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Bluegrass Tuesday {Remixed} — Tim O’Brien remixed by Danny Barnes (from “Chameleon” on Proper American, March 25)

I threatened a regular “Bluegrass Tuesday” feature last week and nobody complained, in fact two of you said bring it on. You may be sorry for being so encouraging. This may not continue past this week because in the whole recorded history of traditional American folk music I can’t imagine there being many cases of remixes, let alone a remix with Arnold Schwarzenegger voice added to the mix. And I know you guys can be pretty stiff and unforgiving.

“Hoss Race” is a song from Tim O’Brien’s new record Chameleon. Tim O’Brien is ex Hot Rize and a wonderful songwriter, picker and singer (wrote about him here). Below one of the new songs off of Chameleon has been given the remix treatment by former Bad Livers leader and Songs:Illinois favorite Danny Barnes (here, here). The mix is a little rough and choppy at times (Danny’s no Justice), but the gist of the remix reminds me of Moby’s early hits where he sampled traditional gospel and blues and added a beat creating a very modern sound rooted in tradition.

You can order Chameleon now through Proper American here.

Hoss Race Remix (remix by Danny Barnes

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One Response to “Bluegrass Tuesday {Remixed} — Tim O’Brien remixed by Danny Barnes (from “Chameleon” on Proper American, March 25)”

  1. songs:illinois » Blog Archive » The Moondoggies - “Don’t Be a Stranger” (Hardly Art, August 19)(plus something I neglected from Tim O’Brien) says:
    July 14, 2008 at 6:53 am

    [...] record Chameleon a while back and linked to a weird remix of his song “Hoss Race” here. It’s been a long time, but finally here’s the original. You can buy Chameleon [...]