My musical crush on Montreal blueswoman Dawn Tyler Watson continues. While “Hey Hey” is still the top of my playlist, some of the covers from the recent En Duo album are climbing up.
For instance the cover of Patty Griffin‘s tune “Wiggley Fingers” (lyrics) on the album is pretty amazing. Something about Dawn’s voice, especially when she gets to the bit about “They’ll send me flying right out of St. Francis Xavier/With a note to my daddy about my unspeakable behaviour/And who in the hell said I need a saviour anyhow” just blows me away.
Here’s a video of a live performance from Festiblues:
If you get through that bit between 4:55 and 5:25 without feeling it, well, I’m back to the passionate assertion that you have no soul.
