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Friends showed up, such as Erykah Badu who, of course, sang on "Tyrone" among others, and Daniel Martin Moore and cellist Ben Sollee who sang on "Wonderful The Way I Feel."

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Friends showed up, such as Erykah Badu who, of course, sang on "Tyrone" among others, and Daniel Martin Moore and cellist Ben Sollee who sang on "Wonderful The Way I Feel."

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Sollee loved the work, though she often felt as if she was painting "with a brush with one hair in it" -- trying to fix one marriage at a time.

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The tour came about as an extension of Dear Companion, an album featuring Sollee and Moore that was produced by James.

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Hearing this, Sollee concluded that she and her fellow counselors had been "telling the public all the wrong stuff."

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After the musical trip through New Orleans, the headliners -- including Sollee (vocals, cello), Moore (vocals, guitar), James (vocals, guitar, keys) and Dan Dorf (drums) -- sent the show north toward the sounds of Kentucky and West Virginia.

Matt Draper: Yim Yames, Ben Sollee And Daniel Martin Moore Lead Brooklyn Through Appalachia And New Orleans With Their Appalachian Voices Tour Matt Draper 2010

Sollee, seated, alternated between rich bass strokes and rapid-fire plucks, manipulating the cello like an oversized slide guitar.

Matt Draper: Yim Yames, Ben Sollee And Daniel Martin Moore Lead Brooklyn Through Appalachia And New Orleans With Their Appalachian Voices Tour Matt Draper 2010

The Appalachian Voices Tour, featuring Kentuckians Ben Sollee, Daniel Martin Moore and Yim Yames (better known as Jim James of My Morning Jacket), stopped in New York City as part of a nine-city trip to celebrate the heritage of Appalachia and raise awareness about mountaintop removal, a devastating form of coal mining in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains.

Matt Draper: Yim Yames, Ben Sollee And Daniel Martin Moore Lead Brooklyn Through Appalachia And New Orleans With Their Appalachian Voices Tour Matt Draper 2010

The Appalachian Voices Tour, featuring Kentuckians Ben Sollee, Daniel Martin Moore and Yim Yames (better known as Jim James of My Morning Jacket), stopped in New York City as part of a nine-city trip to celebrate the heritage of Appalachia and raise awareness about mountaintop removal, a devastating form of coal mining in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains.

Matt Draper: Yim Yames, Ben Sollee And Daniel Martin Moore Lead Brooklyn Through Appalachia And New Orleans With Their Appalachian Voices Tour 2010

Sollee later took his turn sans band, putting on a cello clinic that had all eyes fixed on the singer-songwriter.

Matt Draper: Yim Yames, Ben Sollee And Daniel Martin Moore Lead Brooklyn Through Appalachia And New Orleans With Their Appalachian Voices Tour Matt Draper 2010