Death Cab For Cutie and Modest Mouse frontmen Ben Gibbard and Isaac Brock, Guns N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan and Mark Lanegan.Foo Fighters bassist Nate Mendel also features in the backing band, alongside other members of Death Cab and The Afghan Wigs.The cover came together in support of SMooCH 2020, which is a benefit show that takes place every year to support the Seattle Children’s Hospital, and is supported by the Sub Pop label and lauded radio station KEXP.Watch the cover version below.The new version of ‘The Highwayman’ is the latest in a long line of quarantine performances from Ben Gibbard.Across the global coronavirus-induced lockdown, the singer has (virtually) reunited his side-project The Postal Service with joke Zoom auditions.
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