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BRAND NEW Leo Sayer Covering John and Yoko’s Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’

by Paul Cashmere on December 23, 2019

Leo Sayer spent his downtime in Melbourne last month popping into the studio to record a new version of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Christmas classic ‘Happy Xmas (War Is Over)’.

The recording features the Leo Sayer Band, Mitch Cairns on bass, Paul Berton on guitars, Bill Risby on piano and Mark Kennedy on drums with backing vocals from Olivia Nathan, Haydn Meggitt, Mitch Cairns, Jet Cairns and Leo Sayer.

The track was recorded on 30 November at Sunshine Recorders with additional vocals at Mitch Cairns Melbourne studio.

‘Happy Xmas’ from Leo Sayer and band.

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