This is actually at least Colvin’s second album of covers, ~20 years after she put out Cover Girl (1994). Some well known tunes here – Paul Simon’s “American Tune,” Gerry Rafferty’s “Baker Street,” and Tom Waits/Kathleen Brennan’s “Hold On” – but also some lesser known songs – Robbie Robertson’s “Acadian Driftwood,” Graham Nash’s “I Used To Be King.”

For many years, as a performer in clubs and bars and coffeehouses, all I did was play songs written by other artists. I did not write, although I longed to.

Eventually I was able to. After I got a recording contract in 1988, it seemed fitting that at some point I ought to pay tribute to those songs that sustained my career for such a long time. So, in 1994 I made a record with Steuart Smith, and it was aptly called Cover Girl.

Twenty-one yearrs later, even though I am primarily known as the composer of my material, I’ve never tired of learning covers, and I had more than a few in the hopper. It seemed fitting to get together with Ssteuart once more and record a follow-up to Cover Girl.

Not sure where I picked up my copy – normally i track this but did not seem to for this one. We did get to see her at the Shalin Liu but I’m sure I picked this up second-hand in a record store.

Side note: Apparently Steuart Smith, who is a touring member of a little band called the Eagles, lives (or lived?) in Salem MA