W.C. Beck‘s cowl of Jerry Jeff Walker’s, ‘Each Drop Of Water’ got here out of a recording session which noticed him laying down tracks for his ‘Facecomber’ album. Now he’s launched it as a part of a two tune EP, forward of his forthcoming album, ‘A Largely Quiet Life’, which is about to come back out this August.
The discharge pays homage to 2 greats we misplaced to the Covid-19 Pandemic – Walker, who died in October 2020, and John Prine – who we misplaced in April the identical yr. Beck covers Prine’s ‘Blue Umbrella’ on the EP.
Beck’s vocals are wealthy and sonorous, he sense that he feels each observe, and he’s singing every with goal and maybe a tinge of sorrow.
Along with singing, Beck performed all of the instrumentals, together with acoustic guitars, electrical guitar, and organ, displaying simply how a lot of a expertise he’s.
Talking concerning the monitor, W. C. mentioned,
“Jerry Jeff Walker has been an enormous inspiration of mine for about so long as I’ve been taking part in music and once we misplaced him to Covid in October of 2020, I used to be fairly devastated. I’ve most of his albums on vinyl and have lined his tunes for years. Deep within the Covid unusual occasions, I used to be engaged on ‘Facecomber’ and listening to some music on Amazon Music and his model of ‘Each Drop of Water’ got here on shuffle. I had someway by no means heard it and it stopped me lifeless in my tracks – I believe I will need to have hit repeat on that tune 50 occasions. It was a type of occasions have been you are feeling like a tune is talking on to you alone and I knew I wished to cowl it as a tribute to Jerry Jeff”.
It’s a extra slowed down model of the monitor in comparison with Walker’s unique; and whereas he maintains the nation vibe of the monitor, in Beck’s palms it’s given an virtually pop therapy. Dare I say there’s even a little bit of a Jimmy Buffett vibe occurring there – it’s pleasant, relaxed, and welcoming. Saying this, it’s clear Beck is reflective about each the phrases of the tune, and the lack of Walker, who had had a big affect on his music. You’ll be able to really feel this particularly as he sings, “each drop of water shapes a stone” – he’s the stone that’s been formed by the drops of Walker’s music.
You’ll be able to stream ‘Each Drop Of Water’ on Spotify, and discover out extra about W. C. Beck and his music on-line on his official web site, Instagram, Fb, and YouTube.
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