How to make a great cover
Step 1: Find some good source material.
"I Hope it Rains at my Funeral" - Tom T. Hall
Your typical 70's country song, right? Maybe it's a little more insightful than most.
Step 2: Do what these guys did.
"I Hope it Rains at my Funeral" - Whiskeytown
Arguably the best track they ever cut, it somehow tacks on 4 minutes to the original, slows the tempo down, and makes the magic happen. You can pick it apart and say it was this or that, but really what it comes down to is Ryan Adams in his prime, hungry and desperate and still not quite sure if he's ever going to make it.
(What? Whiskeytown did a cover of "Blank Generation"? I have to put the final verdict on hold until I hear that.)
"I Hope it Rains at my Funeral" - Tom T. Hall
Your typical 70's country song, right? Maybe it's a little more insightful than most.
Step 2: Do what these guys did.
"I Hope it Rains at my Funeral" - Whiskeytown
Arguably the best track they ever cut, it somehow tacks on 4 minutes to the original, slows the tempo down, and makes the magic happen. You can pick it apart and say it was this or that, but really what it comes down to is Ryan Adams in his prime, hungry and desperate and still not quite sure if he's ever going to make it.
(What? Whiskeytown did a cover of "Blank Generation"? I have to put the final verdict on hold until I hear that.)
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