Dave Matthews Band: The first time DMB played it, it was with Neil Young at the Bridge School Benefit in 2000. Dave & Band have played it a few times since without any guests, but it normally involves either Neil or Warren Haynes sitting in. The audio below is from a show in 2000 and the video is from Central Park 2003, which was released on DVD. Warren plays on both. Source: 12-13-2000
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dmbcortez.mp3]Gov’t Mule: Speaking of Warren, he’s been singing about Cortez since the late ’90s and the song is still in the Mule repertoire (normally involving guest sit-ins). Source: 7-2-1999
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/mulecortez.mp3]Grace Potter w/Steve Kimock, Joe Satriani, Reed Mathis, Willie Waldman, and Stephen Perkins: With a great lead vocalist and two living guitar legends onstage, some might say that having a trumpet player is a bit of overkill – but isn’t that what the Jammy’s are all about? I was there and this was definitely one of the top performances of the nights. How about the crazy eyes on Joe Satriani circa the four minute mark? Overall it’s a pretty hectic interpretation and they somehow still omit two verses. Grace has since played the song with her own band as well.
Matthew Sweet: The man that brought us Girlfriend makes his Cover Wars debut with a little help from Amy Ray of The Indigo Girls. This was a bonus track on the 2006 Legacy Edition of the album. Source: Girlfriend
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/matthewcortez.mp3]Widespread Panic: Widespread has played the tune four times starting with Halloween 2001 featured below. It’s a solid enough interpretation, but John Bell definitely has some problems with lyrics…
I think he said something about “colored horses” in there. Source: 10-31-2001
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