In 1995, Elvis Costello released his second album of covers, called Kojak Variety. While his first covers album, 1980's Almost Blue, was a straight up country album, Kojak Variety covered a number of Costello's favourite singer songwriters, often using obscure takes from them. For example, his choice for a Bob Dylan cover was "I Threw it All Away", not exactly the best known Dylan song.
"Pouring Water on a Drowning Man" has a nice pedigree for a song. The song was written by Drew Baker and Dani McCormick and has been covered by David Allen Coe, Ry Cooder, Percy Sledge and, most famously by James Carr, amongst others. Elvis' take on the song is pretty stripped down, mostly an acoustic guitar with a slick blues singer vocal take. It's a highlight on an overlooked album from Elvis' catalogue.
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