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Remembering Lou Reed

October 27, 2013 By Keith Humphreys @KeithNHumphreys

Requiescat in pace, Lou Reed, who inspired more artists than the number of albums he sold would suggest. Among his admirers were the Cowboy Junkies. Here is their sultry rendition of “Sweet Jane”.

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Comments

  1. Stuart Levine says

    October 27, 2013 at 5:18 pm

    My understanding is that Reed liked the Cowboy Junkies’ cover.

  2. koreyel says

    October 27, 2013 at 6:30 pm

    Best intro to Sweet Jane ever.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoytmVwcsB4

    Never to be matched or superseded.

    • Ken Rhodes says

      October 28, 2013 at 7:23 am

      Gee, for a moment there I thought your link was to something by a regular here, Bernie Yomtov.

      It is a good one.

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