Anglo For Your Ear: Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros’ “Johnny Appleseed”

If you’re one of the five people who’ve watched the recently cancelled HBO drama, John From Cincinnati, you’ll recognize this as the theme song. This jaunty hoe-down comes from the Mescalaros’ 2001 album Global A Go-Go, which was released a little over a year before Strummer’s sudden death. If you thought Joe Strummer lost his way creatively after The Clash, watch this video and think again.