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Cool remix off this <i>Youth Novels,</i> track, "I'm Good, I'm Gone.</i>
We start with the singer, whose name is Inara George and who is the daughter of the late Lowell George, the leader of a band that was, in the early '70s, quite amazing. That band was Little Feat and if you listen to their first three or four albums, you'll be blown away.
Lowell's daughter has made a wonderful second album and to do that she enlisted Van Dyke Parks, the great arranger/collaborater who worked with Brian Wilson on the "Smile" album and did arrangements for Randy Newman albums and many others. Anyway, check this track out.
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C'mon, Michael. Don't forget that most hipsters know her as half of the way-cool, slyly romantic, slightly retro, ever harmonious L.A. pop duo The Bird & The Bee (whose debut album was one of the Knife's must-haves in 2007).
Inara's a good friend of mine, and anything she does is great. We met several years ago when she was in a band called Merrick before she went on a tear and came out with several solo and band albums that have gotten her much deserved respect.
While she was at it, i got her to sing a track i put together for my "Altered States" album. It's a version of the Johnny Mathis classic "Chances Are", but I did it in sort of a Patsy Cline direction. People seem to dig it and you can stream it (under "MUSIC") on:
This is one of those haunting Calexico tracks and I'm totally digging it. The album, Carried To Dust, is out Sept. 9. For me, if the whole has this mysterious late night vibe, I'll be really happy.
What do you think of this one?
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You're right--it's kind of spooky!
That almost sounds like Josh Rouse singing, too...
Yeah - late night trippy.
I like the boomy acoustics of the snaredrum. And echo-y, distant instruments always do it for me.
i love this band, but not this track..........
what up MG? where is our phil interview?
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Wow. That's ...really
...long.
I kinda liked it though, though this sort of tune usually isn't my bag. Good rhythm bed.