Wide Open Road – cover

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:42:33 +0000

I think everybody should do a cover of this song, it would help it in becoming a contender for the National Anthem of Australia. Clearly its only a matter of time considering the elemental force of this 80s classic by The Triffids, written by the late David McComb (who is finally getting some recent belated interest) and containing such intense longing.
So. Here is the Beardwagon contribution, sounding drunken earnest & distorted like it was recorded live by a few friends in a garage on a hot afternoon after much BBQ tending, casual revelation and beer drinking.

And the full res version for download. 40mb wav file.

Jim Jones – cover

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:52:26 +0000

Jim Jones was written as late as 1907 according to Wikipedia, though the narrator in the song is singing from the late 1700′s about his transportation to Sydney in convict chains. I came across the lyrics reading a newspaper article about the history of Sydney & found a version with a chord sequence on the website of a Boston Folk Society. I’m not sure if these are the chords that are most used for the song, although it is a Colonial Classic of sorts I’ve never heard another version, though I read here that Bob Dylan did one on his early 90s acoustic album.

It seems to lend itself to being played fast (and for me this is quite fast), it’s the sort of song I could hear The Pogues doing a version of. This version was recorded pretty quickly (I think this is the first take) and mixed just as fast.

24bit master wav (60mb)

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Wide Open Road – cover

Jim Jones – cover