Cover Wars: Any Major Dude Will Tell You

Joe Jackson: As YouTube commenter MrLapage points out, “The funniest part of this video is the crowd singing along. Shows how blurry the line between Steely Dan and Joe Jackson fan is.”

Tim Palmieri: We sing the praises of the solo Tim Palmieri show quite a bit here on Hidden Track, but it is always well deserved. Palmieri uses a little subtle looping of his guitar in this cover, and just look at the rest of the setlist from this show, it’s crazy. Source: 2-20-2009

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Wilco: There are exactly two recordings of Wilco playing Any Major Dude Will Tell You. The first one embedded below is a studio cut from the soundtrack of Me, Myself & Irene, which features many other Steely Dan covers as well. Wilco performed the song once live back in 1999 and the crowds have been yelling for a repeat performance ever since. The intro is a little shaky and odd with Tweedy singing the opening line a capella before the band limps in, sounds like it may have been a little unplanned, though the band obviously knew the song as they likely had just recorded it for the soundtrack. Source: Me, Myself & Irene [Music From The Motion Picture]

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Live Wilco Source: 11-5-1999

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Checking in on last week’s Foreplay/Long Time Cover Wars, there was quite the battle brewing between the Phish bluegrass and the Phish electric version, but for the time being the former has come out on top. In case you missed it, it was announced last Friday that Boston Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis will be releasing a compilation of tunes for charity and on it will be a rendition of Foreplay/Long Time as performed by Phish. We anxiously await word on if it will be of the bluegrass or electric variety.