MP3: Sweet Tea, “If I Were a Carpenter”
Bastards and Angels collide
By Austin Powell, 11:34AM, Tue. Jul. 7, 2009
As mentioned in OTR back in June, Sweet Tea, the old-fashioned, cosmic country side-project from the Black Angels’ Alex Maas and Heartless Bastards' Erika Wennerstrom, debuted during the Bastards’ Austin City Limits taping. The group’s debut single, a cover of Tim Hardin’s “If I Were a Carpenter,” modeled after the classic June and Johnny Cash duet, drops digitally from Fat Possum later this month, along with a retread of Ray Price’s “Crazy Arms.” A limited edition 7-inch on white vinyl is scheduled to follow in early September.
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