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Cover Wars: Sweet Virginia Edition

DaveO October 20, 2009 9 Comments

Sweet Virginia is the sixth track off the 1972 Rolling Stones Album Exile On Main St. On the studio cut, Mick Jagger is backed by Keith Richards, Clydie King, Vanetta Fields, Dr. John, Shirley Goodman and Tammi Lynn on vocals. Thanks to Keno’s Rolling Stones Website for all that info.

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Allow me to quote a bit of James Hector’s, The Complete Guide to the Music of the Rolling Stones…

The nearest the Stones ever got to a round-the-campfire song, through Baden-Powell probably wouldn’t have appreciate the refrain. “Got to scrape the shit right off your shoes” suggested that the song may have been an obscure slant on the old standard ‘Walking Blues’, but the blues (& the reds & the greens, for that matter) referred to the song were in tablet form. If one Stones’ song was written by Keith and Gram Parsons up in the Blue Ridge Mountains, ‘Sweet Virginia’ must have been it.

The Contestants:

Camper Van Beethoven: Leading off this week we’ve got this cover from Camper Van Beethoven during their first incarnation as a band. Camper Van Beethoven disappeared for the majority of the 1990’s only to reappear in 1999 and have been touring and recording sporadically ever since. Source: 11-12-1989

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READ ON for the scoop on the rest of this week’s contestants…

Last Week’s Sauce October 4th – 10th

DaveO October 15, 2009 1 Comment

Last Week’s Sauce is a recurring column featuring recordings of shows from the previous week. Thanks to tgaikdis for this week’s photo.

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This week I wanted to add a theme to the selections as I did when we did an All-Bonnaroo edition. Last week ScottyB ran a great list of touring jambands that didn’t make it out of the 2000’s. The five groups featured in this piece are jambands that are indeed going to make it as touring bands carrying their respective ensembles into 2010 and hopefully well beyond.

Artist & Title: Blues Traveler – But Anyway
Date & Venue: 2009-10-06 The Paradise, Boston MA
Taper & Show Download: Dave Mallick

If longevity is the name of the game this week, Blues Traveler is a good band to lead off having formed in 1987 and put out their first album in 1990. Sure, they might not be playing arenas anymore (The Paradise in Boston is a room all of the other bands in this feature have outgrown), but they’re still out there gigging. Blues Traveler plays tonight at The Fillmore in Charlotte, NC.

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Video from the same show with Jamie McLean sitting in on guitar:

READ ON to hear more tracks from jambands that are set-on spanning at least three decades…

Cover Wars: Life On Mars? Edition

DaveO October 13, 2009 7 Comments

Life On Mars? was originally released on David Bowie’s 1971 album Hunky Dory. Life On Mars? would be released as a single in the U.S. two years later with The Man Who Sold The World as its B-Side. Talk about a killer combo.

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The Contestants:

The Bad Plus: In addition to this adventurous take on a Bowie classic, this Bad Plus album from 2007 also features interpretations of Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Tears For Fears) and Tom Sawyer (Rush). Highly recommended listening. Source: Prog

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Last Week’s Sauce: September 27 – October 4

DaveO October 7, 2009 3 Comments

Last Week’s Sauce is a recurring column featuring recordings of shows from the previous week. Thanks to taperj for this week’s photo.

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Artist & Title: Bonerama – Whipping Post
Date & Venue: 2009-10-03 The Rex Theater, Pittsburgh PA
Taper & Show Download: tonedeaf

In case you missed it, last month we featured a great interview with Mark Mullins of Bonerama. Bonerama plays tonight at Main Pub in Manchester, CT.

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READ ON to hear three tracks from the recent Thom Yorke shows…

Last Week’s Sauce: September 20th – 26th

DaveO September 30, 2009 13 Comments

Last Week’s Sauce is a recurring column featuring recordings of shows from the previous week. Thanks to Kevin Browning for this week’s photo.

