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Gambit
Elvis Costello -- Kojak Variety (Warner Bros./Rhino): Originally released in 1995, this album of covers finds Costello with impeccable taste, a great band (James Burton, Marc Ribot and Jim Keltner), full of himself and making complacent music. The second disc of largely unreleased material contains the best reason for this reissue to exist. There's a sequence of 10 covers Costello wanted George Jones to consider recording, but rather than send him a tape of the originals, he demo'ed tracks like Tom Waits' "Innocent When You Dream" and Bob Dylan's "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go," attempting to mimic Jones' style to model the songs. Those versions have some surprising notes and touches, but they're charming because the fan boy comes out in him instead of the self-styled musical renaissance man he has too often fancied himself these days.
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Gambit, September 13, 2004
New Orleans Gambit reviews Kojak Variety
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