A while back I got the opportunity to go see a country band play live in Hannover. Not just any country band, Lovely Readers, but a German-based country band playing country-fied covers of popular pop songs. I could just squeal with delight! I really could.
Most Germans I know are either ignorant of or actively hate country music; my roommate, for example, will without fail shut her door or complain if I play so much as one Garth Brooks song. But this group -- called the Twang -- likes the country sound and does it well. It's really fun to listen to them take a song like "Seven Nation Army" and twist it just a little bit to make it a totally different song. If you can find their music online, check it out.
Anyway, a colleague of mine knew some of the band members really well and offered to get me in free to one of their shows. Not one to pass up a free show, I went along. Turns out these guys play all over Germany and even in the States (I think they were actually at the last SXSW in Austin). The songs were all well-done, not just exact copies of the original song versions but almost new songs in and of themselves. I'll spare you the fangirl rant and just say -- it was good. I got autographs and it was good. I can't wait for them to come back to America so I can see them there too.
Most Germans I know are either ignorant of or actively hate country music; my roommate, for example, will without fail shut her door or complain if I play so much as one Garth Brooks song. But this group -- called the Twang -- likes the country sound and does it well. It's really fun to listen to them take a song like "Seven Nation Army" and twist it just a little bit to make it a totally different song. If you can find their music online, check it out.
Anyway, a colleague of mine knew some of the band members really well and offered to get me in free to one of their shows. Not one to pass up a free show, I went along. Turns out these guys play all over Germany and even in the States (I think they were actually at the last SXSW in Austin). The songs were all well-done, not just exact copies of the original song versions but almost new songs in and of themselves. I'll spare you the fangirl rant and just say -- it was good. I got autographs and it was good. I can't wait for them to come back to America so I can see them there too.
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I love out-of-genre covers! These guys are pretty awesome, even though I normally am not a fan of country. Thanks for posting!
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