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McClinton recorded this song specifically for the opening sequence of the film Groundhog Day. The song was written by George Fenton, a composer that has worked on other films such as You've Got Mail and Ghandi, and Harold Ramis, the director of the film, better known to many as Egon Spangler from Ghostbusters. I always think it's cool to see people in the movie business get into other aspects of film making beside their first job. I never would've guessed this song was written by the guy that played Ben's (Seth Rogen) dad in Knocked Up.
Delbert McClinton has had a successful career in the blues format. He's not only is a singer-songwriter, but he also plays guitar, harmonica, and piano. He often does work with one of my favorite artists, Lee Roy Parnell, and that's how I first became familiar with his work outside of this song that I knew only from the film's soundtrack. He was inducted into the Texas Heritage Songwriter's Hall of Fame, along with Parnell and several others, in 2011.
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