Mayer Hawthorne graciously sends to his fans a free EP of covers of selected tracks both old and new. Here’s a snippet of what he said about covering The Isley Brothers’ “Work To Do:”
This one features my live band, The County: Quentin Joseph on drums, Topher Mohr on guitar, Quincy McCrary on piano, and Joe Abrams on bass. It was recorded live in a radio station studio somewhere during our Winter 2010 US tour. The tapes recently surfaced, but nobody can remember exactly where we were. The song is originally by The Isley Brothers, and that’s the only version I was familiar with until we started playing it in our live shows and people would come up to us and say “hey, loved your cover of Average White Band!”.
Other artists covered include Jon Brion, The Electric Light Orchestra and Chromeo. To see more backstory on the songs he selected for the EP as well as the free download check out Stones Throw.
