Favorite Cover Song Artist?

[deantaylor]

May 14, 2009, 8:50am, toddt wrote:Though I personslly prefer Israel Kawaokalokalokowiwo's version of Somewhere Over the Rainbow... That truly takes the song elsewhere IMO.AGREED! ... that's the guy I was trying to remember. Great version. I just listened to Eva's ... it's good.

[mojobone]

May 13, 2009, 9:25pm, ernstinen wrote:For me, probably Led Zeppelin. They ripped off so many blues songs from the old great artists, an' didn't give 'em credit!But after lawsuits, they still made millions of $$.They always denied they stole stuff, but I dunno --- Ern Okay, enough already! I'm a blues musician born and bred, and the simple truth is, Willie Dixon was every bit as much a ripoff artist as Page and Plant. There is a long and storied tradition of recycling bits of lyrics and melody in all folk styles, and particularly the blues; the litmus test is you take from the past, but did you transform what you took? Willie Dixon arguably did a whole lot less of a transformative nature than what Zep did. Willie Dixon took credit for a lot of stuff he didn't write, lines that had been floating around the bluesosphere for literally decades before he copyrighted 'em. (melodies, too) His lawsuit against Led Zeppelin was an opportunistic money grab, and he only won on one count among many, and it ended up being because they used Hubert Sumlin's riff, not Willie Dixon's lyric, which was proven to have been used in many other songs. Given the nature of the bidness, I'm a little surprised Willie Dixon didn't get sued by his own record company for ripping himself off like John Fogerty-cuz, "How Many More Times..." has exactly the same notes in the same order as , "I Should have Quit You...". I guess he must have had an "in", there. /rant, and sorry for the threadjack, suz.

[byllsong]

Dave...Quote:One of those songs without a resolution Billy.Never did find out whether she shook it up! She went on to became an AC/DC groupie and shook them all night long

[Mark Kaufman]

I'm loving Beck's cover of "Leopardskin Pillbox Hat".

[matthoggard]

May 14, 2009, 6:20am, marcblack30 wrote:May 14, 2009, 4:30am, drew wrote:I like that bluegrass version of Gin and Juice, reported to be Phish but my son told me it's someone else doing it.Gin and Juice was actually covered by The Gourdshttp://www.thegourds.com/my band used to cover this cover! I thought it was Hayseed Dixie doing gin n juice. They also do alot of ac/dc and zeppelin bluegrass stuff.

[davekershaw]

May 14, 2009, 1:59pm, byllsong wrote:Dave...She went on to became an AC/DC groupie and shook them all night long Well I never!

[aimusic]

Gavin Rossdale - Don't Dream It's OverSeether - Careless Whisper (One of South Africa's Biggest Products out there, besides Charlize Theron and Mandela )

[marcblack30]

May 14, 2009, 4:10pm, matthoggard wrote:May 14, 2009, 6:20am, marcblack30 wrote:Gin and Juice was actually covered by The Gourdshttp://www.thegourds.com/my band used to cover this cover! I thought it was Hayseed Dixie doing gin n juice. They also do alot of ac/dc and zeppelin bluegrass stuff.now you've got be doubting myself, i know this is one of the most mislabeled mp3's EVER! i couldn't find any info on their site to confim but if you youtube it, the Gourds come up. I'm sticking with the Gourds but Hayseed Dixie rocks!

[deantaylor]

BLACKBIRD .... Billg and Wadehttp://www.billgaunce.com/song/121

[suzdoyle]

Nice Gavin Rossdale cover of "Don't Dream It's Over" !!I love his version of "The Current" with the Blue Man Group in their Rock Complex Tour DVD. DELISH!