From 2014, and a bluegrass festival somewhere, please enjoy the most gorgeous version of this week's cause célèbre imaginable.
I don't know who any of those musicians are, but if somebody out there does, let me know and you'll win a coveted PowerPop No-Prize©. And deservedly.
In the meantime...seriously -- if that doesn't kill you, you're already dead.
Have a great weekend, everybody!!!
I should add that this is so great I don't even mind the inclusion of the (apparently beloved of Lou, if nobody else) "Heavenly wine and roses" bridge.
ReplyDeleteHeh.
Another great performance. It's pretty tough to screw up a classic. The video claims to be from Hardly Srtictly Bluesgrass festival in San Francisco The performers are listed here http://www.hardlystrictlybluegrass.com/2014/schedule/ but none seem to match that I know.
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Paul -- enjoy your coveted No-Prize. :-)
ReplyDeleteI should add that the lady banjo player deserves a Grammy. :-)
ReplyDeleteBoth banjo and fiddle players are great!
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to each his own, i guess! none of these posted versions do anything for me, with the exception of the mott, which, while once beloved, has not aged well and now does barely anything. i got excited when i came across a gang of four cover, but it's just eh. the WORST version i've ever heard is the one on 'rock and roll animal'; my two favorites are the original and the one by the cowbojunkies.
ReplyDeleteI think it is the Alison Brown Band w Tim O'Brien (mandolin), Bryan Sutton (Guitar) and Peter Rowan (Guitar),
ReplyDeleteAnd she has been nominated for Grammys.
It is the best version by far. The only performance that brought something new to the table. This one doesn't sound intimidated by the original and adds real dynamics to the performance.
ReplyDeleteThe only performance that rises to the level of the original. Great find!
Captain Al
Apparently with Chuck Prophet on vocals.
ReplyDelete" This year’s tribute included a nod to the late, great Lou Reed, with Chuck Prophet leading a bluegrass-tinged take on Reed’s immortal “Sweet Jane.”
Here is another performance of it by him (with a rapper!):
https://youtu.be/Y2tNwnMF9qg
A few years back, Robbie Fulks spent an evening at The Hideout in Chicago blending the sounds of Lou Reed and Jerry Reed. No, really.
ReplyDeleteHis "Walk On The Wild Side," done Jerry Reed style, is very entertaining. Here's (please don't throw things at me) his Sweet Jane/Amos Moses mashup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slaAGS7f0LU
" I don't even mind the inclusion of the (apparently beloved of Lou, if nobody else) "Heavenly wine and roses" bridge."
ReplyDeleteIn one of his books, Anthony Bourdain insisted that "heavenly wine and roses" was the only true version, so that makes at least two.
That? Was a delight!
ReplyDeleteThe banjo looks like Allison Brown and the mandolin looks like Tim O'Brien but I don't see Peter Rowan.
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah, that's Chuck Prophet singing, and both Prophet and Allison Brown (whom I unfamiliar with) are on the schedule posted by Paul (above).
ReplyDeleteThat's Chuck at the beloved Hardly Strictly. Chuck can't do anything wrong. I missed this performance but love this festival every time I go. You never know what or who you're going to see that becomes your next favorite.
ReplyDeletePaul in CA
Apparently in the minority, I've liked the "heavenly wine and roses" bridge since I heard it on the old WLIR '72 bootleg. Now when I hear the released version, I listen for it and it's not there . . .
ReplyDeleteBTW this is fabulous. Love it.