Tip: have you heard some cool music news? Why not add it to the site? anyone can add news to Oversome!

This sort of thing became inevitable once Jack White moved from Detroit to Nashville: He already hired the trumpet player from a local Mexican restaurant to play on the Stripes' Icky Thump, and now the Raconteurs have corralled bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs and country singer Ashley Monroe for seven-man/one-woman acoustic jam of "Old Enough", a fairly convoluted song from their recent Consolers of the Lonely. The original version of the song, with its fiddle and acoustic guitar solo, leans toward country, and this version makes that influence explicit. The most interesting elements are the new ones. With her soft-edged, Parton-esque voice, Ashley Monroe sounds great harmonizing with Brendan Benson White leans in toward acoustic alpha male Skaggs, whose graceful mandolin picking fills the transitions from one section to another. Toward the end, they segue wittily into the Everly Brothers' "Wake Up Little Suzy", and in the video, directed with a shaky hand by photographer Autumn de Wilde, the song ends with repeated punctuation and a smattering of applause for each other. It sounds a bit self-congratulatory, but here's hoping this expanded group has some more crossover-ready covers in them.Video:> The Raconteurs [ft. Ricky Skaggs and Ashley Monroe]: "Old Enough"[original version from Consolers of the Lonely; out now on Warner Bros.]
Related Articles
submitted by Nick Nov 12th 2008 12:00 am (stereogum.com)
Jack White was playing patty-cake with the Kills yesterday. Today he and his fellow Raconteurs head out into the woods and play the traveling hobo bards from the album cover of Consolers Of The Lonely. It's all in honor of Autumn De Wilde's video for soft Appalachian rocker "Old Enough." If you're familiar with De Wilde's other work, you should ...
From the mind of rock photographer Autumn De Wilde comes the latest video from the Raconteurs' Consolers of the Lonely. "Old Enough" finds Jack White and co. bringing the tune to life, recasting the Appalachian string arrangements in a fittingly woodsy environment. But wait, is that a forest or a hall of mirrors? And who is that chick in the wed...
Photo by Matt JordanThis June, Jack White slipped on the Nehru jacket, Brendan Benson let yet another button loose on his floral-print, and the Raconteurs took the stage at Bonnaroo to blast out a version of "Old Enough" from their recent Consolers of the Lonely LP. Backstage at the very same Bonnaroo-- by way of a little pre-show warmup, perhap...
NME Radio are set to broadcast The Raconteurs live this weekend.
The Killers are set to close the Leeds Festival tonight (August 23) with a set on the Main Stage after Bloc Party and The Raconteurs.


Popular News this week
Wilco: are selling their us...
0 votes - 30 clicks - 0 comments
Billy Ray Cyrus: claims wif...
0 votes - 27 clicks - 0 comments
Amy Winehouse: Glastonbury ...
0 votes - 21 clicks - 0 comments
Foo Fighters: Watch Black S...
0 votes - 14 clicks - 0 comments
Drake: Camila Cabello calls...
0 votes - 13 clicks - 0 comments
Common: Sage – “Edin”...
0 votes - 12 clicks - 0 comments
Coldplay: talk nearly missi...
0 votes - 12 clicks - 0 comments
Avril Lavigne: live at Glas...
0 votes - 12 clicks - 0 comments
Wilco: Release New EP, Jeff...
0 votes - 11 clicks - 0 comments
Dire Straits: Glastonbury 2...
0 votes - 11 clicks - 0 comments
Random Statistic
neophyte is the all-time top commenter, having posted 40 comments on the site
New People on Oversome!