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Chris Pureka Covers: Gillian Welch, Ryan Adams, OCMS (on American Primitivism and the folk approach to coversong)

Jan 20, 2009, 11:47pm Cover Lay Down
Chris Pureka Covers: Gillian Welch, Ryan Adams, OCMS (on American Primitivism and the folk approach to coversong) Covers happen for all sorts of reasons, from sincere tribute to mere musical opportunity. Some result in successful reinvention, others in mere parody; as other cover bloggers have noted, all are worthy of mention somewhere, if only for the kitsch, or the shock of the genre bait-and-switch. But regardless of impetus, for an artist, the choice of a few songs among so many in the vast catalog of found sound culture is hardly an arbitrary one. As much as we analyze and revel in the ultimate [...]
Link Text:Old Crow Medicine Show: The Silver Dagger
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Artist:Bruce Springsteen
Title:Plane Wreck At Los Gatos (Deportee)
Link Text:Bruce Springsteen: Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee)
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Year:2000
Artist:Chris Pureka
Title:Everything Is Free
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Year:2006
Artist:Gillian Welch
Title:I Don't Want To Go Downtown (Keen)
Link Text:Gillian Welch: I Dont Want to Go Downtown
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Year:1995
Artist:Gillian Welch
Title:Manic Depression
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Artist:Ryan Adams
Title:Wonderwall
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