Music Appreciation

Glamrock

(11,802 posts) Fri Oct 19, 2018, 12:30 AM Oct 2018

Steve Earl covers Little Feat

Willin'

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Steve Earl covers Little Feat (Original Post) Glamrock Oct 2018 OP

You know I love this one mang ... mr_lebowski Oct 2018 #1

Once again. Glamrock Oct 2018 #2

Right on brudda! mr_lebowski Oct 2018 #3

Transcendental was fucking amazing! Glamrock Oct 2018 #4

Linda nails it too. argyl Oct 2018 #5

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

1. You know I love this one mang ...

Reply to Glamrock (Original post)

Fri Oct 19, 2018, 12:58 AM

Oct 2018

I actually PREFER (slightly) Steve's cover ... blasphemy, I know. But he does kill it ...

Glamrock

(11,802 posts)

2. Once again.

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 19, 2018, 01:04 AM

Oct 2018

Great minds baby!

I thought the same thing and was hating to admit it.

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

3. Right on brudda!

Reply to Glamrock (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 19, 2018, 01:25 AM

Oct 2018

This was Steve at the height of his powers, fresh outta jail ... Train a Comin and I Feel Alright through Transcendental Blues (an era which includes a bunch of stuff on Sidetracks ... pretty sure this is a 'The Mountain' outtake) ... he couldn't be beat right then ...

Glamrock

(11,802 posts)

4. Transcendental was fucking amazing!

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 19, 2018, 01:43 AM

Oct 2018

The anti-Bush The Revolution Starts Now was equally as good. My favorite track? Warrior.

Sewhere between Morrison and William S. Burroughs. Fucking powerful!

argyl

(3,064 posts)

5. Linda nails it too.

Reply to Glamrock (Original post)

Tue Oct 23, 2018, 01:50 AM

Oct 2018

Little Feat did Willin' on their first LP, the self titled Little Feat, and on their 2nd LP, Sailin'Shoes.

The original version had Ry Cooder on slide. George had injured his hand and was unable to play the slide on it.

There's a fair amount of variance between the two. On the second the slide work is downplayed and the piano becomes the foremost instrument.

And the vocals on the first don't have the plaintive, soulful pitch of the second one.

I love both versions, and Steve does nail this as well.

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