After some maneuvering and carefree sensibilities, Sean Moeller from Daytrotter finally got a hold of enough of Middle Brother's members to crank two sessions out of them: one in Nashville and the other in Austin. Doubling the material for this session gives us all the chance to experience some of the old and some of the new, all in the raw. Take a listen to the session's version of "Portland" above, read a snippet of Moeller's work below and download the entire session over at Daytrotter.
You cannot drive half a block without being next to the mailbox of a residence whose insides have been gutted and fitted out with a state-of-the-art recording space. Brett picked me up from the airport and we drove directly to Brendan Benson's house, where we drank a touch too much wine, played with his cat, scanned his bookcase, ate the pizzas and salads that his lovely wife brought home from work for us and recorded a handful of his songs. We went from there to a late-night hang with our buddies in Roman Candle, who were so good to us that they actually kicked themselves out of their own bed, we deduced later, so that we could have beds. The next morning was meeting Dawes lead singer Taylor Goldsmith and Jonny Corndawg at a coffeehouse before heading over to Ferraby Lionheart's home to wake up Deer Tick's John McCauley, to drag him over to Prine's studio, if for no better reason than to watch as the Del McCoury Band and the late Charlie Louvin taped sessions.
(via Daytrotter)