Counting Crows’ 1996 energy ballad “A Lengthy December” has emerged as a depressive lighters-up normal. Lately, a bunch of individuals have coated “A Lengthy December”: The Maintain Regular, Oceanator, Knifeplay. Earlier this 12 months, Noah Kahan sang it with lead Counting Crow Adam Duritz. And over previous week, the 2 leaders of Wendesday added their very own “A Lengthy December” covers to the listing.
Just lately, Wednesday guitar hero MJ Lenderman and his band the Wind (which incorporates Wednesday’s Xandy Chelmis) have been touring behind Manning Fireworks, one among our favourite albums of the 12 months. This previous fall, Hurricane Helene swept by means of Lenderman and his band’s Asheville, North Carolina dwelling base, leaving town and the encompassing space devastated. It actually has been a protracted December, and an extended November, for individuals round Asheville. Lenderman needed to postpone some tour dates, together with hometown gigs on the Orange Peel. He performed each reveals this previous weekend, and he performed his model of “A Lengthy December” throughout his encores on Friday night time. Watch fan footage beneath.
Because it occurs, a few Lenderman and Chelmis’ Wednesday bandmates additionally coated “A Lengthy December” in a unique North Carolina metropolis a number of nights beforehand. Final Tuesday, Wednesday chief (and Lenderman’s ex) Karly Hartzman and bassist Ethan Baechtold tried their very own cowl of “A Lengthy December” on the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro. Their model was much more stripped-down, and it hit some totally different emotional notes. So: coincidence? Or is there a Wednesday band group chat the place everybody’s been evaluating “Lengthy December” covers? Watch the Hartzman/Baechtold model beneath.
