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"This is a traditional song that my dad used to play for me as a lullaby when I was a kid," the Throwing Muses singer and songwriter told the audience. "My dad is from Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and - fun fact – this is the only lullaby he ever sang to me that's not about a guy getting drunk and killing his girlfriend."
Hersh's take on the song – first recorded by Clarence Ashley in 1929 – originally appeared on her 1994 solo debut album Hits and Makers and you can watch her special End of the Road version below. We're told that a new Hersh record will drop later this year too.
The cover was part of a secret session by Hersh for Best Fit at End of the Road Festival back in September, which also saw pop-up sets from The Orchestra (For Now), Truman Sinclair, Squid, Tyler Ballgame, Jake Xerxes Fussell, The Sophs, Ellie O'Neill, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, jasmine.4.t, Lily Seabird, and Stewart Lee with Black Country, New Road.
Best Fit's secret sessions have become a key part of End of the Road each year, bringing together artists from across the line-up in a series of short sets, exclusive covers, collaborations, and live interviews and Q&As. Past guests have included Lucy Dacus, St Vincent, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, Moses Sumney, Laura Marling, Patti Smith, and Frightened Rabbit - who played a now iconic version of "The Modern Leper".
End of the Road returns next year for its 20th anniversary edition, with headliners Pulp, Mac DeMarco, CMAT, Super Furry Animals, Fat Dog, Kurt Vile and one super-secret name yet to be revealed.
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