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Musical collaboration between Chris Goss and The Forest Rangers came to life when music supervisor and composer on the American television drama series "Sons of Anarchy" Bob Thiele went back to the 1930s to put a heavy spin on the classic track "Sitting on Top of the World", which is a folk blues song written by Walter Vinson and Lonnie Chatmon, core members of the Mississippi Sheiks, a popular and versatile string band, which blended country and blues fiddle music, of the Depression-era USA. The song, previously covered by the Grateful Dead, Howlin' Wolf, and Frank Sinatra, was hand-picked by series creator Kurt Sutter, who also plays Otto Delaney in the show, and the Forest Rangers helped roughen up the cut with their loaded guitars.
For the track, Thiele got help from a rock buddy, Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, who hopped on the track to shred some low-end. "He and his bandmates had just gotten back from someplace far away and Scott got up early one morning to play a most brutal bass line," says Thiele. After the sounds started to come together, Thiele needed a singer who would bring "his own unique approach," and reached out to Masters of Reality's Chris Goss. "Chris makes the surrender and accepts his fate," says Thiele, "worry-free, sitting on top of the world."
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