“Detroit City/I Wanna Go Home” has been recorded by many artists under one of the two titles. I like the Solomon Burke version.
Category: Music covers
Covers: Happy Trails
“Happy Trails” (1952) was originally recorded by Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. There’s a brief version by Quicksilver Messenger Service on the 1969 album Happy Trails (which has a great alum cover).
Covers: Sweet Marijuana/Marahuana/Lotus Blossom
I was watching the 1934 film Murder at the Vanities last night and recognized this song. I knew it from Bette Midler’s 1976 version. Here is information from the great site SecondHandSongs.
Music covers: Lola
I am posting on this because of tweets from Dave Davies, the Kinks guitarist, on covers of their great 1970 song “Lola”.
Covers: Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way
“Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way” (1975) is a Waylon Jennings record about Hank Williams. I know it from the Uncle Tupelo cover.
Covers: Desolation Row
Covers: O Death
Covers: Murder in My Heart for the Judge
The original version was by Moby Grape from 1968. I hadn’t heard or thought about it for decades but I was playing a Moby Grape anthology and instantly remembered it.
Jerry Miller, co-author of the song, died recently.
Covers: Ball and Chain
“Ball and Chain” was originally recorded by Big Mama Thornton but is better known because of Janis Joplin/Big Brother and the Holding Company.
1968 hit ranked No. 1 underrated classic rock song of all time
Covers: Little Bit O’ Soul
This tweet below reminded me of “Little Bit O’ Soul” which was very popular when I was a teenager. The Music Explosion version is the only one I remember but it wasn’t the first.
Sad! 