{"id":12388,"date":"2012-09-18T06:10:26","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T14:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=12388"},"modified":"2012-09-18T10:59:29","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T18:59:29","slug":"watch-fiona-apple-cover-conway-twittys-its-only-make-believe-with-blake-mills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2012-09\/watch-fiona-apple-cover-conway-twittys-its-only-make-believe-with-blake-mills\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Fiona Apple Cover Conway Twitty’s “It’s Only Make Believe” With Blake Mills"},"content":{"rendered":"

Regrets, we have one more.\u00a0 Fiona Apple<\/strong> came to the Santa Barbara Bowl<\/strong> last week and, according to all accounts, gave one of the better performances of the year.\u00a0 Unfortunately, we missed Apple and the opening set by wunderkind Blake Mills<\/strong>, who has an incredibly bright future and who we recently interviewed<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 Apple’s been finishing her shows by covering Conway Twitty’s<\/strong> song It’s Only Make Believe<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Check out Fiona torching the song as if the love-child of Patsy Cline, Edith Piaf<\/strong> and Janis Joplin<\/strong> at the Greek Theater<\/strong> two nights after Santa Barbara<\/strong>.\u00a0 And keep your ears and eyes out for Blake Mills’<\/strong> Fiona-miming, impressionistic solo beginning at 2:15<\/strong> while Fiona FEELS it<\/strong>.\u00a0 Too good.\u00a0 Afterwards check out a couple of other vignettes of Blake Mills<\/strong> opening at the Greek.<\/p>\n