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herohill vs. Gordon Lightfoot Redux:: Jon Mckiel & Jay Crocker

Jul 14, 2011 By ack in 2011, Canada, Halifax, Music 1 Comment Tags: Gordon Lightfoot, Jay Crocker, Jon Mckiel

Considering how many people contributed to the Gordon Lightfoot project, it’s not surprising that a few missed the deadline. It’s to be expected, especially when you are asking people to record covers on their own time and their own dime.

Considering that he’s become a road warrior – and actually had to try to mix and master this song between trips out to Calgary for Sled Island – it’s amazing that Halifax’s Jon Mckiel not only found time to head to a studio (Diego Medina’s Old Confidence Lodge), he managed to convince Calgary experimentalist Jay Crocker to join him.

The result is a spirited, noise filled take on “Daylight Katy”, one that will covert any skeptic. I have no idea if the duo has any plans to collaborate in the future, but these three-minutes prove they should. Enjoy.

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MP3:: Jon Mckiel & Jay Crocker – Daylight Katy
WEB:: http://jonmckiel.bandcamp.com

WEB:: http://www.jaycrocker.com/

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Jul 18, 2011 @ 17:28

[...] just recorded a gordon lightfoot song for the compilation herohill did, here it is for stream and download. the song was recorded by jay crocker in a spaceship named penators first (crousetown [...]

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