Tag: bluegrass covers

WATCH: Rock Hearts, “Don’t Let Smokey Mountain Smoke Get in Your Eyes”

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Artist: Rock Hearts
Hometown: New England area
Song: “Don’t Let Smokey Mountain Smoke Get in Your Eyes”
Album: Starry Southern Nights (Produced by Ned Luberecki)
Release Date: October 30, 2020

In Their Words: “The first time Rock Hearts played ‘Don’t Let Smokey Mountain Smoke Get In Your Eyes,’ we knew we’d stumbled onto something special. It immediately drew each of us decades back to a time when we were falling in love with bluegrass. We each remember being younger and hearing this tune by major influences in our bluegrass lives, the Osborne Brothers. So, we wanted to include it on this album and reintroduce folks to the song as no one was covering it. Mainly, we wanted to include it to pay homage to a couple of our bluegrass heroes, Sonny and Bobby!” — Alex MacLeod, Rock Hearts

Photo credit: Alex MacLeod

LISTEN: Tennessee Jet, “She Talks to Angels”

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Artist: Tennessee Jet
Hometown: Hugo, Oklahoma
Song: “She Talks to Angels”
Album: The Country
Release Date: September 4, 2020
Label: Thirty Tigers

In Their Words: “If I’m gonna reimagine someone else’s song, I don’t want it to sound at all like the original. What’s the point in that? No one does the Black Crowes thing as good as the Black Crowes. That version is already out there. My new record The Country is a collection of the types of country songs I miss, and ‘She Talks to Angels’ is the bluegrass song on the record. I wanted the song to sound like a back porch picking session, so Eugene Edwards played mandolin on the track while Jamison Hollister pulled triple duty playing Dobro, fiddle and mandolin. I also wanted to have a strong female singer on the song and that ended up being Elizabeth Cook, who ended up singing on three songs on The Country. She’s a really versatile singer with a ton of soulful character in her voice. One of my faves.” — Tennessee Jet

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LISTEN: The Cleverlys, “Blue (Da Ba Dee)”

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Artist: The Cleverlys
Hometown: Cane Spur, Arkansas
Song: “Blue (Da Ba Dee)”
Album: Blue
Release Date: March 22, 2019
Label: Mountain Home Music Company

In Their Words: “On the surface, ‘Blue’ is about a guy that lives in a blue world and everything around him is blue. But the educated mind that can mentally peel back the layers of status quo existence can find the hidden meaning behind the song. And that is to stay hydrated.” –Digger Cleverly

Photo credit: Sandlin Gaither