My Morning Jacket’s Version of “Tyrone” is TCSE!RN

As I anxiously await the next golden nug from the boys in My Morning Jacket I find myself digging deeper into their old stuff. “Tyrone” is originally an Erykah Badu number, I think, but Jim James adds his haunting take on the vocals while the band builds a stripped down (for MMJ) and straightforward rock nuance that breathes new life into it. The song appears on Chapter 2: Learning: Early Recordings with some raw demos and other oddball, but fantastic covers like Hank Williams’ “Why Don’t You Love Me,” Berlin’s “Take My Breath Away,” and the Pet Shop Boys’ “West End Girls.”

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Check out My Morning Jacket’s exclusive concert for the David Letterman audience at the Ed Sullivan Theater from October 12th