On Sunday, Aug. 24, news made its way through the music community that singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle had died at the age of 38. His sudden death broke the hearts
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Hear Justin Townes Earle and Dawn Landes Cover Dolly Parton
The late songwriter recorded Do I Ever Cross Your Mind with Landes nearly a decade ago
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In honor of this month’s Bandcamp Friday, Dawn Landes has released a stripped-down duet with the late Justin Townes Earle. Recorded roughly a decade ago, it’s a plainspoken, finger-picked version of Dolly Parton’s “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind.”
Earle and Landes recorded the song at Landes’ Brooklyn studio while the two singer-songwriters were on tour circa 2010-2011. Proceeds for the song will go to Earle’s family, wife Jenn Marie and daughter Etta St. James Earle. The song was originally released as a free download 10 years ago, and the duo frequently covered the Parton ballad while on tour. “We recorded this song just for the fuck of it,” Earle said onstage in 2010.
Fellow singer-songwriter Jessica Lea Mayfield, who frequently toured with Earle, described his gift more simply: “He was able to explain trouble better than most.”