Seth Avett & Jessica Lea Mayfield - Between The Bars (Live on KEXP) 

Drink up baby, stay up all night With the things you could do, you won't but you might The potential you'll be that you'll never see The promises you'll only make Drink up with me now, forget all about The pressure of days, do what I say And I'll make you okay, drive them away The image is stuck in your head People you've been before That you don't want around anymore That push and shove and won't bend to your will I'll keep them still Drink up baby, look at the stars I'll kiss you again between the bars Where I'm seeing you there with your hands in the air Waiting to finally be caught Drink up one more time and I'll make you mine Keep you apart, deep in my heart Separate from the rest but I like you the best Keep the things you forgot People you've been before That you don't want around anymore That push and shove and won't bend to your will I'll keep them still

I usually find Elliott Smith covers unlistenable because his vocal affect was so unique and crucial to the song delivery, but these guys convey the hell out of this one

Such a beautiful tribute to Elliott Smith. Well done. ❤️

Lovely! I like the southern twang to it.

I played this like 20 times today

I'm not even sad but tears slide on my cheekbones. Why?

When they toured this album in 2015 I don't think I'll ever have another emotional connection to a concert as much I did watching and listening to Seth and Jessica Lea

obsessed with this song

I'm usually really protective of elliott and people covering him... most people blow it, but these two are breaking my heart. Fitting tribute.

No words. Well, except those.

beautiful, definitely does the song justice

There's a thing about this version--I love it. Elliott Smith is so incredibly hard to cover--this is pretty great.

Best version of the song I've heard. Beautiful

@KEXP why not credit the bass player also? I didn't saw his name and yet he does a subtle and yet important part on their song.Please insert his name in the description.Bass players are human beings also :)

Nice harmonies and voices. I love this song. I first heard (and love) Madeleine Peyroux's gorgeous cover of it which includes piano, then looked up Elliottt Smith and his original. Such a tragedy he's gone. I enjoy hearing other covers of it. The Portland Cello Project has a video of their instrumental performance of it on you tube, also. Beautiful even w/o the lyrics, but I love the lyrics.

Love this version.

This is my favorite song

this performance = why is my throat tightening up ? and why is my adrenaline conjuring up a friction storm ?... almost feels like Ive awakened something that has been laying frustratingly dormant.. and in its awoken state, it feels all too familiar. this song helps me break away from the robotic template that Ive succumbed to. almost forgot what its like to have ...........you know ??? feelings. RIP Elliot 🖤

Gorgeous rendition. You all rocked!

I’m in love with this cover. Really amazing!!!

...i love the original...but this one get´s me,too :)...he would be happy to hear !

i could listen to this all day over n over

Beautiful

Viví casi cinco años sin saber que existe una versión de una de mis canciones favoritas en voz de una de mis cantantes favoritas.

Hauntingly beautiful.

Thank you Jessica

몇 년째 듣고 있는데 들어도 들어도 너무 좋아요.

The best cover ever

at first, thought i hated it.. i mean, it's so much different, like my brain wanted to fight it almost haa. anyways by the end, it made more sense what was going on musically and that last verse and chorus hit me. ✌🏻 guys

Beautiful.

Incredible

A lot of artist have covered this song. Have to say this is probably the best.

This song is my lulluby to my baby son

they sing so well together!

Oh man, close to the original but with some really compelling adjustments. Beautiful voice. Thank you.

wonderful, thanks

With the thangggs. As an Aussie, that accent is so cute!

Those harmonies 😍

so lisbeth salander is folk singer now?

This is very good.

oh my, goosebumps

I can hear Hope Sandoval singing this.

Jessica's voice is so smooth, soothing & just simply divine.

i love this

Fantastic

damn that cover was beautiful

Her voice is fucking angelic omg

holy damn that sweet bass got me down

Haunting and Beautiful, and that's before I listened enough times to figure out what it's about. Now it's even more so. Anyone know of songs like this?

Brutal

So great!

Love it.

adorei o jeito que ela canta essa musica :)))

The country-flavor of this cover suits this song suprisingly well

As a big Smith fan, I think he'd love this take on his music.

Where I like this version the best.

I love her voice *-*

im in love

The harmonies are everything.

Elliot Smith so much poetry so many hard ideas.

muuuy guapa y treeemenda voz

Just love it

I love her tiny lisp on some of her voicings

Muito bom!

Paul Defiglia on upright bass,for those interested

I Love

Very Beutiful💘💘

trop belle

Wow!

The beginning (0:13-0:55) partly reminds me Zombie from The Cranberries.

Me enamore

Like this cover of ES so his music is still alive

I really hated this cover when I first heard it. I stopped it half way through. But I came back to it because I couldn't get that twang out of my head.

#blessed necesitaba escuchar esta versión

I want her hair

The timbre of her voice is reminiscent of Shelly Duvall singing in the Popeye film starring Robin Williams.

By far better than the original. Such lovely interpretation. ❤️

Beautiful vocal harmonies. I just find it a shame they're not using that killer chord change from the original on the chorus (on "don't want around anymore")...

pretty good cover

Her voice kills me. I'm done for.

Elliot created music with such emotion that he made all kinds of people relate to a song about being an alcoholic looser.

Wow

Drink up baby I will take care of you at the end like I always do till the morning you won't remember anything and I won't be reminding you who left you behind L:)

Great version. It’s missing the right chords in the chorus at the part where she sings “don’t want around anymore.”

If elliott never moved out of austin ❤️❤️❤️

Ameiiiiiiiiiiiiii

It's a small detail but it really bugs me that they got the chords wrong in the chorus, I guess they either didn't notice or didn't care to find out what they were. It's still a really nice cover though.

no tiene cejas?

I’m always down for a smith cover... but I think metric captured it better

Where r her eyebrows

Not horrible but nothing is better than the original

base

only Agnes Obel : (..

The only drawback of this song is that its too short.

How does he get his guitar strings to curl up like that (down by the tuners)?

🫶🏼🫶🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

no la caguen, que feo la desvirtuaron. no digo en el aspecto tecnico, pero no tiene alma para nada su version, muy fria, seca y sin sentimiento, no reflejan el dolor real que elliot si transmitia

Wtf it became a country song.

I like the song. I also like pale chicks

maybe in alternate universe jeff buckley could cover this song. I liked the guitar in this however