Watch Marcus Mumford Enlist The A’s For Compelling Taylor Swift Cover In Detroit

Marcus Mumford enlisted opening act The A’s to contribute to a take on Taylor Swift’s “Cowboy Like Me” last night in Detroit. The duo of Amelia Meath (Sylvan Esso) and Alexandra Sauser-Monnig (Daughter of Swords) provided harmony vocals for the Mumford & Sons frontman on the T-Swift cover and New Basement Tapes song “Kansas City” towards the end of his show at The Fillmore Detroit.

Taylor Swift released “Cowboy Like Me” on her 2020 LP Evermore. Swift recorded the track at Marcus Mumford’s Scarlet Pimpernel Studios facility in the UK. Mumford contributed backing vocals to the original version.

Last night marked the latest stop on Marcus Mumford’s North American tour in support of his recently released debut solo album, (self-titled). Mumford debuted his rendition of “Cowboy Like Me” earlier this month at The Magnolia in El Cajon, California. Previous versions were played solo. On Tuesday, he looked to The A’s for vocal contributions.

Watch fan-shot video of the collaboration below:

Marcus Mumford went solo to launch the night with performances of Mumford & Sons classics “Awake My Soul” and “The Cave.” He then brought out his solo band as he played (self-titled) from front-to-back. An unplugged one-man “I Will Wait” followed before The A’s came out for “Cowboy Like Me.” The band returned to back Mumford on Bob Dylan’s “Not Dark Yet” and The New Basement Tapes cut “When I Get My Hands On You.” Meath and Sauser-Monning reemerged for the “Kansas City” finale. The New Basement Tapes was a supergroup consisting of Marcus Mumford, Jim James, Elvis Costello, Taylor Goldsmith and Rhiannon Giddens that assembled in 2014 to record songs based on lyrics penned by Dylan in 1967.

Louisville’s Brown Theatre hosts Marcus Mumford and The A’s tonight.