Jakob Dylan's "Women & Country" (2010)
Review:
With the most compelling lyrics since his last Wallflowers album, Jakob Dylan continues to putter along with his return-to-roots approach; there are some flashes of brilliance here, yet I simply have to expect more from a man I consider to be one of the most outstanding songwriters of all time.
Top Two Tracks:
“Holy Rollers for Love” & “Standing Eight Count”
By Chris Moore:
Seeing as how the Wallflowers are coming to town tonight, I thought it only appropriate to play one of my favorite tunes off their most recent album, Rebel, Sweetheart. If you are hearing “Back to California” here for the first time, please find and listen to the album version. The real version is one of the most rocking songs I’ve ever heard from Jakob Dylan and the boys.
I recorded more takes of this cover song music video than I should have, in my desire to recreate it acoustically and yet maintain the same spirit of the studio recording. Just like “Everything I Need,” this was certainly a vocal workout–this time, not because of the range but due to the emotion/inflection I tried to achieve while my allergies are in full swing…
Well, I’m really excited about going to see the Wallflowers show at Foxwoods tonight with Jim and Mike. This is one of my all-time favorite bands, and because they tour so infrequently these days, I was afraid I would never get to see them.
We’ll definitely report back on the Wallflowers show. For now, I hope you enjoy the acoustic cover song music video — I hope you’ll rate it and/or leave a comment.
See you next session!
P.S. I can’t wait to hear more new tracks from Jakob Dylan’s upcoming solo album, Seeing Things! Maybe they’ll translate into some new acoustic covers for the Laptop Sessions music video blog soon… 🙂
By Jeff Copperthite:
I’m back after a short hiatus! Welcome to your special Friday edition of The Laptop Sessions.
Tonight’s song is the first Wallflowers cover in a long time. I have selected another song from their 2nd album “Breach”, and I plan on closing out my 2008 run w/ the Sessions with another song from this album (I did mention it in an earlier post which song it is going to be)
As you know by now, I am a huge Wallflowers fan. I enjoy all their albums and they are so easy to listen to at any time of the day. My wife enjoys this band as well. This cover is still a first for me though. Up until now, i’ve covered their upbeat songs, and this is the first that is among their slower, gentler tunes. It allows me to really sit back and play a nice, neat song with the cool writing of Jakob Dylan.
And yes, that is Bob Dylan’s son (in case you didn’t know).
We need not go into further detail, but know that we are committed to bringing you the best cover songs! Jim, Chris, and I will continue our dedication not just through this year, but into the next. We can’t wait to announce to you when you can look forward to more cover songs from the three of us!
Editor’s Note: Unfortunately, Jeff’s acoustic cover song music videos are no longer on YouTube, but we decided to keep his cover song blog posts up. We figured these music blog entries would be good for posterity’s sake and because Jeff always gave such insightful posts each Session. We hope to see Jeff’s impressive catalog of acoustic rock songs here on the Laptop Sessions cover songs and origianal music blog again in the future. But, for now, please make sure to check-out hundreds of other acoustic cover songs from all of your favorite bands here on the Laptop Sessions music blog!
By Chris Moore:
I think this is an under-appreciated song from the post-“One Headlight” album Breach. This was a lot of fun to finally learn and play. From the moment Jim mentioned the idea for these laptop sessions, I thought this would be a great one to pull out. And I feel that I’ve waited long enough after Jeff’s last Wallflowers post to finally put this one up here.
Stay tuned for more!
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