I'll Play for You - Seals & Crofts (Drum Cover)

Welcome 2026 … my first cover of the year will hopefully set the tone for this YouTube channel. Play is a powerful word that means so much to me the older I become. Life seems so serious some days. But what I desire each day is actually peace, love and true joy! These fruits comes from letting go of the serious nature of life and just playing like a child! Drumming for me is joy! Joy is letting my childlike nature come out! Play is becoming a child again.

So, my goal for 2026 is to be joyful, to play, to love, to enjoy every moment of everyday. Walking, breathing, rejoicing and playing … that is what I will try to do! I hope you to find your place to play and enjoy the people that are part of your life.

Thank you for being part of my life as I play for you! Happy New Year! God bless you in 2026!
Thank you to who ever asked for this fun song that I never played or heard before! ❤️

I’ll Play For You is Seals & Crofts' seventh studio album. The title cut reached #18 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on the Adult Contemporary charts in the summer of 1975. It was equally successful in Canada (Pop #28, AC #2). It also charted in New Zealand (#30). "Castles in the Sand" also charted in the U.S. and Canada, peaking at #21 U.S. AC, and #27 Can Pop.

Musicians

Jim Seals – vocals (except on "Golden Rainbow"), guitar, banjo
Dash Crofts – vocals (except on "Wayland the Rabbit"), acoustic and electric mandolins, mandola on "Castles in the Sand"
Louie Shelton – guitar, banjo
Ovid Stevens – slide guitar
Jack Lenz – keyboards (including ARP synthesizer on "Fire and Vengeance"), flute on "I'll Play for You"
David Paich – keyboards
Wilton Felder – bass (except on "I'll Play for You" and "Castles in the Sand")
Mike Porcaro – bass on "I'll Play for You" and "Castles in the Sand"
Ed Greene – drums (except on "I'll Play for You" and "Golden Rainbow")
Jim Varley – drums on "I'll Play for You"
Jeff Porcaro – drums on "Golden Rainbow"
Antoine Dearborn – percussion
Gene Capriano, Bob Crosby, Jim Horn, Steve Leeds, and Henry Sigismonti – reeds
Larry Ford, Paul Hubinon, Ron King, and Bobby Shew – trumpet
Dick Hyde, John Leys, and Lew McCreary – trombone

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