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The last couple of weeks, we’ve been trying something a bit new with the project. Rather than trying to always come up with lyrics on-the-fly as I’ve been doing, I thought it’d be interesting if we used lyrics from songs that we really enjoy.
So basically, it’s like we’re doing covers, however, we make no attempt at trying to make the music actually sound like the original songs. In fact, often most members of the project have never heard the original songs, which works well as they have no attachment to the original material and we can come up with something entirely original to work with the lyrics.
This week, we have a song called “High Lonesome” from The Gaslight Anthem. It’s a pretty recent band, that I’ve really been listening to a lot and I loved the lyrics. Jim came by last weekend to jam with us and I thought it would work perfectly to fit the lyrics along with his banjo work. Check it out and please feel free to post your thoughts. Thanks.