Jerry Douglas (feat. Mumford & Sons) – The Boxer

Jun
30
posted by tommy

Nope, not Australian but my mission statement says nothing about geographical exclusivity so I’m posting it anyway. Hell, I don’t even have a mission statement, that’s the sort of boundless, directionless, cashless institution Sound Doctrine is. It’s Jerry Douglas, the undisputed world champion of the Dobro collaborating with up and comers Mumford and Sons who I heard on triple J once and I think are definitely one to watch. They could get big. It’s the neither of these two that unlocks my heart though, it’s the fact that they’re singing one of the all time great songs by one of the all time great duos. If you know anything about my tastes you’ll know S&G fit somewhere between Sufjan and The Middle East in my spectrum of personal resonance. So I’m going to set this down right here and you can turn up your nose because it’s Mumford and Sons or you can push play and get knee deep in one of history’s greatest songs, even if it’s not being performed by one of history’s greatest bands. But Jerry Douglas right? Right.

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  1. Charlie
    02/07/2012

    Thomas you’re a funny man

  2. Polly
    02/07/2012

    Well this is just lovely. Can you make them do more? I wonder if there’s a Mumfordian Only Living Boy In New York floating around anywhere…

  3. tommy
    10/07/2012

    Thanks Charlie. Polly, I will email them so under that sort of pressure, yep, they’ll probably record more