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  • January 3, 2011 at 9:25 am #138090
    Hybridge
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      I don’t generally enjoy fast for fast’s sake playing but Jackie King is a soulful shredder. I can’t really listen to Eric Clapton aside from Wheels of Fire and Blind Faith but I liked that guy’s playing alright in the video you linked.

      That Pessimistic Lines cover rules.

      Here’s another girl rocking cool covers in her bedroom:

      January 3, 2011 at 1:03 pm #138091
      essgee09
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        I heard the original of this song on the radio last night

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        January 3, 2011 at 2:09 pm #138092
        Hybridge
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          Sean Smith plays a nice slow version of a Doc Watson/traditional tune, Crawdad Hole:

          January 4, 2011 at 8:38 am #138093
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            Carla Bozulich/Two Foot Yard cover Low’s "Pissing" :

            January 4, 2011 at 9:44 am #138094
            essgee09
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              Hybridge wrote:
              Carla Bozulich/Two Foot Yard cover Low’s “Pissing”

              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-uVNZeOEuY

              I love that one.No one can cover a tune like Carla can

              January 5, 2011 at 7:27 am #138095
              essgee09
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                January 5, 2011 at 9:41 am #138096
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                  The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy cover DK’s California Uber Alles:

                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkKDlfSApQU

                  Re. Carla Bozulich and covers, a while back Evangelista was offering to play private gigs for a minimal fee and travel expenses, and part of the gig involved the person hosting giving the band an mp3 of any song they wanted them to cover and Evangelista’d learn it and play it at the gig. Carla rules.

                  I don’t know how to link it but there’s a great video up at Amoeba’s in-store concert archive of Evangelista doing Pissing, Truth is Dark Like Outer Space (!!), Hello Voyager, Smooth Jazz, and a bunch of other great songs off Hello, Voyager. The video quality’s way better than the Two Foot Yard clip, the playing is incredible, and the videographer (R. Crumb?) has a serious shoe appreciation going on with Carla.

                  January 6, 2011 at 7:32 am #138097
                  essgee09
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                    Sandy would`ve been 64 today

                    January 6, 2011 at 10:27 am #138098
                    Hybridge
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                      Lhasa de Sela covers Leonard Cohen’s "Who By Fire":

                      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGwaP_8Qk-o iGwaP_8Qk-o

                      Lhasa passed away a year ago this week. Like Sandy Denny’s death, a huge loss. !DEP Lhasa and Sandy!

                      January 6, 2011 at 12:29 pm #138099
                      essgee09
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                        Charles Mingus died 32 years ago today

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                        January 7, 2011 at 10:18 am #138100
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                          Que viva Mingus!

                          Another cool Mingus cover by SKB (not too shabby for a bunch of dirty pot smoking hippies):

                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTWtgHcyid8 HTWtgHcyid8

                          January 10, 2011 at 9:22 am #138101
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                            A few years ago Monks of Doom did a whole album of covers of great musicians/bands–Steve Hillage, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Richard Thompson, Quicksilver, Roy Harper, Bert Jansch, Soft Machine, etc.
                            I saw them play I think with Young Fresh Fellows and Sage around 1991 or so and I remember they did a blazing "Oh Well".

                            Here they are doing Steve Hillage’s "Light in the Sky":

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38vmBzmihbY 38vmBzmihbY

                            February 1, 2011 at 3:27 am #138102
                            bobmorton
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                              I really love this Lhasa de Sela’s cover.

                              February 7, 2011 at 11:33 am #138103
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                                Glad you like Lhasa’s Leonard Cohen cover; it is great.

                                Also great were Thin White Rope. I saw them once and they were incredible. Here they are covering Lee Hazelwood’s Some Velvet Morning:

                                March 5, 2011 at 2:46 pm #138104
                                jeremiah
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                                  Seth Avett (of the Avett Brothers) doing “Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song)” by Billy Joel
                                  Anyway, great acoustic cover
                                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AY8Iekd1Hc

                                  I have to confess I loved this song as a kid but don’t care for much Billy Joel over all

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