764. Welcome Back (John Sebastian) - Roland D'eau

This is the theme song of the 1970s American situation comedy series, "Welcome Back, Kotter". It was written and performed by John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976.

The name of the show was actually changed from its original title, "Kotter" to match the lyrics of the theme song as Sebastian couldn't find suitable rhymes for "Kotter" so gave the song a more general theme.

It is sung here by Roland D'eau at a session of the Hong Kong Folk Society at The Canny Man in Lockhart Road, Wanchai.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• folk
• song
• cotter
• john
• sebastian
• lovin
• spoonful

[jimmy143ist]

great..can u email me the tabs??

[raymondcrooke]

@jimmy143ist Sorry. I don't sing this song. I recorded a friend doing it at the Hong Kong Folk Society, when I was living in Hong Kong.

[mykeyrocks]

Roland did a great job with this delightful song....unfortunately he was not well supported by the recording media lol!

[raymondcrooke]

It's the best we could do with my wife's little digital camera - which no longer works, so we were lucky to get this much.

[AndrewNeilFalconer]

There is a section of the song "Sweet Escape" performed by Gwen Stefani that sounds inspired by this theme song.

Compare the two songs.

[raymondcrooke]

Okay, I had a listen. You may be right, but it could be a coincidence.

[ElephantDrunk]

nice effort but really bad audio

[A1sausie]

not that good!

[A1sausie]

This is a shitty version compared to the others!

[mykeyrocks]

Well we all were lucky to get to see this talented muso so thanks for putting up for us Raymond. Cheers