Earlier this week the music world lost Jason Molina, who passed away at the all too young age of 39 from organ failure stemming from his long and well-documented battle with alcoholism. The singer-songwriter, who had been putting out records since the late ’90s for Secretly Canadian, is best known as the front man for the psych-folk project Songs: Ohia and more recently the fantastic Neil Young-influenced country-rock act Magnolia Electric Co.
As a tribute to Molina The Avett Brothers have uploaded this acoustic cover of Hammer Down from Magnolia Electric Co.’s 2007 album Sojourner
The Avett Brothers – Hammer Down
For those unfamiliar with Molina’s work the folks at Secretly Canadian, who posted a moving statement about him, are currently streaming his entire catalog for a short time on his website.
