Melvins, etc. drummer Dave Crover has a new acoustic EP titled “Get Yer Ba-Ba’s Out” headed for a September 04th release on Joyful Noise. First out from that record is a unique take of Neil Young‘s 1992 track “Harvest Moon“, which has been interpolated here with Melvins‘ own “The Bit“.
Crover explained the thought process that led him to this unconventional mashup, and the shared history he has with “Harvest Moon” that some may not be aware of:
“Years ago I played Young Neil Young in the video for Harvest Moon. It was quite a surreal experience! When I met Neil, I was made up to look just like him. Not that I didn’t already look a bit like him. That is how I got the part, after all. When I meet Neil, he starts explaining to me that he has this pair of pants that he wants me to wear for the video, and the mechanics of how the zipper works since it was broken! Not only did I play his younger self, but I also doubled for him. When he’s seen on stage playing, I’m dancing with his wife and when he’s dancing with her, I’m on stage.
There’s a scene where I’m driving with young Pegi Young and I’m not looking where I’m driving because I’m paying attention to her. I had to drive off the side of a skinny country road into a ravine, not looking where I was driving. The first few takes were fine but on the last shot, I jammed the rear fender of Neil‘s actual 1955 Cadillac into a stump. That stump saved me from rolling the car off the side of the hill, surely killing us both!
I thought it would be fun to cover this song and combine it with Melvins “The Bit”, a song I co wrote with Buzz Osborne, since both songs share the same guitar tuning. I started performing the songs live and knew right away that I wanted to record them, making it the spur for this new EP.”
“Get Yer Ba-Ba’s Out” track listing:
01 – “Harvest Moon“/”The Bit“
02 – “Doug Yuletide:
03 – “Get Yer Ba-Ba’s Out“
04 – “Rings“
05 – “I Can’t Help You There“
06 – “Jane“
Pre-orders are available now via dalecrover.lnk.to/harvest. Crover recently added a new entry to his musical resume outside of this upcoming EP, having signed on to play drums for the newly reconfigured lineup of stoner metal outfit Sleep.
