{"id":30524,"date":"2021-10-29T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=30524"},"modified":"2021-10-29T05:19:03","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T12:19:03","slug":"cover-me-oliver-keys-state-trooper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/29\/cover-me-oliver-keys-state-trooper\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover Me, Oliver Keys: State Trooper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every once in a while, I come across an outstanding Springsteen cover by an artist about whom I can&#8217;t find a single darn thing. Drives me nuts. It doesn&#8217;t leave me with much to say, so I almost always take a pass.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;m going to make an exception today, because Brisbane-based (hey, I <em>did<\/em> find a single darn thing!) Oliver Keys&#8217; live-loop version of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/22\/roll-of-the-dice-state-trooper\/\">State Trooper<\/a>&#8221; is absolutely fantastic. You&#8217;re going to want to put headphones on for full effect.<\/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\/K9u77Rxg8p8?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>&#8220;State Trooper&#8221; lends itself so well to a live loop treatment that it&#8217;s amazing we haven&#8217;t seen it covered like this until now.<\/p>\n<p>Keys&#8217; rhythmic percussion evokes the white lines of the New Jersey Turnpike, his vocals capture the strained paranoia of Bruce&#8217;s narrator, and that guitar solo&#8230;. just perfect. Keys gives the song more time to breathe than it gets on\u00a0<em>Nebraska,\u00a0<\/em>and he makes good use of the extra oxygen.<\/p>\n<p>I wish I knew more about the artist, but I&#8217;ll at least be watching for more of his releases. This is my new favorite cover of &#8220;State Trooper.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stop what you&#8217;re doing, put your headphones on, and listen to this outstanding live loop cover of Bruce&#8217;s 1982 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