Today's cover comes from a man whom I consider the greatest musician of the decade, and is translated by one of my favorite entertainers playing today. "Dead Leaves And A Dirty Ground" is the opening track to The White Stripes famous White Blood Cells. The lead guitarist, Jack White, wrote the song with a lot of influence from old blues singer Son House, which explains the grit in the crunchy guitar and the tremolo in Jack's voice. The song is essentially a hard-pressed blues jam, and it is a beautiful song, exploring all kinds of chord structures and distinct ragged sounds from the guitar and drums.
The cover comes from Chris Thile(pronounced Tee-lee, I think), a man I've seen live three times, once with Chris Thile and The How To Grow A Band, once more with the new moniker of the first band, The Punch Brothers, and once with Nickel Creek. I first heard Thile's super folksy Appalachian version of the song the first time I saw him in Knoxville. It really came off well on stage because they band just sped through it, while still nailing all sorts of intricate string solos. The song is a powerful song that has a touch of nostalgia in its old ragtime atmosphere. The track opens up Chris Thile and the How To Grow A Band's sole album, How To Grow A Woman From The Ground.
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