Rolling Stone is streaming Black Label Society’s cover of Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone. Listen to it here.
The song was a long time coming for Wylde. “Ain’t No Sunshine is such a beautiful, heartfelt song. I’ve always loved it and wanted to cover it,” he tells Rolling Stone. “It felt so right in the context of [our live album].”
Black Label Society’s cover of Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone will be on their upcoming live double album, Unblackened, out September 24th. Preorders are available on iTunes.
Unblackened DVD track listing:
1. Losin’ Your Mind
2. The Blessed Hellride
3. Sold My Soul
4. Road Back Home
5. Spoke In The Wheel
6. House Of Doom
7. Queen Of Sorrow
8. Machine Gun Man
9. Sweet Jesus
10. In This River
11. Throwin’ It All Away
12. Takillya (Estyabon)
13. Won’t Find It Here
14. Rust
15. Speedball
16. I Thank You Child
17. Stillborn
Unblackened CD track listing:
Disc 1:
1. Losin’ Your Mind
2. The Blessed Hellride
3. Sold My Soul
4. Road Back Home
5. Spoke In the Wheel
6. House Of Doom
7. Queen Of Sorrow
8. Machine Gun Man
9. Sweet Jesus
10. In This River
11. Throwin’ It All Away
Disc 2:
1. Takillya (Estyabon)
2. Won’t Find It Here
3. Rust
4. Speedball
5. I Thank You Child
6. Stillborn
7. Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone
8. Lovin’ Woman (Bonus Version)
9 Queen of Sorrow
10. Song for You (Bonus Version)
11. Won’t Find It Here
12. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
source: rollingstone.com
16 Responses
There’s a lot to like in the cover here. I’ve heard Zack work in plenty of styles (see some of his video playing with the Lynyrd Skynyrd guys), and I think he can totally rock this kind of music. However, there was something weird about the vocals on this one. His annunciation of the words sounded kind of garbled, like the guy had just had oral surgery or something.
I’m definitely a BLS fan and really like Zack’s unique vocals. This one was just off for me somehow.
Really, really wish he would put out a Book of Shadows type album again……enjoy that side of Zakk much more than BLS/Ozzy stuff. You know, an album, with true soul to it, like this cover. Well done, Zakk.
Hard to believe that with his resume, he s only 46. Soon enough, he ll be the only link to OZZY and the glory days of metal music. His IRON MAN with Captain Kirk is also very good.
Eddie Van Halen vocals: run.
I love the Bill Withers original of this song.
I can’t say I am enthusiastic about this cover though. To me, it feels like a demo. The vocals are more imitation than original. I just can’t get into it like I wanted to when I read the headline. I was really excited by this idea.
I would have liked to have heard this with some real guitar muscle behind it rather than a fairly traditional version. Take it someplace new. I think this had potential to be a really kick ass song for BLS. At least that is what I heard in my head when I saw the headline for this story.
Not a bad track, I just think this is a missed opportunity to do something new with it.
I kind of agree. It’s very cool that he can sing and he does his thing with it. But everyone and their brother – major heavy vocalists, have done the tune and it’s tough to do it well. He certainly did a passable version of it to his credit.