‘Enter Sandman’ Bluegrass Style
Bluegrass band Iron Horse presents their take on the Metallica classic "Enter Sandman."
Bluegrass band Iron Horse presents their take on the Metallica classic “Enter Sandman.”
Not quite The Gourds doing “Gin and Juice” but quite a unique take on a standard from another genre.
Awesome…
Everything is better done bluegrass style.
Check out anything by The Cleverlys; The Zombies, Black-Eyed Peas, AC/DC in bluegrass style.
I love it when artists take on music that is outside their genre.
A few years ago here in San Francisco, Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra did a few projects together. A lot of people loved it. I have an album by Uri Caine, a jazz musician with a lot of classical in his background, who took a group of musicians to Italy and performed (and had recorded) Wagner’s music live in Venice on the Piazza San Marco – it’s festive and fun.
Can’t listen to it, but Bluegrass and old timey music are just plain fun.
And yes, there is a difference.
Iron horse has quite a few good covers.
@Joe R.:
I think you’re thinking of Hayseed Dixie – http://www.hayseed-dixie.com/Video%20Evidence.html
And if it can’t be Bluegrass, the next best thing is punk covers (and not just because they’re over faster than the original songs). And for punk covers, look no further than Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies.
Btw, for those interested in something in the same vein, but a little “harder”, I give you Rock Sugar – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr4HffbAUTk
The “concept” behind the band is as follows
@mattbernius: LOl yeah I saw that while back when I was randomly clicking through youtube covers. I think I ended up on that song from an iron horse cover actually.
I like their story though 🙂
This is cool. Despite being a bit of a metalhead in my younger years, I never could really stand this song, even though the lyrics are a bit more interesting than the usual apocalyptic crap. But this bluegrass version is really well done, and other than a little voice straining, it sounds like this is how the song was meant to be.
But if you’re *really* looking for one genre done in the style of another, not much beats Pat Boone’s metal album.