Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield performing Elliott Smith’s “Between The Bars” live in the KEXP studio. Recorded March 26th, 2015. Go behind-the-scenes with Seth Avett and Jessica Lea Mayfield as they record this upcoming new record, set for release on 17th March-15 on Ramseur Records.
Seth Avett of The Avett Brothers and singer-songwriter Jessica Lea Mayfield. The two have run into each other on the road for years, and developed a friendship based on many things, including their mutual fondness for the late singer-songwriter Elliott Smith. Smith died in 2003 at age 34, leaving five albums and the posthumous album release “From A Basement On A Hill”.
Finally, after years of planning comes a collection of covers called Seth Avett And Jessica Lea Mayfield Sing Elliott Smith. On this episode of World Cafe, they perform an assortment of Smith and Smith-adjacent songs.
Tracklist:
1. Between the Bars
2. Baby Britain
3. Fond Farewell
4. Somebody That I Used to Know
5. Let’s Get Lost
6. Twilight
7. Ballad of Big Nothing
8. Angel in the snow
9. Pitseleh
10. Angeles
11. Roman Candle
12. Memory Lane
The Fat Angel Sings 