Under The Covers With Deer Tick

I am going to follow Scott's lead with the Paul Simon cover.  Here we have Deer Tick covering Simon's "Still Crazy After All These Years."  The tender song fits John McCauley's gruff voice rather well.  Enjoy.

Still Crazy After All These Years

Under The Covers With The Black Keys & Heartless Bastards: Songs of Junior Kimbrough

I got into Mississippi Hill Country Blues during my freshman year of college and my feelings have not waned to this day.  Junior Kimbrough is one of the greats from the Mississippi Hill Country that passed before the true appreciation of his genius came to fruition.  Below are tributes from The Black Keys and Heartless Bastards, both Fat Possum label mates of the late great Kimbrough.  If you like what you hear, leave a comment and I can give you some recommendations of Hill Country Blues artists to check out.

My Mind Is Ramblin' - The Black Keys

Done Got Old - Heartless Bastards

Under The Covers With Damien Jurado & Richard Swift

Damien Jurado and Richard Swift released an album of covers that is available for free download HERE.  Below are my 2 favorites from the sessions, Bill Fay's "Be Not Fearful" (Jeff Tweedy also does an incredible version of this) and Chubby Checker's "If The Sun Stops Shining".  Very solid versions of both.

Be Not Fearful

If The Sun Stops Shining

Under The Covers With The Avett Brothers

Check out the video of The Avett Brothers doing Bruce Springsteen's "Glory Days" and download the track below.  Also, check out an older post of the Avetts doing a fantastic version of Jessica Lea Mayfield's "For Today" HERE.

Glory Days

Under The Covers With Fruit Bats

Below you will find Fruit Bats (another YAGN favorite) covering Bob Dylan's classic track and the blog's namesake "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere".  I was planning on stopping there, but then I found their cover of INXS's "Never Tear Us Apart".  The original is a guilty pleasure of mine and, apart from the missing sax solo, I think their cover does it justice.  Enjoy my friends...

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Never Tear Us Apart