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Friday, March 23, 2012
Video: Fort Worth musician Josh Weathers covers Whitney Houston
It was a soulful addition to Weathers' funky set.
DALLAS — At Thursday night's Cowboy Mouth show at the Granada Theater, crowds were treated to an unexpected rendition of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" by opening act Josh Weathers. The Houston cover came a few hours after a coroner confirmed that she died of drowning six weeks ago.
Weathers interrupted his funky set with the cover song, giving it no introduction. Crowds at the Granada, myself included, were chilled by his rendition. One twitter naysayer called it "an awkward rendition of 'I Will Always Love You' by Eminem," but we found it sincere, soulful, and thoroughly unexpected given the gritty rock songs Weathers and his band so successfully delivered.
Blame my iphone speakers for the slight cracks in sound. Weathers, sounding like Amos Lee, covered the track beautifully:
Josh Weathers covers Whitney Houston at Granada Theater (March 22)
Josh opened for Cowboy Mouth.
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ray326, anonymous:
Sorry. Whitney performed it but it's Dolly Parton's not Whitney's.
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Ron Dempesmeier, verified:
Here's a link showing him perform it back in April 2011:
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Sarah Blaskovich, staff:
Great, Ron, thank you for posting this video.
His rendition now carries a lot more weight than it might've in 2011, though, no?
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Ron Dempesmeier, verified:
Yes - it does but it's not unexpected ;-) Go Josh!
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