{"id":29739,"date":"2021-09-23T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=29739"},"modified":"2021-09-22T21:18:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T04:18:47","slug":"cover-me-carson-mckee-and-skylar-mckee-nebraska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/23\/cover-me-carson-mckee-and-skylar-mckee-nebraska\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, Carson McKee and Skylar McKee: Nebraska"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It feels weird to describe a murder ballad as beautiful, but I can&#8217;t help it: Carson and Skylar McKee&#8217;s sibling harmonies and acoustic\/electric arrangement transform Bruce&#8217;s haunting 1982 <a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/16\/roll-of-the-dice-nebraska\/\">title track<\/a> into something absolutely lovely.<\/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\/_1rqxXVb3SQ?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>Carson&#8217;s acoustic-electric guitar underpins their performance with a sinister bass line that never lets us forget that we&#8217;re listening to a serial killer&#8217;s tale. But dang, those harmonies and that delicate guitar interplay&#8230; I just want to listen to this over and over.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t Carson&#8217;s first foray into the Springsteen catalog, however. He released a cover of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/11\/roll-of-the-dice-im-on-fire\/\">I&#8217;m on Fire<\/a>&#8221; a full year ago with his Other Favorites bandmate Josh Turner, and it&#8217;s equally wonderful.\u00a0And because I have way too many &#8220;I&#8217;m on Fire&#8221; covers left to blog about, I&#8217;m serving up a rare double-shot today.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy.<\/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\/SAkvXiZza3s?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 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