For many of us, the version by The Clash was probably our first taste of this Louisiana classic blues song from the early 1950s. This is one of those songs that lends itself to being covered well in multiple genres and approaches, including this version, which is sort of an Appalachian/ jug band approach. This cover won't beat the Clash version for any awards, but it is a solid, entertaining version that isn't afraid to be itself.
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This cover appears on the first of two Clash tribute CDs that came with Uncut magazine in late 2003. Here we have a competent though not very exciting cover of the London Calling deep cut. Ms. Gilmore re-imagines the song in a sort of alt-country format, complete with a little harmonica in the beginning. While her rendition is perfectly fine, it lacks the emotional depth of the original- the layers of Mick Jones's tortured vocals are greatly missed, as is the rousing outro.
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