**I've got a fever and the only perscription is more cowbell**

As anyone who knows me knows- I love the cowbell! It is an underappreciated instrument. What would "Don't Fear the Reaper" be without it? How exciting would the drum breakdown be in Motley Crue's "Live Wire" with no cowbell? Why bother ever listening to Asia, if it were not for the sweet, sweet clang of the overabundant use of cowbell? (Plus- let's give credit where credit is due- the Rapture's whole hipster cred, I think, is a debt owed to the cowbell on "House of Jealous Lovers"!) Well now there is a site dedicated to all things cowbell. Download the Chris Walken "more cowbell" skit from SNL. Check out the section "Songs That Should Have A Cowbell" and be sure to listen to the cowbell-centric version of "Careless Whisper." (C'mon, who doesn't love Wham!?)

Plus, I really learned something from the site. It has a comprehensive list of songs that feature this oft-overlooked, but always welcome percussion instrument. I had never really realized that Blur's "Tracy Jacks" featured the 'bell. Ditto, the Replacement's "Alex Chilton," Big Star's "She's a Mover" and Dolly's "Jolene." Hell, even one of the most annoying radio staples of all time- "American Pie"- has cowbell on it.

Viva the cowbell!