“Cover Me Up,” the opening track from 2013’s Southeastern, is a deeply personal song for Jason Isbell — an ode to his then-partner Amanda Shires and her role in helping him get sober. But that hasn’t stopped other, uh, lesser artists from taking a stab at the tune. Morgan Wallen famously covered “Cover Me Up” on 2021’s super mega blockbuster Dangerous: The Double Album, and after Wallen’s racial slur scandal, Isbell pledged to donate his royalties from Wallen’s recording to the NAACP. Now another huge star has offered his rendition.
