Sanborn. The perfect sax work for a dang near perfect song. Young Americans Written by David Bowie Recorded by David Bowie From Young Americans, 1975 Saxophonist: David Sanborn Just you and your idol singing falsetto (live version with Sanborn):