Zooey Deschanel (She) & M. Ward (Him) released the fourth single, Don’t Worry Baby, from their upcoming album, Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson, out July 22, 2022 via Fantasy Records.
Don’t Worry Baby appeared on The Beach Boys’ March 1964 album, Shut Down Volume 2. Written by Brian Wilson and Roger Christian, Wilson’s lead vocal on the track is considered one of his defining performances, and he later referred to Don’t Worry Baby as perhaps the Beach Boys’ finest record.
Zooey and Matt shared about the single in a press release stating : “Don’t Worry Baby is one of the greatest songs of all time. As with all the other songs on our tribute record, we had no interest in copycatting the original production – our version began with stripping the song down to just vocals and a drop-tuned acoustic guitar and building from there. The inspiration for our version comes from a lot of different places but the biggest ones would be some of Chet Atkins guitar ideas, some drum ideas from Mick Fleetwood, and some synth inventions by Dave Smith (RIP),”
Pre-order Melt Away: A Tribute To Brian Wilson here.
