Mikey and His Uke, the solo project of Mikey Hawdon (Inner City Surfers, The Fairmounts, Lion Ride), has been doing a guest-filled punk cover series throughout coronavirus lockdown, and here's the latest edition. He's joined by J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr, Robby Takac of Goo Goo Dolls, Chad Price of ALL/A Vulture Wake/Drag The River, and Darrin Pfeiffer of Goldfinger/Punk Rock Karaoke for a cover of The Replacements' "Favorite Thing," from 1984's Let It Be.
"The very first song I ever heard by the Replacements was 'Bastards Of Young' when I was 15 years old," Mikey writes. "The iconic video came on TV and was forever ingrained in my memory, and is still one of my favourite songs ever. Years later I got their 'Stink' EP and really enjoyed it, but when I heard the album 'Let It Be', I fell fully in love with The Replacements. From start to finish, this album is incredible. It was hard to pick which song to cover. Here's track 2 from Side A."