Dan Rossen Covers Judee Sill

California folk singer (and the first person signed to David Geffen's Asylum label) Judee Sill died of a drug overdose in 1979 at the age of 35. Before that, she released two beautiful, highly worth-checking-out collections, Judee Sill in 1971 and Heart Food in 1973. Grizzly Bear/Department Of Eagle Dan Rossen, though, chose a track from disc two of the 2005 Jim O'Rourke-produced demo and rarities collection Dreams Come True as his contribution to the forthcoming American Dust will release Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill. Nice decision ... he very much makes it his own.

Dan Rossen - "Waterfall" (MP3)

Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Music of Judee Sill is out 9/22 via American Dust. Fleet Foxes have covered the eponymous "Crayon Angel," but oddly don't appear on the collection. Here's the tracklist:

01 Ron Sexsmith - "Crayon Angel"
02 Beth Orton - "Reach for the Sky"
03 Daniel Rossen - "Waterfall"
04 Frida Hyvönen - "Jesus Was a Cross Maker"
05 Shalants - "Lopin Along Thru the Cosmos"
06 Final Fantasy - "The Donor"
07 Nicolai Dunger - "Soldier of the Heart"
08 Trembling Blue Stars - "Lady-O"
09 Colossal Yes - "The Phoenix"
10 Marissa Nadler & Black Hole Infinity - "The Kiss"
11 Princeton - "Down Where the Valleys Are Low"
12 The Bye Bye Blackbirds - "There's a Rugged Road"
13 Meg Baird - "When the Bridegroom Comes"
14 Bill Callahan - "For a Rainbow"
15 P.G. Six - "Til Dreams Come True"

Here's Judee doing "Jesus Was A Crossmaker" herself:

Judee Sill - "Jesus Was A Crossmaker" (MP3)

Posted at 6:01 PM by brandon in MP3
Tags: Dan Rossen | Department Of Eagles | Grizzly Bear | Judee Sill

14 Comments

win.

Posted by: as usual at 06/16/09 7:38 PM  | Reply
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judee sill is so amazing. "the kiss" is one of the greatest recordings ever.

Posted by: jude at 06/16/09 7:48 PM  | Reply
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this man is not capable of producing a bad cover song.

Posted by: kb at 06/16/09 10:10 PM  | Reply
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All this time I must've been living under a rock. I usually never say this but.. thanks stereogum.

Posted by: SubSickAlien at 06/16/09 10:25 PM  | Reply
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I hope the rest of the covers are this good. I'd especially hate to hear The Kiss get butchered.

Posted by: Joe at 06/16/09 11:19 PM  | Reply
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Dan Rossen cover album? Yes, please.

Posted by: jon at 06/17/09 12:22 AM  | Reply
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Judee Sill was a great artist and I hope these cool bands will help turn some new fans onto her. I'm particularly looking forward to the Nadler track "The Kiss" because it matches a terrific song with a wonderful artist who has proven highly adept at covering great songwriters in the past. The Turtles covered "Lady-O" in the past and handled it very well, it will be interesting to see how that song is handled here.

Posted by: bentclouds at 06/17/09 2:44 AM  | Reply
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Judee is really amazing.

Posted by: George Bucio at 06/17/09 4:00 AM  | Reply
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Dan Rossen, marry me.

Posted by: Webran61 at 06/17/09 5:21 AM  | Reply
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Hissing of Summer Lawns...not everyday listening but unique...bringing on the movie with Anne Hathaway!

Posted by: Orange County Suite at 06/17/09 9:39 AM  | Reply
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Biopics are almost always useless...bunch of dickheads on autostroke...

Posted by: Games or Desire  in reply to Orange County Suite's comment at 06/17/09 10:00 AM  | Reply
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I'd do anything for Dan Rossen. Anything.

Posted by: I PEE GOLD at 06/17/09 2:40 PM  | Reply
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Scary

Posted by: Jack  in reply to I PEE GOLD's comment at 06/18/09 5:27 PM  | Reply
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Beautiful. This made my day :-)

Posted by: moi at 06/17/09 3:23 PM  | Reply
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