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Song Review: The Infamous Stringdusters feat. Anders Osborne - “Those Lonely, Lonely Nights”

The Infamous Stringdusters and Anders Osborne added some ’grass, but took away none of blue on their cover of “Those Lonely, Lonely Nights.”

It’s a slow-roller played on instruments made for fast-pickin’. But incongruities must be damned when these divergent artists cross-pollinate and combine dichotomous genres into something new.

With Osborne on vocals and the ’Dusters popping in with Dobro, fiddle, acoustic guitar and banjo solos, the track honors Earl King’s original, Osborne’s iconoclastic roots and the band’s string tradition.

Covering all the bases is one thing. Doing it without leaving home is another. And the way Osborne smacks the song out of the park with the mic stand is yet another.

Grade card: The Infamous Stringdusters feat. Anders Osborne - “Those Lonely, Lonely Nights” - A

Warren Haynes “Going to be OK” after “Pretty Serious” Bout with COVID-19 and Influenza

- Guitarist to skip Gov’t Mule’s Jamaica gigs, rechristened Gov't Mule & Friends

Warren Haynes is home after being hospitalized with “some pretty serious complications from COVID(-19) and influenza,” the Gov’t Mule frontman said in a statement.

“I am going to be OK,” the guitarist said.

Needing “a few weeks of rest and recuperation,” Haynes is skipping Gov’t Mule’s Jan. 15-19 Island Exodus. Anders Osborne, Jackie Greene, John Scofield, Robert Randolph, Audley Freed and Rob Barraco are among those the musicians filling in.

“The show must go on,” Haynes said, promising “three great and unique ‘Gov't Mule & Friends’ shows.”

There is no mention of refunds. Gov’t Mule is meanwhile working to reschedule the year-end 2022 gigs that were abruptly postponed when Haynes fell ill.

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