Roger Waters’ “Vera” will be covered by Curtis Stigers on his upcoming album “Lost in Dreams.”
The song, which appeared on Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” in 1979, will be included in a medley with “We’ll Meet Again,” the wartime ballad that’s the trademark song of British vocalist Vera Lynn, the subject of Waters’ song.
Stigers says he got the idea for combining the songs in 1995 while in England during the 50th anniversary of V-E Day.
“I thought, ‘God, wouldn’t it be cool to put these two songs together,'” he says. “I filed the idea away, and then I brought it up with Scrapper (co-producer John “Scrapper” Sneider) when we were talking about songs for this record. His eyes lit up and he said, ‘That’s perfect. What a great idea.'”
“Lost in Dreams” will be released Sept. 29 by the Concord Jazz label.
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