There is a train in Version City ... that goes through a Lousiana swamp

Let's face it: Even those of us who love Sandinista! acknowledge that "Version City" isn't one of the most lasting things on it. Thanks to the amazing Tim Krekel, that won't be the case on The Sandinista Project. You might know Krekel as a bandleader (Remember the Sluggers!), as a songwriter (he composed two of Jason and the Scorcher's key songs, he's written for the great Lonnie Mack, and he's part of the Bluewater collective), as a documentary subject, as a ... well, you get the idea. The guy is a true rock'n'roll polymath, and he just turned "Version City" inside out, with a terrific version, with plenty of guitar and horns, that sounds like a Stax rhythm section recorded in a Louisiana swamp. It's a tremendous rethinking of the song and we are very lucky to have it.