At-home performance was part of ‘ACL Stands With Austin’ fundraiser for those hit hardest by SXSW, concert cancellations
, who shared an acoustic rendition of “The Agony of Laffitte,” which he recorded at home while adhering to proper social-distancing rules.
Daniel’s decision to play “The Agony of Laffitte” certainly seems like a pointed one at a time of great music industry turmoil, especially for the many artists who rely on touring to make ends meet and often don’t make much money from streaming. The song was a non-album single released in 1999, after Spoon’s major-label debut,, flopped commercially and the band felt like they’d been misled and ignored by the Elektra A&R rep who’d signed them, Ron Laffitte.
The song is coolly critical of industry deceit and duplicity, but there’s also a mournful quality to it as Daniel sings, “It’s like I knew two of you, man/The one before and after we shook hands/Taking the calls but in all forgetting what’s been said.”benefit featured performances from other Austinites and Texas acts like Shakey Graves and the Texas Gentlemen, as well as musicians from elsewhere like Lisa Loeb and the Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon.
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