The Memphis Jug Band recorded “Jug Band Quartette” in their last session in 1934. It’s better known as “Jug Band Music”. Covers include versions by Jim Kweskin in the 1960s, Lucinda William in 1979, and the Tarbox Ramblers (great version on a great album) in 2000.
Category: Music covers
Covers: Understand Your Man
“Understand Your Man” was released by Johnny Cash in 1964.
There’s a great cover by Dwight Yoakam, complete with horns, on a Cash tribute album.
Covers: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)
“Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)” was written by “Joe Maphis, Rose Lee Maphis and Max Fidler. It was originally recorded in December 1952 by the bluegrass duo Flatt & Scruggs, and later released by Joe & Rose Lee Maphis in 1953 as a single.”
Covers include versions by the Flying Burrito Brothers (recorded in 1969 but released later), Dwight Yoakam (2013) and John Prine and Amanda Shires (2016).
I saw Yoakam, Lucinda Williams, and Steve Earle perform it together as the final song on their LSD tour show on June 19, 2018. It was more country and less rock than Yoakam’s solo version.
John Prine featuring Amanda Shires
Covers: Rock My Blues Away
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown recorded “Rock My Blues Away” in the 1955 and again in 1999 on the terrific album American Music, Texas Style. (I think there is an even earlier version.)
Covers: Hey Joe
“Hey Joe” was popular in the 1960s and was recorded many times. The first recording was by the Leaves in 1965. The best known version was by Jimi Hendrix in 1966. The Mothers of Invention parodied it in 1968 with “Hey Punk”.
I saw Steve Earle perform it last night (6/19/18) which prompted me to post this.
Covers: John Fogerty
Remember when John Fogerty was sued for sounding like himself?
Forgerty, who wrote/sang/played “Run Through the Jungle” when he was in Creedence Clearwater Revival was sued by their label, Fantasy Records, when he recorded a solo track called “The Old Man Down the Road”.
Fogerty won. As the article notes: “The two-week trial featured Fogerty taking the witness stand with guitar in hand to explain that yes, the two songs may have sounded somewhat similar, but they were both variations on his signature “swamp rock” style. Simply put, of course two John Fogerty songs sounded the same.”
Covers: Proud Mary
“Proud Mary” was a hit record for Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1969. The cover by Ike and Tina Turner from 1970 is much faster (after an intentionally slow start) and was also popular.
John Fogerty on CCR’s “Proud Mary” and the 19th century composer who inspired it
Covers: Going Down the Road Feelin’ Bad
“Going Down the Road Feelin’ Bad” was first recorded in 1924 as “Lonesome Road Blues”.
This lists all of the recorded versions. I first heard it by the Grateful Dead in 1971 (in a medley with Buddy Holly’s “Not Fade Away”. According to this
“This song became a concert staple for the Grateful Dead, and Jerry Garcia related that he picked it up from Delaney Bramlett of Delaney and Bonnie during the Dead’s trans-Canada rock ‘n’ roll train trip in 1970, beautifully captured in the “Festival Express” movie.”
The article has links to many versions of the song.
Covers: Sing Me Back Home
“Sing Me Back Home” was written and recorded by Merle Haggard. It was released in 1967. It has been covered in versions not released at the time in 1969 by the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers. There’s a version from the 1990s (not on YouTube) by the Jayhawks which appears to be inspired by the Flying Burrito Brothers versions.
The Flying Burrito Brothers (faster version)
Covers: That’s How Strong My Love Is
“That’s How Strong My Love Is” was written by Roosevelt Jamison and originally recorded by O. V. Wright in 1964. The most famous version was by Otis Redding from 1965. The Rolling Stones also recorded it in 1965. A fine slow version which salutes the 1960s was recorded by Taj Mahal in 1993.
Tribute to Roosevelt Jamison by Peter Guralnick
Sad! 