Turns out it was a cover of a Daniel Johnston song. Inspired by a Blue Bell ice cream wrapper, the late Johnston recorded the original on a tape recorder in his Austin home. This version is only slightly more hi-fi than that - replacing chord organ with boom stick - and a fitting tribute.
Thursday, February 6, 2020
6 February 2020 - fIREHOSE - Walking The Cow
When the album Flyin' The Flannel came out, I never did think this sounded like a fIREHOSE song. I just thought it was Mike Watt being econo or something.
Turns out it was a cover of a Daniel Johnston song. Inspired by a Blue Bell ice cream wrapper, the late Johnston recorded the original on a tape recorder in his Austin home. This version is only slightly more hi-fi than that - replacing chord organ with boom stick - and a fitting tribute.
Turns out it was a cover of a Daniel Johnston song. Inspired by a Blue Bell ice cream wrapper, the late Johnston recorded the original on a tape recorder in his Austin home. This version is only slightly more hi-fi than that - replacing chord organ with boom stick - and a fitting tribute.
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