[UPDATE] Strand Of Oaks Includes Phish Song On New Covers EP

Timothy Showalter is the mastermind behind folk-rock act Strand of Oaks. Showalter has teamed with the blog Aquarium Drunkard to release a collection of three covers as a free download. This second installment of Strand Of Oaks’ Lagniappe Sessions features takes on songs from Glasgow’s Primal Scream, Manchester’s Stone Roses and Vermont jam quartet Phish.

Last summer Showalter attended a pair of Phish shows at Wrigley Field in Chicago and was impressed with what he saw. He recorded a raw take on “Dirt” as part of the Lagniappe Sessions collection released today. “I might be the newest Phish fan in the world. I was never exposed to them until this summer. My manager asked me to go to both nights Phish played at Wrigley. Of course! So in anticipation of the show I started listening to a lot of their music and quickly fell in love. Those two nights at Wrigley we’re some of the most genuinely fun times I’ve had in a long time. Just getting to spend time with my manager Ryan, not in any work capacity, us just having fun. And if anyone ever has doubts about Phish, please just go to a concert. Being basically hugged by 30,000 people is hard to combat against. I needed those fans and needed those four wonderful musicians that night. I chose “Dirt” simply because it basically has the same chord structure of an Oaks song (which is good because I don’t know that many). It’s also just a beautiful melody,” Showalter said.

Head to Aquarium Drunkard to download Strand Of Oaks’ new covers collection or listen via Spotify below: