Country Darkness Vol.3 with Steve Nieve - EP

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Country Darkness Vol.3 with Steve Nieve - EP

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1.	I'll Wear It Proudly 05:51	info
2.	The Crooked Line 03:22 video		buy track
3.	Indoor Fireworks 03:59	info
4.	Why Can't A Man Stand Alone 03:24	info

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This is the 3rd and final instalment of the Country Darkness project, and like it’s predecessors, contains re-interpretations of 4 more Elvis Costello songs in collaboration with Steve Nieve.

Country Darkness Vol.3 – The Songs…

I’ll Wear It Proudly
The original ideal was to give this song the Boom Chikka Johnny Cash treatment but Steve heard it differently and suggested we try a “Bruce Springsteen – “Streets of Philadelphia” era approach.

The Crooked Line
Co-written by Elvis and T Bone Burnett this originally appears of the Secret Profane and Sugarcane album also produced by T Bone. We had hinted at our love of Doug Sahm and Augie Meyers on “Different Finger” from Vol 2 but we went full Sir Douglas Quintet on this. The EC original has an acoustic country bluegrass feel to it with fiddles and mandolins playing the instrumental passages but we went with Vox continental.

Indoor Fireworks
This song had been in Lou’s solo repertoire for years, performed simply, like this, just piano and voice. It recently returned to the MDC live set as duet, once we started on this project and has become a firm audience favourite so we just had to include it here.

Why Can’t A Man Stand Alone?
Arguably not a country or country soul song, it even becomes quite Brechtian by the end, and maybe not an obvious contender for remaking as a duet but it asks an import question in these current times.

“I can’t think of any act more appropriate to reappraise the extensive Costello songbook.”
Lonesome Highway

“My Darling Clementine and the country songs of Elvis Costello are a match made in heaven.”
The Alternate Root, USA

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released October 23, 2020

Sung by:
Lou Dalgleish & Michael Weston King

Played by:
Steve Nieve - Piano, Organ, Keyboards
Shez Sheridan - Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Mandala, Lap Steel
Colin Elliot - Bass, Percussion, Glockenspiel, Backing Vocals, Horn Arrangement
Dean Beresford - Drums
Matt Holland - Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Martin Winning - Tenor & Baritone Saxophone, Flute
Lou Dalgleish - Piano, Percussion

Recorded in Paris, Trouville-sur-Mer, London and Sheffield
Produced by Colin Elliot, Michael Weston King & Steve Nieve
Mixed by Colin Elliot at Yellow Arch Studios, Sheffield
Mastered by Duncan Cowell at Sound Mastering, London

Photography: Cover by Ren Wang, MDC by Marco Bakker
Design by swing from the rafters

Michael and Lou would like to thank everyone involved in the making of all 3 volumes• of Country Darkness, those on both sides of the glass, the camera, and the channel but a special commendation to Ian Sephton of Fretsore for going that extra crooked mile

File Under: Country {Costello Country)

© Fretsore Records 2020

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For what began life as something of a side project for Michael Weston King & Lou Dalgleish, a labour of love, a homage to the classic country duets of the 60’s and 70’s, My Darling Clementine is very much part of the country and Americana landscape. 3 critically acclaimed albums, over 700 shows, numerous accolades and awards has placed the band at the forefront of the burgeoning Americana scene ... more

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