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Artist & Title: Assembly Of Dust – Arc Of The Sun
Date & Venue: 2009-09-25 Port City Music Hall, Portland ME
Taper & Show Download: SmokinJoe

If you haven’t heard Assembly Of Dust’s 2009 release Some Assembly Required, what are you waiting for? It’s a great selection of tunes and the album overflows with collaborations from legendary musicians. Assembly of Dust plays tonight with the Emmitt-Nershi Band at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom.

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READ ON to hear tracks from the likes of Bruce Hornsby and Built To Spill

Cover Wars: Oh! Sweet Nuthin’ Edition

DaveO September 29, 2009 15 Comments

Oh! Sweet Nuthin’ is the last track on the 1970 Velvet Underground album Loaded. Loaded would be the last Velvet Underground album before guitarist/lead singer Lou Reed left the group to start a solo career.

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I’ll tell ‘ya, if you do actually listen to all five versions of this tune – and you happen to listen to them all in a row, you’re going to have the overwhelming urge to blast some loud and aggressive tunes as soon as that’s done. 44 minutes of Oh! Sweet Nuthin’ might bring you a little bit down, so have something queued up – I went with a live version of Immigrant Song.

The Contestants:

$10,000 Gold Chain: Not a whole lot of information out there on this band, but I do know it’s led by Mike McCready (the lead guitarist in Pearl Jam). It’s possible the only song this ensemble ever recorded was this cover for a 1996 Jim Carrey movie. Source: The Cable Guy: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

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READ ON for the scoop on the rest of this week’s contestants…

Briefly: Furthur Announce Five New Shows

DaveO September 25, 2009 5 Comments

Furthur, featuring: Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Jeff Chimenti, John Kadlecik, Jay Lane, and Joe Russo have announced five new shows. The run starts on December 8th & 9th at the

Last Week’s Sauce: September 13th – 20th

DaveO September 24, 2009 No Comments

Last Week’s Sauce is a recurring column featuring recordings of shows that took place the previous week. Thanks to NOLAfishwater for the photo.

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Artist & Title: Furthur – Viola Lee Blues > Cumberland Blues > Viola Lee
Date & Venue: 2009-09-20 Fox Theater, Oakland CA
Taper & Show Download: Unknown

The much anticipated Furthur shows took place last week and the tapes are out there for everyone to listen to. Furthur has no future shows scheduled, but everyone wants to know if they will play again. This section is pretty sweet, I haven’t listened to much – but the band definitely sounds like it has got some serious potential. Most common feedback I’ve heard is that everyone was hoping “Fake Jerry” had gotten more time singing lead.

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READ ON to hear tracks from the likes of MMW and Stephen Kellogg…

Cover Wars: Will It Go Round In Circles Edition

DaveO September 22, 2009 5 Comments

Will It Go Round In Circles first appeared on the 1972 Billy Preston album Music Is My Life. The track would then be issued as a single the following year and eventually hit #1 on the Billboard Top Singles chart.

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The Contestants:

Band From TV: Band From TV makes their second Cover Wars appearance this week, they previously were featured in the You Can’t Always Get What You Want edition back in July. As we mentioned then, this is a group made up of professional actors and all of their proceeds go directly to charity – pretty cool. Source: Hoggin All The Covers

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READ ON for the scoop on the rest of this week’s contestants…

Last Week’s Sauce: September 6th – 12th

DaveO September 16, 2009 1 Comment

Last Week’s Sauce is a recurring column featuring recordings of shows that took place the previous week. Thanks to jimna for the photo.

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Artist & Title: the Disco Biscuits – Donde?
Date & Venue: 2009-09-12 Starland Ballroom, Sayreville NJ
Taper & Show Download: Jesse Hurlburt

the Disco Biscuits didn’t hit their goal of releasing their next studio album before Chinese Democracy, but Planet Anthem IS slated for a January 2010 release. The Biscuits also have announced they will be issuing three EP’s leading up to January, the first of which is due this month. There is no tracklist available, so I can’t tell you if Donde? is on the album, but it was debuted at this September 12th show. tDB have just started an extended fall tour, they’ve got today off and play tomorrow in Fayetteville, AR.

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READ ON to hear tracks from Mike Gordon, Trey Anastasio and others…

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