Jukebox

cat power returns with 'jukebox', her second album of cover songs and a tribute to the great vocalists who have influenced her over the years. recorded in dallas, memphis and miami with stu sikes (who also worked on loretta lynn's grammy-winning 'van lear rose'), 'jukebox' contains thirteen tracks, eleven of which are covers. the other two tracks - 'song to bobby', is brand new and a suitable inclusion as she wrote it about meeting bob dylan for the first time (it also precedes her version of 'i believe in you' on this record) plus a new version of cat power's own 'metal heart'. this is the first record she has made with her band dirty delta blues - the quartet of dirty three's jim white, delta 72's gregg foreman, jon spencer blues explosion's judah bauer and lizard music's erik paparozzi - and they make up a big part of this album. also making guest appearances on the record are spooner oldham (dan penn, neil young, janis joplin), larry mcdonald (toots and the maytails, taj