White Stripes - 'Jolene' (Dolly Parton cover, live on Conan)

I remember The White Stripes played an entire week on Conan a few years back. I thought this was the highlight, partly because I hadn't heard this great b-side cover of Dolly Parton's raddest song.

Neither the band nor the track are all that 'obscure', but maybe the combination of the two is...
bamdrewsays...

i'm tired of people raggin on her sucking at drumming. she had no musical training before she started banging the beat out for jack; its not like she's pretending to be a virtuoso, she's backing up the lead with simple, primal, 1-2 beats.

i think it would be distracting if there were some fucking danny carrey going nuts on all their bluesy, roots-rock songs. they've been around for a while now, they have a grammy award, its time to understand she's playing the drums exactly how jack wants them played.

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