Hindustan Times
Purists will hate me for it but I like covers. I know there’s nothing like the real McCoy but listening to cover versions of songs whose classic versions you’re familiar with has a different sort of appeal. I enjoy listening to covers, especially when they’re done in an unexpected way. In recent weeks there was quite a bit of that.
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(1 votes, average: 4 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Sanjoy Narayan on Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 10:17 am
Filed under Download Central · Tagged Central, classic versions, Download, Download Central, McCoy, The Doors, website
The very first time I heard their lead singer’s raspy, nasal, serrated vocals, I knew I was going to like Deer Tick, a band I first heard on a podcast of their gig at Newport Folk Fest last month. I may have mentioned the band in passing in an earlier instalment of Download Central but I hadn’t explored them enough then. Lead singer John McCauley III’s nasal snarl belies his age. He is 23. And a friend who dropped in while I was playing some Deer Tick said he sounds like a baby Dylan.
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(2 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Sanjoy Narayan on Saturday, September 5, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Filed under Download Central · Tagged Central, Deer Tick, Download, Download Central, Dylan, Dylanesque, fusion, Newport, vocalist, world music
