Katie Crutchfield, better known as Waxahatchee, was joined onstage in Nashville a few nights ago by Brennan Wedl to cover Kathleen Edwards‘ “Six O’Clock News.” Waxahatchee is currently opening up for Wilco on a string of spring dates and, Nashville just happens to be Wedl’s hometown. The two combined for a take on the song which hewed closely to Edwards’ original take, with a tad more country added to the mix. (Such is the result when you have a pedal steel player in your band.) The paths of Waxahatchee and Wedl have crossed before; Wedl sang at a Waxahatchee event at Willie Nelson’s farm in Austin, Texas earlier this year.
The song originally appeared on Edwards’ 2002 debut, Failer and tells the story of a lone gunman, told from the perspective of his partner, as she tries to talk him down before the police open fire. Though the more uptempo music belies the rather morbid subject.
Check out an excerpt of the performance below.
