Download with Lead    One more Halloween song before the big night… if you don’t mind.  Of course,  everyone knows “Witchy Woman”was a big hit for The Eagles written by Don Henley for their debut album (it was the only song on the album featuring Henley on lead vocals).  But did you know that there was a real life “witchy woman”?

Zelda Fitzgerald is the prime suspect.  Henley had read a biography of her life and consequently used her as the model for the song.  She was the wife of famed author F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby) and was known to be wild, bewitching, and mystifying – much like my first wife (kidding).  Zelda is portrayed as the character Daisy Buchanan in Gatsby.  Now you’ll have to go back and read the book again.

At your Halloween music job, I guarantee you’ll have at least three women dressed as a witch.  Drag ’em out on the dance floor (physically if you have to) and feature them with this song.  It’s on the Halloween list.  Thanks, Zelda, for being such a witch!