American singer-songwriter Kurt Vile has enlisted the help of his young daughters to cover Gillian Welch and Neil Young for a Democratic party campaign.
The Vile family performed three songs from home as part of the weekly āTeam Joe Singsā series, in support of presidential candidate Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris.
Vile opened his set with a solo performance of his own original song āBassackwardsā, from his 2018 album āBottle It Inā. He and daughter Delphine then launched into a rendition of Neil Youngās āHeart Of Goldā, with Delphine playing drums and adding some vocals at the songās end. To wrap things up, Vile and his other daughter, Awilda, performed a cover of Gillian Welchās āWayside/Back In Timeā, from her 2003 record āSoul Journeyā.
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Check out the performance below:
In between songs, Vile paused to explain why heās throwing support behind Biden and Harris for the forthcoming election.
āThey both have a heart, they both wanna help,ā he said. āThis is not a normal thing that I do exactly, so I might not be coming off so professional but what Iām here [for] is to support through music and you know, with my family and stuff, so weāre going to play some music for you.ā
The former The War On Drugs guitarist has demonstrated his penchant for covers in the past. In March, his rendition of Nick Caveās āStranger Than Kindnessā appeared on the āSongs For Australiaā benefit album, raising money for bushfire relief and climate change charities.
In September, he also shared a posthumous duet titled āHow Luckyā with the late John Prine, who passed away from coronavirus complications in April. The single was lifted from Vileās latest EP āSpeed, Sound, Lonely KV (ep)ā, which he released earlier this month.
The āTeam Joe Singsā series kicked off last month, and has so far featured artists such as Chloe x Halle, The Nationalās Matt Beringer, Andrew Bird and JP Saxe, among others.
Other musicians such as Billie Eilish, Bon Iverās Justin Vernon, Cardi B, Madonna and more have also shown their support for Biden and Harris.
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