Cover Wars March Madness: The Elite 8
As the NCAA Basketball Tournament reduces down to eight teams today, we are a couple hours ahead of the game with our Elite 8 Bracket. There were some close contests in the Sweet 16, like The Band narrowing out Umphrey’s McGee w/Jennifer Hartswick in a 51% to 49% contest. We have our updated bracket below and four match-ups for you to vote on.
Matchup #1
Phish debuted this cover at Alpine Valley in the Summer of 1998. As most Phish fans know, there has been one other performance ever and it was the following week at Vernon Downs where the band paired Ramble On with their own Slave To The Traffic Light to close the first set. There are some killer Ramble On Teases in the Slave jam. Source: 8-1-1998
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UPDATE: The text in all the descriptions for Cover Wars March Madness are taken from the original editions which at times – are out of date. As one of our readers pointed out in the previous round – Phish has since performed one more partial performance of Ramble On, and yes – it was pretty terrible.
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Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)
Jeff Buckley: Buckley’s hauntingly dramatic version from his 1994 debut Grace is the best known cover of Hallelujah. It’s one of the best known covers of any song ever. Many people who love the Buckley version have no idea Cohen was the originator – I know I’ve met more than a few.
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Video from Chicago in 1995:
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