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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.]
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submitted by Nick Mar 25th 2008 11:00 pm (www.nme.com)
The Raconteurs have posted the first video from their new album 'Consolers Of The Lonely' online.
Fans heading to the shops today (March 25) to by 'The Consolers Of The Lonely', the new album from The Raconteurs, have been giving their reactions to the event of the release and the album itself to NME.COM.
The Raconteurs released their second album 'Consolers Of The Lonely' today, and we've been asking for your reviews of the new record.
Concerns that The Raconteurs' new album, 'Consolers Of The Lonely', would not be sufficiently stocked in record shops have proved false.
submitted by Nick Mar 25th 2008 12:00 pm (www.nme.com)
Highlights from The Raconteurs' second album have appeared online thanks to fans wanting to showcase the band.


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