The Reverend John DeLore And Friends, "Goodnight Irene"

“I told my girlfriend I had the notion to write my own NYC-based version of ‘Good Night, Irene,’ and her roommate sent me the link to your post on The Awl, ‘Twenty Three Versions of What May Be the Last Song You’ll Ever Hear.’ That spurred me on to write version #24. I’m a singer-songwriter living in Brooklyn, NY, and like most folks, I was sitting in my apartment yesterday as the storm rolled in. After I re-wrote the lyrics & recorded a simple solo-acoustic version, I got the idea to send it out to a bunch of my fellow NYC musicians, figuring they were also sitting in their apartments, drinking beer & watching the weather channel.”
 — The Reverend John DeLore put the weekend’s weather to good use.