Today marks the 5 year anniversary of the death of Elliott Smith, one of Ollie Cole and Turn’s favourite songwriters/musicans.

Both Ollie as a solo artist and Turn performed numerous covers of Elliott’s songs and here is a small selection of them.

Radio sessions
Needle In The Hay (Ollie solo from FM104’s Going Underground 2002)
Waltz #2 (Turn Today FM radio session 2003)

Elliott Smith tribute night in The Village, Dublin 19 January 2004
1. Angeles
2. Miss Misery
3. Needle In The Hay
4. Pictures Of Me (cut)
Pictures Of Me (from the soundcheck)
Needle In The Hay (different recording, less distorted)

Turn live at UCD October 2004
Between The Bars and Summer Song

Ollie Cole solo gig 14 November 2004
Fond Farewell
Needle In The Hay

The above video and this one of Between The Bars are from the Belfast tribute night.

Below is the article Ollie wrote for Hot Press about Elliott Smith…
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