Fifteen Nebraska artists gathered at The Waiting Room on Friday for Hear Nebraska’s fourth annual Take Cover event. Each musician played an original song along with a cover from a favorite Nebraska songwriter or band.
The event served as a tribute to Nebraska music. Many of the artists paid their respects to the songwriters and friends they covered.
Icky Blossoms crouched on the stage floor for its reverberating dance version Capgun Coup’s garage-rocky “Twist And Shout.”
Jason Meyer of Talking Mountain, Calm Fur and Feel Tight decorated his acoustic guitar with LED lights that rotated colors.
The Waiting Room fell silent during Edem Kegey’s performance, which featured her soft, haunting voice in the language of Ga (from Ghana), accompanied by a ukulele.
See Through Dresses loosed a loud, ripping rock performance of a Little Brazil song, breaking the rhythm of the mostly acoustic event.
Heather Berney waved to John Klemmensen near the bar before she played an acoustic folk rendition of one his “’80s Heavy Metal.” And Klemmensen, in turn, closed out the night with Bright Eyes’ “Four Winds.”
The audience milled around The Waiting Room throughout the night, getting drinks, congratulating musicians between sets and reverently watching the performances under the blue and red lights.
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Anna McClellan (covered Baby Walrus)
photo by Marco Meyer
Anthems’ Mim Aparo (covered Jake Bellows)
photo by JP Davis
photo by Marco Meyer
Icky Blossoms (covered Capgun Coup)
photo by JP Davis
photo by Marco Meyer
Travelling Mercies’ Jeremy Mercy (covered Vern Fergesen)
photo by Marco Meyer
Sam Ayer (covered Sam Martin)
photo by JP Davis
Edge of Arbor’s Jessica Errett (covered Ojai)
photo by JP Davis
photo by Marco Meyer
Matt Whipkey (covered Simon Joyner)
photo by JP Davis
photo by Marco Meyer
Heather Berney (covered John Klemmensen and The Party)
photo by JP Davis
photo by Marco Meyer
Talking Mountain’s Jason Meyer (covered Chris Kramer)
photo JP Davis
photo by Marco Meyer
Edem Kegey (covered Jamire Gray)
photo by Marco Meyer
photo by JP Davis
See Through Dresses (covered Little Brazil)
photos by Marco Meyer
photo by JP Davis
Lars & Mal (covered Orenda Fink)
photo by Marco Meyer
McCarthy Trenching’s Dan McCarthy (covered Conor Oberst)
photo by Marco Meyer
Noah’s Ark Was A Spaceship’s Andrew Gustafson (covered Bryce Hotz)
photo by Marco Meyer
photo by JP Davis
John Klemmensen and The Party (covered Bright Eyes and Criteria)
photo by JP Davis
photos by Marco Meyer