MP3 Boot Camp: The Other (Better) Bruce

Bruce “I was the best keyboard player the Grateful Dead ever had” Hornsby counts many amateur and professional musicians among his myriad fans. And some of these musicians have collaborated on Caesar Salad — a freely downloadable album worth of Hornsby cover tunes. The tracks are well worth your listen, and we especially dig the Danish cover band Way It Is’ take on Fields of Grey.

• IckMusic has mp3s of the Springsteen/Arcade Fire encore from Ottawa
• Bands That Jam kicks down some exclusive Gov’t Mule tracks
• Check out Jimmy Page as a legendary studio musician, before he joined the Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin
• NYCTaper’s lossless downloads of Regina Spektor and of Montreal
• German bandleader James Last covers the chart toppers of 1974
• A Deeper Shade of Soul hosts this Ray Charles boot from 1976
• Bleedin’ Out celebrates 100 posts with a sick collection of punk tracks
• T.U.B.E. features the Talking Heads’ CBS Demos from 1975
• Paul McCartney, Ozzy Osbourne and eight other legendary performers were given their own show on BBC Radio

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