For me this version doesn’t create any impact purely from the recording aspect,any pre digital song then recorded digitally just sounds plastic! The drifter like 1000’ of other 60’s songs are recorded analogue and in mono,that’s a big part of the appeal! This cover version may have sounded better if they found an old studio using tape and old mics etc..
tbh his voice is the only thing that works,the music sounds flat! Please don’t tell me it’s qbase onboard instruments?
personally I don’t like any cover versions,utterly pointless! If your gonna spend a week in a studio with musicians etc then at least do original material,even if it sounds “northern soulie”