Oh Hall & Oates, you have returned to my blog. However, Nicki Bluhm and The Gamblers this is, surprisingly, your first appearance. Which is a shame because performing great cover versions of songs while riding around in a van seems to be something you at which you excel. Excellent!
The interesting thing for me is that if you knew me really well, you'd know that I don't particularly like covers or cover bands. The true treasure is finding a band whose original material is just screaming for the world to discover. But even I can admit to a good cover when I hear it. And being that said, "I Can't Go For That" is one of my favorite Hall & Oates songs. The fact that they do an great cover of it with stripped down instruments in the confines of a vehicle is really pretty darn cool.
Aaaand as I watch more Nicki Bluhm cover song videos, the gimmick sort of wears off. I'd be more interested in them as a band if "I Can't Go For That" happened to be a one off goof kind of thing and the rest of their videos were of original material. But, nice try guys.
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