hugh_lebowski - copperhead road (studio, 1997) - steve earle cover, entirely by my lonesome

[Hugh_Lebowski]

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Just me by myself in a friend's studio (which was in his den) one afternoon late 90's ... I sang, played everything, recorded, produced, etc in about a 2 hour span ... unrehearsed, so don't laugh.

I also only actually 'play' guitar so everything else is just me dicking around, leveraging the eight recording tracks I had available with instruments laying around his studio (bass, fender rhodes piano, tambourine, harmonica). So again, don't laugh

[Docreed2003]

1. Awesome bro!

Thanks for sharing this! You killed it!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. Much obliged my friend!

Glad you liked

[blm]

3. You got the Steve Earle vibe down.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

5. High accolades, thanks much!

[highplainsdem]

4. Bravo!!!

I'm impressed.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

6. Thank you ma'am!

Glad to hear you're impressed my friend ... wish I could still sing (even) that well these days ... but it's a drag getting old

[highplainsdem]

7. Well, I'm just as impressed, after listening to that track three times in a row,

and that's my expert opinion, fwiw.

And for all you know, you might be able to sing even better these days.

If your new lady encouraged you to let people hear that track, good for her, and please thank her for me! For all of us here!

[Bristlecone]

8. A big rec. you coulda told me that was a Steve Earl newly discovered acoustic

Recording. Really good man

[Hugh_Lebowski]

15. Very high honours, thank you friend! (nt)

[Baked Potato]

9. Hey, that is mighty good !

[Hugh_Lebowski]

14. Thank you so much my brotha! (nt)

[Diamond_Dog]

10. Are you fricken kidding me

If you hadn’t posted about this I might have thought it was a live Steve Earle recording. My man, I am just blown away! That is Really. Good. I am VERY impressed. Love love it

[Hugh_Lebowski]

13. I shit you not, OG!

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You'd have never come across it, it's an unlisted YT vid I just shared with my lady, and my friends on DU, and just uploaded today, even though it's ancient

Thanks so very much, I'm honored you enjoyed

Edit: I just made it public instead of unlisted. Maybe I'll be famous someday

[Diamond_Dog]

16. Let me just say

IMHO

Your special lady is a very lucky lady, Hugh.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

18. Awww, thx so much!

I'm the lucky one though

[Hoyt]

11. Mighty good, seriously. Love the whole song production. Fender Rhodes is cool.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

12. I prize your opinion Hoyt!

I'm completely clueless on piano, just came up with a couple riffs and that's it, just some color.

But you're right ... the Rhodes makes everything at least kinda cool

[mopinko]

17. nice job dude

this is the one i'm dying to sing-

my one musician friend is a blues guy. not a steve fan. trying to convince him that terraplane is a steve earle record he could love. it's a weird relationship, and i cant see any other duet i could get him to consider. lol. this one sorta fits, tho.

i wanted to post a live clip, but they all had shit sound. one of them starts w him saying they had the album all worked out when someone asked- where's the duet?
steve- i hadnt given a thought to writing a fucking duet for this record for a lot of reasons. but eleanor whitmore is out traveling around singing these songs i wrote for other women, and i think she deserves one of her own.
steve writing a song about a woman he wasnt in love w cracks me up.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

19. Thanks m'lady

That's a great song. Not really blues, as such, but ... hope you can talk him into it, and share with us all when you record it.

[mopinko]

20. they album is roots-y

he does a lot of that, too. harmonica, mostly. some bass.

more likely to get me singin in the pub, tho. that's my real aim. pints and proposals.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

21. When you say roots-y I think of Paul Shaeffer after he played 'Harlem River Blues' with JTE

with Jason Isbell on guitar on Late Night, one of my all-time fave music vids ever on Letterman ...

JTE

[ProfessorGAC]

22. Not Laughing

It's good, Hugh. And, that isn't even my kind of music! But, I liked it.
I couldn't do a minimalist thing like that. I'd need more density, so good on you.