“My First Lover” – Gillian Welch. Sung softly but cuts like a howling punk anthem She knows to bail from a bad scene. Me too. – Alicia Dara – @thevolcanodiary – #100songs100days http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6ZcAkcypgY
“The Weight” off The Band‘s 1968 album, Music From Big Pink has become the favored cover tune for every flavor and sector of Americana rock. Something in the loping, star-spangled bounce of the tune gives voice, meter and harmony to subtle, reassuring myths of rural America and has found appeal, not just in the land …