DJ kept up his patter, we began noticing a deeper structure. Cavalconte made a kind of daisy chain as one artist covered another: the band Death Cab for Cutie covered Cat Power’s “Metal Heart,” then Cat Power covered Bob Dylan’s “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again,” then Bob Dylan covered Joni Mitchell’s “Big Yellow Taxi.” The juxtaposition of covers unveiled links of influence within a realm of singer-songwriters. Each artist was an admirer of the other and brought out specific qualities of their songs that hinted at the artist’s own original musical sensibility as well, like
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