Video: Beck Expands Skip Spence Project

Feist, Jamie Lidell and others pitch in, in addition to Wilco.

By Blurt Staff

Following up on that news from a few months back about Beck teaming up with Wilco to cover the 1969 Skip Spence album Oar as part of his ongoing "Record Club" where he rounds up like-minded collaborators to tackle classic albums: it not turns out that in addition to members of Wilco, Jeff Tweedy's kid Spencer Tweedy, Bill Withers drummer James Gadson, Jamie Lidell and Feist are also on the recording.

You can already see/hear their version of Spence's "Little Hands" at the Beck site now, or below. For anyone familiar with the original, take heart; it's a superb version, true to the emotional tenor of Spence's reading.

Writes Beck, of the Oar project:

This one took place last June when Wilco was in town for the release of their new eponymous album. They came by after a long day filming a TV appearance and still managed to put down 8 songs with us. Jamie Lidell was in the studio with me working on his new record. Leslie Feist happened to be in town editing her documentary and heard we were all getting together. Recording took place at Sunset Sound Studios in the room where the Stones did a lot of Exile On Main Street (and looking at the records on the walls it appeared that the Doobie Brothers recorded most of their output there too). Sitting in on drums, we had James Gadson, who's played on most of the Bill Withers records and on songs like 'Express Yourself' and 'I Will Survive.' Jeff Tweedy's son Spencer played played additional drums. Also, Brian Lebarton, from the last two Record Club sessions is back.

All together now, then - "Little hands clapping, all over the world..."

Record Club: Skip Spence "Little Hands" from Beck Hansen on Vimeo.