Saturday, 25 May 2013
Version City #11 - Mark Lanegan sings Gene Clark
A tweet from the venerable Sid Griffin,
reminds me that May 24th 2013 was not only
the 72nd birthday of Bob Dylan, but also the
22nd anniversary of Gene Clark's death.
In his tweet, Sid also mentions 'Some
Misunderstanding', a sublime song from
Gene's masterpiece, 1974's 'No Other', which
in turn got me thinking about a terrific
interpretation of that song by Soulsavers, fronted by Mark Lanegan. Soulsavers have released four long-players
to date, two of which feature Lanegan
extensively - 2007's 'It's Not How Far You
Fall, It's the Way You Land' and 2009's
'Broken', from where this version is taken.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Greatest Hits
-
A new, all singing all dancing, 50th anniversary super-deluxe reissue of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway by Genesis arrives this week, even t... -
Mal Waldron's 'Candy Girl' has been on my look-out-for list for a very long time, though, with original copies changing hands f... -
My gaff is in Suffolk, though only just. The River Waveney flows about 100 yards from my front door and this ancient waterway defines the co... -
.jpg)
The jazz-fusion sweet spot runs from 1969 to 1975, a period where electricity pushed and prodded its way ever further into the previously ex... -
I've featured the work of American guitarist Jeff Parker in this slot before ( here ). He's one of those musicians who clearly just ...
3 comments:
Nice version from that fabulous album
That is a mighty, mighty fine version of Gene's beautiful original. Must get to hear some more Soulsavers. Is all their stuff that good?
Old Pa. Glad you enjoyed.
SB. I don't know the first Soulsavers LP and the latest features Dave Gahan on vocals, who I'm not mad keen on, so I've not checked it out, but I'd unreservedly recommend the two albums I mentioned - they're Mark Lanegan albums in all but name. For a further sample here's the fantastic opener on 'It's Not How Far You Fall..'
http://youtu.be/Wp1rL7DI_D4
Post a Comment