OWTK fawned over Papa Crow’s debut kindie disc last year and was recently very excited to learn that those gorgeous Sunday morning songs weren’t destined be a one-and-done project for the rural Michigan songwriter.
Not only does Papa Crow have a song on the still-fresh Keep Hoping Machine Running: Songs of Woody Guthrie album from Spare the Rock Records (video below), but he’s also prepping a silly 5-song EP (What Was That Sound? Five Fabulous Family Fart Favorites) and a much anticipated full length follow-up, Full Moon Full Moon (I’ve got a serious soft spot for that kind of stark repetition in song and album titles. I think I love that disc already).
While we await new original songs, let’s enjoy the video for Papa Crow’s cover of Woody Guthrie’s somewhat obscure “Along in the Sun and the Rain”:
The song was recorded live with a single mic. The video is a compiled photo collection from Papa Crow’s nephew, featuring many sights from his hometown of Escanaba, MI. And it all feels so damn right.