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Originally recorded this as a home demo version in 2003 of this Uncle Tupelo classic song, "New Madrid," composed by Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar for the "Anodyne" record released by Sire/Reprise (1993). I've loved this song of Jeff's from the first time hearing it live with 'Tupelo, to its official release many moons ago, and to today.

Took the freedom to rework a few of the words to align itself with the lonely arrangement I came up with in '03. That original home demo cover of New Madrid, recorded on a Tascam analog 4-track and transferred to ProTools as a session file, bare bones, sat still for close to seventeen years until returning to it to rework in 2020 for the "Just A Fan" Tweedy tribute compilation.

I always heard the version (in my head) as having a wall of rising, slow moving, air traffic control noise; to give weight to words, the guitar and vocals. Knowing I was on the verge of destroying the original 17 year old session with too much noise and ambience, I passed my 2020 rough mix to Justin Perkins at Mystery Room Mastering (Milwaukee, WI) to reel it back into a state of being listenable and done.

J.P. saved my 2003 amateur hour home demo-meets-2020's mud pie mix, and washed the dirt off so that what you hear now is as close as I’ll get to the sound in my head honoring “New Madrid,” Tweedy, Tupelo and Wilco.

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from Just A Fan: A Tribute To Jeff Tweedy + Wilco, released October 30, 2020
Produced, Arranged, Performed and Recorded by Silent Kit (Rockford, IL)
Silent Kit is Dave DeCastris (Rockford, IL)
Mastered by Justin Perkins at Mystery Room Mastering (Milwaukee, WI)
Art Direction & Film Editing by Andy Whorehall (Rockford, IL)
Artist Representation by Lord Thomas Derby, Derby | Reynolds ($chaumburg, IL)
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New Madrid © 1993 Sire Records
Composed by Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar
Original Song Appears On The Album, "Anodyne," by Uncle Tupelo
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a compilation of cover songs written by jeff tweedy and/or wilco, featuring the many talented clients of the "shot in the arm" facebook fan page.

there is the "just a fan" official release, along with a free collection called "clients (the album)" which will contain songs inspired by Jeff Tweedy's book "How To Write One Song" that can be added to at any time! ... more

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