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 âTeam Joe Singsâ 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 âBassackwardsâ, from his 2018 album âBottle It Inâ. He and daughter Delphine then launched into a rendition of Neil Youngâs âHeart Of Goldâ, with Delphine playing drums and adding some vocals at the songâs end. To wrap things up, Vile and his other daughter, Awilda, performed a cover of Gillian Welchâs âWayside/Back In Timeâ, from her 2003 record âSoul Journeyâ.
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Check out the performance below:
In between songs, Vile paused to explain why heâs throwing support behind Biden and Harris for the forthcoming election.
âThey both have a heart, they both wanna help,â he said. âThis is not a normal thing that I do exactly, so I might not be coming off so professional but what Iâm here [for] is to support through music and you know, with my family and stuff, so weâre going to play some music for you.â
The former The War On Drugs guitarist has demonstrated his penchant for covers in the past. In March, his rendition of Nick Caveâs âStranger Than Kindnessâ appeared on the âSongs For Australiaâ benefit album, raising money for bushfire relief and climate change charities.
In September, he also shared a posthumous duet titled âHow Luckyâ with the late John Prine, who passed away from coronavirus complications in April. The single was lifted from Vileâs latest EP âSpeed, Sound, Lonely KV (ep)â, which he released earlier this month.
The âTeam Joe Singsâ series kicked off last month, and has so far featured artists such as Chloe x Halle, The Nationalâs Matt Beringer, Andrew Bird and JP Saxe, among others.
Other musicians such as Billie Eilish, Bon Iverâs Justin Vernon, Cardi B, Madonna and more have also shown their support for Biden and Harris.
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