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Jake and Ben - Weight o' Lies (Avett Brothers cover) by seamonsters

Today's musical thing is an Avett Brothers song. It's called The Weight of Lies, and it's an excellent piece of music. Jake and I have taken to performing it at local drinkeries, along with several other songs by the Avett Brothers. Those covers are always quite well-received, especially among the ladies.

This version on top is one that Jake and I recorded the last time I was in Champaign. There was a celebration of some kind, perhaps we were just celebrating the fact that I was back in Champaign, but there was whiskey and we were probably somewhat out of tune. In either case, Jake rocks the banjo like the crazy musical genius that he plays on TV. I'm doing my thing, trying to stay upright and in tune. Watch out for when we drop the beat!

Unfortunately, the second version below isn't much better in terms of sobriety. This one's from a bit less than a year ago. Kyle, Jason and I got a little whiskey in us and decided to have a go at becoming Internet stars. Tragedy in tamborine form ensued. Actually, Jason's solo in the version below is one of my favorite that he's done. It's actually kind of similar to the solo from La Resistance, but it was entirely spontaneous at the time, and I had never heard anything like it. Go Jason!





At least we had the decency to later make ourselves into indistinct silhouettes.


So, yeah, two versions of the same song with different musicians. Life's like that sometimes, and you're just going to have to get over it and move on. Back to work, suckaaah.