The premise of Cover Charge is simple. Artist A covers artist B, then B covers C and C covers D, and so on and so forth, until you, me or Google give up on blogs altogether.
Last time: Neil Young to Bruce Springsteen
Seems that towards the end of last year, The Boss recorded this straight-bat cover of Jesse Malin's She Don't Love Me Now for tribute compilation album Silver Patron Saints. I know next to nothing about Malin, but do know (thanks to John and Wikipedia) that he suffered a spinal stroke in 2023, leading to paralysis from the waist down. A fundraising/support tribute compilation followed, which included this offering from Bruce:
And here's Jesse's original, from his 2015 album New York Before the War. Spot the difference? No, me neither.
Next time: Jesse has a go at someone else, with a marginally less straight bat.
Jesse suffered a spinal stroke in 2023 and has been paralysed from the waist down ever since. His musical peers came together and recorded an album of his songs.
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ReplyDeleteBlimey, poor bloke. Will edit the post later today to reflect this. Cheers John.
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