IFLTS: 'He's a Mighty Good Leader,' Beck

Spinner.com'He's a Mighty Good Leader,' BeckFrom 1994's 'One Foot in the Grave'Before 'Where It's At' and 'Loser,' there was 'He's a Mighty Good Leader,' a Skip James cover by Beck. I love this song because you can sense in Beck's delivery that he knows how to treat a song with respect -- a '30s classic -- but he also sees potential for growth. "He's a Mighty Good Leader, all the way/All the way Lord, from up to heaven/He's a mighty good leader, all the way," Beck sings. The song is stripped, m...

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