Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy In September 2005, Elton John and his band again performed the entire album (minus "Tower of Babel" and "Writing") in a series of sold-out concerts in Boston, New York City and the tour's final stop, Atlanta, in October. These "Captain Fantastic Concerts" were a part of the Peachtree Road Tour and were the longest concerts in Elton's career, many lasting at least three and a half hours. The songs from "Captain Fantastic" were aired by Capital Gold Radio in a broadcast taken from 16 September 2005 performance in Boston. "Curtains", among other songs from the album, was sampled in Pnau's
Faster Horses (The Cowboy and the Poet) Faster Horses (The Cowboy and the Poet) "Faster Horses (the Cowboy and the Poet)" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Tom T. Hall. It was released in December 1975 as the second single from the album, "Faster Horses". The song was Hall's final number one on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart, spending one week at the top and a total of 13 weeks within the chart's top 40. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. The song is about a young,