meet me at the WRECKING POLL: EMMYLOU HARRIS

That's awesome. Got about halfway through, really great.

did we talk about how spyboy is an incredible live album

Yeah, Spyboy is pretty great. Buddy Miller is incredible on it and Emmylou's singing is inspirational.

lol i was just listening to "where will i be" this morning and just casually thinking "wow the drums are awesome" without even knowing it's brian blade, that dude is unbelievable

― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, July 26, 2017 1:23 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah it's basically the greatest drum performance of all time imo lol

its perfect

Version on Here Is What Is is better:

https://youtu.be/DCnBIdOR8_U

(I’d vote for Goin’ Back to Harlan)

wait, no way that version is better!

Points for Lanois version:

His best vocal (hers is weirdly one note)
Odd, hypnotic Mellotron-y parts
Blade playing over Willie Green’s “Maker” beat
Sweet Hofner bassline

Am I the only person who hears the drums backward on this song? I feel like the live and alternate versions have the downbeat in an entirely different place than the album version, although the parts themselves are played virtually identically.

Album version:
[ONE]-oh-the (2)streets-are-cracked [THREE, FOUR]
(1)And-there’s (2)glass-everywhere [THREE, FOUR]

Spyboy etc:
[FOUR] Oh-the-streets-are
(1)cracked [TWO, THREE] and there’s (4)glass every
(1)where [TWO, THREE]

You’re not imagining things. Live version is much more straight ahead than either of the studio takes, with the snare on the 2 and 4. Main studio take has the first snare on the upbeat after 2 and downbeat of 3. It’s a very different feel.