lonesome sundown

Garrison Reid went up to Denton recently to meet with Calvin Johnson (of Beat Happening/Halo Benders fame) and Julie Doiron to record this stipped-down, acoustic version of the Halo Benders classic "Lonesome Sundown" for our weekly Sirius Blog Radio show. Recorded in an empty Rubber Gloves hours before that night's Denton performance, the song's thin arragement is in stark contrast to the original version, and Johnson's trademark baritone coupled with Doiron's reduced harmonies (compared to Doug Martsch's duet on the original) only reinforces the recording's simplicity:

mp3:
Calvin Johnson & Julie Doiron Lonesome Sundown (live for blog radio)

Here's the original version, from 1998's The Rebel's Not In LP:

The Halo Benders Lonesome Sundown