Robin Pecknold, Bonnie "Prince" Billy to Cover Graham Nash
http://pitchfork.com/news/37835-robin-p ... aham-nash/



Most of the universe knows Graham Nash primarily as the former frontman of the British Invasion band the Hollies or as the least famous member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. But the freak-folk scene, a scene that loves to pay respects to forgotten forebears, is about to bestow tribute-album shine upon Songs for Beginners, Nash's 1971 solo debut.

On May 25, Grassroots will release the tribute compilation Be Yourself: A Tribute to Graham Nash's Songs for Beginners, on which various luminaries will cover each song on Nash's record. Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Vetiver, Brendan Benson, and Nash's daughter Nile Nash will all make contributions. The album will serve as a benefit for Camp Winnarainbow, Wavy Gravy's performance art camp.

The folks at Grassroots are pressing 1,000 limited 180-gram vinyl copies of the album, only available through the label's website. They'll include a bonus 7" of additional material, including covers of a few songs from Wild Tales, Nash's second solo album. We've got the tracklist for both the album and the bonus EP below.

Be Yourself: A Tribute to Graham Nash's Songs for Beginners:

01. Port O'Brien/Papercuts: "Military Madness"
02. Brendan Benson: "Better Days"
03. Nile Nash: "Wounded Bird"
04. Vetiver: "Used to Be a King"
05. Robin Pecknold: "Be Yourself"
06. Bonnie "Prince" Billy: "Simple Man (Hombre Sencillo)"
07. Moore Brothers: "Man in the Mirror"
08. Alela Diane: "There's Only One"
09. Mariee Sioux with Greg Weeks: "Sleep Song"
10. Sleepy Sun: "Chicago"
11. Various artists and Nile Nash: "We Can Change the World (Reprise)"

Bonus 7":

01. Tyson Vogel: "Hey You (Looking at the Moon)"
02. Johnathan Rice: "On the Line"
03. Jonathan Wilson and special guests: "And So It Goes (Music Gets You High)"
04. Bart Davenport: "Better Days"
05. Citay: "Military Madness"

http://theconnextion.com/grassrootsreco ... rtistID=41

CD:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003D5X48O/?tag=imwan-20

Vinyl:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003D5X4WA/?tag=imwan-20

Note: From the Grass Roots website, it appears that the tracks from the bonus 7" are also included on the CD.

BPB and Citay? I'm all over this.

Bump: added pre-order links to the first post.