Cover of the Week 3
Whether you love him or despise him, Robert Pollard is an indie rock legend, with equal Beatles and Who influences, his generations’ John Lennon, perhaps. A sportsman’s roots in Dayton Ohio, a teacher by day job, he is a prolific song writer who is said to be able to write an album during one sitting on the morning toilet. While the mainstream record industry was producing early to mid nineties drivel, Guided by Voices was compiling box sets of indie greatest hits, not the least of which was 1997’s rock opera “Mag Earwhig!”
For this album, Pollard added Cleveland rockers “Cobra Verde” as backers, giving the album a rough and ready sound. This sound, he didn’t know at the time, was particularly suited for FARMERTAN doing covers of his music. And there you have it.
and, as an added bonus, we have included Farmertan’s original song, “Dressed to Kill.” We hope you enjoy this song, all about weddings, churches, Boston, and lies.
“Bulldog Skin” by Guided By Voices off “Mag Earwhig!
http://www.divshare.com/download/6343790-22d
“Dressed to kill” by Farmertan
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