The Feelies spiller Dylan

New Jersey-orkestreret The Feelies var en af de centrale aktører, da Mod Strømmen i august sidste år, fortalte historien om spillestedet Maxwells i Hoboken. Eller så meget, vi nu kunne nå på de to timer, der er til rådighed. Nu på torsdag, skal vi en tur til New Zealand og plademærket Flying Nun. To timer er ikke meget i den sammenhæng. Det var det heller ikke, da emnet var Maxwells.

I forbindelse med den netop afholdte Record Store Day, har The Feelies udgivet 12”eren ’Uncovered’ med covernumre af Bob Dylans ’Seven Days’, The Doors ’Take It As It Comes’, Patti Smiths ’Dancing Barefoot’ og Neil Youngs ‘Barstool Blues’.

Her ’Seven Days’:

Glenn Mercer , forsanger og guitarist i The Feelies, har dette at fortælle om ‘Seven Days’:

“I first heard this song sometime in the ’90s while watching a tribute to Dylan. The concert featured many of my favorite artists like Neil Young, George Harrison and Eric Clapton performing some of my most loved, classic Dylan songs. One of the songs that stood out the most was this song, performed by Ron Wood. I found out that Ron had done a version on his first solo record. I also discovered that Dylan himself hadn’t ever recorded it. Years later, I heard a version that Bob did on his bootleg collection. The Feelies have been covering this recently and we even recorded our version for an EP of cover songs [Uncovered] for record store day.”