Earlier this month, Jim James stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform a track off his recently released and stripped-down album, UNIFORM CLARITY, a companion piece to his prior 2018 release, UNIFORM DISTORTION. For his Tonight Show spot, James performed a sparse, heartfelt acoustic rendition of “Over And Over”, as it appears on UNIFORM CLARITY, complete with a crew of colorfully illuminated backup vocals by The Resistance Revival Chorus.
James has just shared a special recording from the evening, a Sly & The Family Stone cover of “Everyday People”, performed for the program’s Cover Room series. The Resistance Revival Chorus backed James on “Everyday People” off of Sly & The Family Stone’s 1969 album, Stand!.
You can check out Jim James’ late-night special cover of “Everyday People”, as well as his performance of “Over And Over” below:
Jim James – “Everyday People” – 1o/3/2018
[Video: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon]
Jim James – “Over and Over” (Acoustic)
[Video: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon]
Jim James is currently in the midst of a very special tour. Dubbed The Future Is Voting Tour, the tour includes six nonpartisan multi-artist shows in college towns in electoral “swing districts” in an effort to promote voter participation in the important electoral areas. Each of the tour’s six stops are part concert, part town-hall meeting. The meeting segment of these shows includes a non-partisan forum where candidates and their representatives are invited to speak directly to students and take their toughest questions.
As James noted in a press release announcing the tour,
The importance of getting involved at this moment in time cannot be overstated. This isn’t only a Get Out The Vote concert. This is a learning moment aimed at college students to motivate them to vote, regardless of where they fall on the political spectrum. Each stop on the tour purposefully takes place in a contested electoral district or state for this important midterm election, where students and young voters have the ability to dramatically affect the outcome of this tremendous moment in history. Please join special surprise guests and myself at these events with the goal of truly inspiring thought, discourse, and participation.
For more information about upcoming tour dates and tickets, head over to James’ website.
[H/T Jambase]
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