Rhodes, Kimmie
Covers
"Covers" marks a "sea change" for Kimmie Rhodes. For the first time, the songwriters' songwriter, puts down her pen to devote an entire album to singing the songs of others. Rhodes first studio adventure since the passing of longtime partner and collaborator Joe Gracey, Kimmie draws deep from a wide range of catalogues - Thiele and Weiss, Lennon and McCartney, Jagger and Richards, Jimmy Reed,Mark Knopfler, Dylan, Bono, Tom Petty, Leon Russell, Neil Young and Tom Waits, and channels close friends Townes Van Zandt and Rodney Crowell; telling each story in that clear, soaring songbird voice that takes ownership of every composition. Embellishing the voice is a dream team of pickers including Rodney Crowell, and Delbert McClinton, plus son/collaborator Gabriel Rhodes, and multiple Handy Award winner Marcia Ball