Not long after we posted Strand of Oaks’ stunning cover of Damien Jurado’s “Ohio” earlier this month, Jurado himself caught wind of the take, giving Timothy Showalter’s rendition perhaps the highest compliment one could give an artist interpreting their work: “Just so people know,” he said on Twitter, “the @Strandofoaks cover of ‘Ohio,’ is better than mine.”
You can’t beat statements like that, I’d say, so in light of Jurado’s positive reaction and Hear Ya’s subsequent upload of video from the session, let’s revisit “Ohio” above.