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 Tonight I was listening to Out of the Box and heard a great cover of the Little Feat classic, Willin' , sung by Susanna Hoffs. A couple of weeks ago I heard Matthew Sweet and Hoffs do a cover of Yes', I've Seen All Good People. Tonight I bought the album, Under The Covers, Vol. 2, and am seriously thinking about buying Volume 1. I have included both albums in the Amazon widget to the left so that you can hear samples and purchase if you wish.
From Billboard.com
Susanna Hoffs, the petite rock singer/guitarist whose band the Bangles remains one of the most enduring all-girl groups in history, has always had an ear for a good cover. "I taught myself music by listening to music," she says. "I would become obsessed with certain songs, and I taught myself how to sing by copying records."
In 2006, she emerged from a semi-sabbatical by releasing an album of duets with power-pop master Matthew Sweet. "Under the Covers, Vol. 1," a collection of '60s songs, proved that time hadn't dulled her ability to harmonize. The album sold 32,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
When Hoffs and Sweet, sometimes known as Sid & Susie, reconvened last year in his Los Angeles studio for "Under the Covers, Vol. 2," they discovered why the diverse sounds of the '70s -- power-pop, glam rock, classic rock and even prog -- had made such an indelible impression on each of their musical progressions.
"The records that we cover are records we love," Hoffs says. "There's out-of-tune singing, out-of-tune guitars, the drum tracks are speeding up and slowing down. Those records are great because they're about the feel; they capture the emotion and they're not about perfection."
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