Honesty compels me to admit that I had no idea the Crowes' cover existed until the other day. It's not as transplendent as the original, but it's awfully close both musically and attitudinally.
I should add that said song is the opening track on the Grape's first LP, which is the most exciting debut album by an American rock band ever. But we'll have more to say on that subject as the week progresses.
I should also add that the reason I'm on a Grape kick of late is because I just got turned on to What's Big and Purple and Lives in the Ocean: The Moby Grape Story by Cam Cobb...
...the just released biography the band has always deserved, and which can -- and should -- be ordered over at Amazon HERE.
More on that as the week progresses as well.
[h/t Chris E]
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I'm a Big Grape fan.
Here is compilation I put together:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/307p55c63iwc9bb/Now+I+Know.zip
I think that could be Luther Dickinson of NMA on lead guitar. I'm too lazy to do the research, so does anybody know for sure?
Captain Al
1) This is the song I sang with Jerry Miller a couple years ago, the closest to rock and rock greatness I may ever get.
2) I always get a kick out of singers in their 40s/50s covering songs by singers in their 20s and ducking the high notes.
"I always get a kick out of singers in their 40s/50s covering songs by singers in their 20s and ducking the high notes."
That's probably the element most lacking in this pretty cool cover version.
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