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Brian Strouse & Vaness Winters / Cover Club Session Original - Dancing In Church

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Photo by Jeff Coon
This week, the session of the new Philadelphia-centric music series #CoverClub, features Brian Strouse & Vanessa Winters at Break Neck Studios where the members of Philadelphia band, the Lawsuits, covered Ween!  Ironically, just as I lamented here are week ago, that 'Fine Quality' covered by Chelsea Mitchell was being rescued from the growing stack of incredible songs by the Lawsuits on the new album Cool Cool Cool.  Brian and Vanessa dug further into the Lawsuits catalog for this week's original session track!

'Dancing In Church' is a Lawsuits throwback.  In fact, it's technically on a solo Brian Dale Allen Strouse album, 18 South Main.  The 2010 album was early tinder for Strouse, as several tracks made it onto other releases.  Two songs became tracks on the subsequent Lawsuits album Darleen ('Hot Water Blues' and 'Mermaid').  The dark 'Hurricane Blues' a lament of a broken relationship, became a steamy passionate tale on Ali Wadsworth's self-titled debut late this year.   Meanwhile 'Dancing In Church' the lead track on 18 South Main takes advantage of a 3 year simmer, getting new life in this duet version for the #CoverClub session.  A little faster in the original, 'Dancing' gets a re-birth as a slow and deliberate post-breakup commentary, featuring beautiful harmonies between Brian and Vanessa. 

If this trip, through the Lawsuits, catalog has inspired you to take a musical stroll.  Be sure to go to the Brian Dale Allen Strouse album Peace, Turkey! for 'Walk You Home' the original version of 'You Won't Love Me If You Don't' now on Cool Cool Cool!

Cover Club | The Lawsuits "Dancing In Church"

Two high profile shows are on the horizon for the Lawsuits:
* This Friday 12/6, they open, along with Ron Gallo, for good friends Levee Drivers for their EP release show at Kung Fu Necktie

* New Year's Eve 12/31, with TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb and Commonwealth Choir, the Lawsuits are throwing a New Years Eve bash at MilkBoy


Photo by Jeff Coon

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