Varshons

Personnel: Evan Dando (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, omnichord, vocoder, drums, percussion); Devon Ashley (vocals, drums, percussion); Gibby Haynes (vocals, background vocals); Kate Moss , Liv Tyler (vocals); Chris Brokaw (guitar, acoustic guitar); John Frederick Perry (guitar, electric guitar, tambourine, background vocals); Anthony Saffery (guitar, sitar, keyboards, programming); Ian Kennedy (violin); Adam Taylor (keyboards, programming); LonPaul Ellrich (vibraphone); Blake Flemming (drums); Grant Smith & the Power (tabla, bells); Trisha Scotti, Elizabeth Moses (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Alex Hartman ; Adam Taylor; Anthony Saffery.
Recording information: Camp Street Studios, Cambridge, MA; Fourth Ave. Recording, New York, NY; Queensize Twin Air, Indianapolis, IN; Vacation Island Recording, Brooklyn, NY.
Introduction by: Gibby Haynes.
Photographer: Elizabeth Moses.
Although covers albums can be the last resort of an artist who has run out of ideas, the Lemonheads' Evan Dando has chosen an eclectic and obscure enough track list to sidestep that issue, and he imbues his renditions with a rootsy sound all his own. G.G. Allin's "Layin' Up with Linda" is transformed from a punk screed to an old-fashioned murder ballad, while Green Fuz's garage-rock classic "Green Fuz" is smoothed out, slowed down, and given a moody reading worthy of Jim Morrison. A fairly straight version of Townes Van Zandt's dark "Waiting Around To Die" is a highlight. Producer Gibby Haynes (Butthole Surfers) keeps things simple, and lets Dando's deep and burnished voice, and the quality of the songlist, shine.