Back when Pearl Jam and Nirvana were taking the world by storm and fueling angst in suburban teens everywhere, The Screaming Trees became my favorite Grunge band. I’ve followed lead singer, Mark Lanegan, throughout his solo career and my favorite of his albums is I’ll Take Care of You, a collection of under appreciated folk, country and blues tunes.
After hearing this album, I began to respect Lanegan much more as an artist. He dug deep in the folk and blues graveyard to find incredible songs and his smokey voice haunts each one. One of the songs he resurrected was “Shiloh Town” by Tim Hardin. Hardin was a folk/blues singer in the late 60’s best known for his songs “If I Were a Carpenter” and “Reason to Believe,” the latter made most famous by Rod Stewart.
Although he played Woodstock, most of Hardin’s career was plagued by heroin addiction and stage fright and he eventually died of a heroin and morphine overdose. If you like Lanegan’s version of “Shiloh Town,” you should really check out all of I’ll Take Care of You. It carries the same tone and mood as “Shiloh Town.”
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crap. i keep thinking that’s will ferrell
Wow. Good call.
Ha, he looks like Will Ferrell alright. I really like Lanegan’s voice on this, so world weary.
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