{"id":20796,"date":"2020-08-30T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=20796"},"modified":"2020-08-30T06:14:16","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T13:14:16","slug":"cover-me-alex-perry-long-walk-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/30\/cover-me-alex-perry-long-walk-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, Alex Perry: Long Walk Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know much about Alex Perry.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, I actually don&#8217;t know <em>anything\u00a0<\/em>about him, except that he delivers a surprisingly solid one-man cover of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/03\/21\/roll-of-the-dice-long-walk-home\/\">Long Walk Home<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He breaks my usual cover rule (do it different or do it better), because except for the ending, his arrangement hews very close to the original <em>Magic\u00a0<\/em> version. But he gets bonus points not just for nailing all the instruments, but for a great vocal, mix, and video production as well.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QhJWYU_q79A?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>As far as I can tell, Perry is the only person involved with this entire production, and that&#8217;s a pretty mean accomplishment.<\/p>\n<p>Nicely done, Alex!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-man band\/production team Alex Perry delivers a solid cover of 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