Covers: The Weight

“The Weight” is a 1968 song by the Band. A version with musicians all over the world including the song’s author Robbie Robertson and Ringo Starr was recorded in 2019.

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Paul McCartney, in THE LYRICS, on "Carry That Weight": "The idea of carrying a weight may have been influenced by The Band's song 'The Weight.' It so happens I'd already quoted that song during the fade-out section of a promotional film for 'Hey Jude.'" https://t.co/41USFvhJa8
— HarryHew (@harryhew) October 16, 2022

Covers: She’s Just My Style

I’m not a big fan of Gary Lewis & the Playboys but I did like 1965’s “She’s Just My Style”.

Don Everly

Don Everly, the older of the Everly Brothers duo, died on August 21, 2021. The Everly Brothers had hits from the late 1950s into the 1960s and were very influential. Their harmonies are as good as they get.

I am going to post one of their later songs “Gone, Gone, Gone” from 1964 which was covered by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss in 2007. It was the first song on the CD of the Everly Brothers 1983 Reunion concert.

The Everly Brothers' Don Everly, half of one of rock’s earliest and most influential harmony groups, has died at age 84. The duo ruled the pop and country charts with 15 Top 10 hits, including “Wake Up Little Susie” and “All I Have to Do Is Dream." https://t.co/qRRRgCp7UL
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) August 22, 2021

Don Everly, the elder of the two Everly Brothers, the groundbreaking duo whose fusion of Appalachian harmonies and a tighter, cleaner version of big-beat rock ’n’ roll made them harbingers of both folk-rock and country-rock, has died at 84. https://t.co/Ekn9AugcM1
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 22, 2021

The Everly Brothers recorded 15 Top Ten hits between 1957 and 1962. Here are 15 essentials of the band’s greatest recordings, from massive hits to underappreciated deep cuts. https://t.co/T5zqCfmheR
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) August 22, 2021

Don Everly was among my favorite singers; there was a trace of melancholy in his voice. Although Don’s time spent as a teenage star left him guarded, the time I was lucky enough to spend with him changed my life forever.
A beautiful soul has passed from our midst.
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— Rodney Crowell (@RodneyJCrowell) August 22, 2021

Covers: Please Mr. Postman

“Please Mr. Postman” was a 1961 hit for the Marvelettes. It was Motown’s first #1 Billboard pop single. This great record was covered in a fine version by the Beatles in 1963. It’s one of the best Beatles covers (along with “Money). It was also popular in a 1974 cover by the Carpenters.

Covers: Piece of My Heart

“Piece of My Heart” was recorded by Erma Franklin in 1967. The cover by Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin on vocals from 1968 was much more popular. It was used in the film Gunpowder Milkshake which prompted me to post this.

Covers: It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue

I thought of this 1965 Bob Dylan song when the film Gunpowder Milkshake used a version by the Animals that I had never heard.

Tom T. Hall

Country singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall died yesterday. “Harper Valley P.T.A” was a big hit for Jeannie C. Riley. The biggest hit of his I recall is “I Love”. The Drive-by Truckers covered

"The Storyteller." Tom T. Hall, the singer-songwriter who composed “Harper Valley P.T.A.” and sang about life’s simple joys as country music’s consummate blue collar bard, has died at 85. https://t.co/Kfsu6Ix22A
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 21, 2021

Music stars like Keith Urban and Luke Bryan are remembering late singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall. https://t.co/VpuaNCZ2xi
— billboard (@billboard) August 21, 2021

#RIPTomTHall “Pay No Attention To Alice”, “Homecoming”, “Mama Bake A Pie”, “Margie’s at the Lincoln Park Inn”, “The Ballad of Forty Dollars”, “That’s How I Got to Memphis”, “Watergate Blues”… each one a masterclass in how it’s done.
— Drive-By Truckers (@drivebytruckers) August 21, 2021

#RIPTomTHall I can’t count the number of songs I wrote that were in some way influenced by Mr. Hall. Some more obvious than others. “What It Means” was totally my attempt at trying to emulate how T. might would have handled that subject matter.
— Drive-By Truckers (@drivebytruckers) August 21, 2021

I didn’t realize the depth of Tom T.’s work until I got in the van with y’all. Forever grateful for that. https://t.co/IpPtLfvs4L
— Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) August 21, 2021

The simplest words that told the most complicated stories. Felt like Tom T. just caught the songs as they floated by, but I know he carved them out of rock. #RipTomTHall
— Jason Isbell (@JasonIsbell) August 21, 2021

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Covers: Right Place, Wrong Time

“Right Place, Wrong Time” is a Dr. John song from 1973. I thought about it last night because there is a cover by the Jon Spencer Blues explosion in the slasher film Scream 2.

Covers: I Think I Love You

“I Think I Love You” was a hit for the Partridge Family in 1970. I thought of it last night when I watched the slasher film Scream 2. One of the characters sings it and there is also a real cover in the end credits. It’s a lot different than the original!