We've now received two sneak peeks at Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes, a tribute to Bob Dylan's 1967 The Basement Tapes sessions that were deemed "lost."
Last week, we got the Jim James-fronted "Nothing To It," and now it's Elvis Costello's turn. The venerable rocker churned out a bluesy version of "Married To My Hack," featuring some help from backup vocalist Rhiannon Giddens.
"I got loose eye'd ladies who never seen a man," he sings, "Just waiting around out back / Just gimme a bottle and someone to throttle / I'd rather stay married to my hack."
Check it out:
Rolling Stone reports that Showtime will air a documentary of the music-making process, titled Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued, on Nov. 21. Directed by Sam Jones, the film will compare this new record to Dylan's original sessions with The Band.
The list of modern musicians performing songs is long and impressive: Costello, James, Taylor Goldsmith and Marcus Mumford are some of the contributors helping out with the T Bone Burnett-produced record.
Even Johnny Depp plays guitar on "Kansas City." Yeah. That Johnny Depp.
"Great music is best created when a community of artists gets together for the common good," Burnett said. "There is a deep well of generosity and support in the room at all times, and that reflects the tremendous generosity shown by Bob in sharing these lyrics with us."
Dylan also recently announced a huge six-disc box set featuring alternate versions of the songs that appeared on the original album.
The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 will also feature covers of songs by Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, Curtis Mayfield, and more. Though it was known that Dylan and The Band recorded over 100 songs during the Basement Tapes sessions in 1967, this new box-set includes 30 tracks that were previously unknown to have existed. One of these new tracks, an alternate version of "Odds & Ends," can be heard right now over at Rolling Stone.
