Again with the classification difficulties: is it really a “cover” if the original artist is performing on the track, though only as backup? Dunno. Great song, wonderful performance. Listen. Happy cover Friday!

themusic:

Johnny Cash & Bonny Prince Billy - I See A Darkness

How’s this for a re-imagining of a song? Take a song that you wrote and recorded, and perform as a backup singer on a new recording of it.

It probably takes a while to sort all of the ego implications of that scenario, but on the other hand: if Johnny Cash calls and asks to record one of your songs, what is there to say except “of course, sir, and may I bring you a cup of coffee as well? Decaf? How about a nice danish?”