Double Your Pleasure With New Duets
If you hear the influence of cool '70s pop in modern country music, you'll dig Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs' Under the Covers, Vol. 2. As one of the Bangles, Hoffs possesses one of the sweetest sopranos ever, while Sweet has always known his way around a hook. Their lovely version of Bread's "Everything I Own" will appeal to hopeless romantics all these years later, and their rendition of the Grateful Dead's "Sugar Magnolia" is more than a bit twangy. I'm also fascinated by their take on Fleetwood Mac's "Second Hand News" with the mighty Lindsey Buckingham on guitar. So, in the spirit of camaraderie, I'll kick off this playlist with a couple of other duets that have perked up my ears lately.
"Everything I Own," Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs
"Love's Gonna Live Here," Tanya Tucker and Jim Lauderdale
"Don't Tempt Me," Todd Snider and Loretta Lynn
"Loretta's Waltz," Bryan Sutton
"When I Go Away," Levon Helm
"Heathens" (live), Drive By Truckers
"How Many Miles" (live), the Waifs
"Paradise Cove," Pete Yorn
"Lion Mountain," the Ndava Kure Band (featuring Shannon Sol R. Carroll and Chris Berry)
"Flowers," Ian Hunter
"Jackbone," P.J. Pacifico
"Mama," Holly Williams
"I Need to Know Where I Stand," Rhett Miller
"Frost Place/Otherwise Engaged/The Aughamore," Childsplay
"I Take the Backroads," Brandon Rickman
"Lady of the Leading Man," Charlie Faye
"Path," Stillhouse Hollow
"Verona Road," Greg Brown
"Looking Glass," Chris Pandolfini
"Southern Song," Bill Noonan
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Redmaz says:
Anyone on this blog site familiar with these artists?
Redmaz says:
No? I’ll start with Jim Lauderdale. Jim is a legendary singer/songwriter/producer. Many of today’s Pop acts record his music too, including George Strait. Strait has covered over a dozen of Jim’s songs. There are two Lauderdale songs on the new Strait CD including the title track “Twang”.
Redmaz says:
Loretta Lynn is a Country Music legend that Pop Country has basically tossed aside, which by definition is what they’re supposed to do now until she dies, then Pop Culture will once again claim how great she was…for a day or two. Then she will be again forgotten by the industry she helped make. So I will just say Loretta is a legendary Americana artist. Which also by definition is part of what we do. Preserve, honor and protect the legends.
Mattias says:
Theres probably never gonna be artists like Tammy and Loretta again. Tanya Tucker is probably the last that continue what these two started..Tanya got a amazing voice!