Over Christmas Davis Rogan was in NY, and we spent an afternoon in my studio playing some music. My friend Tony Jarvis joined us with his tenor sax and bass clarinet, and this track was one of the results. It’s been sitting on my drive 98% finished for months now, so this afternoon I decided to put the finishing touches on it and send it out into the world to fend for itself.

I’ve been interested in this song for many years. It’s one of the most covered tunes of all time, and it’s resilience and malleability never cease to amaze me. You can find an extensive collection of mp3s of many versions here, and a long discussion about the history of the song here.

Davis is a pianist and provocateur from New Orleans who was previously covered here, and who has a myspace here. Tony is a great musician, friend, and neighbor, who currently is playing in the house band at The Box, among other things.

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In other news, I’m currently music supervising David Simon’s new show for HBO, Treme, which is eating me alive — in a good way. But I have plans to start posting more here at The Ten Thousand Things soon. We shall see…