MIKE JAMES KIRKLAND: UNCOVERABLE?

Someone recently asked me if there are any covers that shouldn’t be made and I thought about it for a moment and in careful reply suggested that I don’t necessarily believe any song is so sacred that you shouldn’t cover it out of respect. But there are some songs which, by virtue of their virtues…are very hard to cover well and therefore, shouldn’t be attempted simply because the odds of failure are so high. To wit: John Legend and the Roots: Hang On In There (snippet) From Wake Up...

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