Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Well spotted by Shaun in a discussion of Jolie Holland. On her website bio La Holland opines “I don’t like Robert Johnson.” But wait, there's more.

Shaun:

Extended quote. “I don’t like Robert Johnson,” Holland says, “but I’ve got an awesome live recording of [singer-songwriter] Entrance doing “Love In Vain.” His version goes, “When the train left the station, there were two lights on behind/the blue light was the blues and the red light was my mind/is all my love in vain?”

I don’t know who Entrance is but his version is the same as the Johnson version. Sort of like saying “I’m not into Dylan but I have heard Hendrix sing ‘All Along the Watchtower’ and the lyrics to his version are incredible.”

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