I’m probably gonna be snickered at by some people that read this forum but I’ve got to tell my story because I had forgotten about this “cover” that is most definitely waaay better than the original. Even though I’d heard the original numerous times during my childhood, the day I heard this version driving along a near deserted interstate in southern Illinois I had to pull over because I was having trouble seeing the road. You see at that time in my life, not one, but both my parents were in the process of breaking down and some hard decisions about their care, like that interstate, lay before me. The song I heard that day was Somewhere Over the Rainbow by Eva Cassidy and I’ll tell you Judy Garland would’ve been in awe of Eva’s version. She also covered Fields of Gold by Sting and I read somewhere than the frontman for The Police wept too when he heard her version.
yeah - The Beatles (pop group) and Pink Floyd (prog rock?), I can understand, I’m not keen on them either, although some Floyd stuff is ok, but Saint Jimi?? - he’s a blues/rock legend - let’s face it, he started it in the late 60’s - you must like some of his tracks, even if cover versions - how about Foxy Lady, Purple Haze, Red House (Rob Tognoni version is great), Voodoo Chile, the list is almost endless - nearly all the great blues players cover Hendrix, including Aynsley....and KWS ...and SRV etc etc..........
I do like Hendrix as done by other people but I don’t like him - and actually I find, when this crops up in conversation, that I’m very far from alone. Eric Gales’ ‘Foxy Lady’ almost made my list but I stuck to songs with personal resonance for me. Ayns’ ‘Crosstown Traffic’ also completely blows the original out of the water but there, I didnt’ want to just list 5 songs of Aynsley’s!! I do, however, truly feel that Hendrix is way overdone by other folk and wish people would show more imagination in their cover choices. I remember an occasion a couple of years back one of my favourite bands, who will remain nameless, came to the end of a stellar gig with rapturous audience response, and started fiddling about with the opening to ‘Voodoo Child’ and of course, the majority of the crowd was yelling them on. I, however, front and centre, was screaming ‘NONONONONONONONONOOO’ at the top of my voice. The guitar slinger looked down, grinned at me and said into the mic ‘You must be f*ing JOKING’ - and out came ‘Superstitious’ instead!! Almost as overdone but what a change for the guy with the guitar to be of the same mind as myself
Hendrix possibly is overdone to some extent. Guys like Buddy Guy and Magic Slim were doing quite a lot of what Jimi did before him, and there were other greats at the time like Peter Green too. I do think though he left a fine set of classic songs including the ones Eldo mentioned, However there were other songs that were too spacy or perhaps just too rushed that they do not sound as good. Incidently speaking of covers Hendrix did a cover of Howlin’ Wolf’s Killin’ Floor which is one of the worst covers I have heard, he speeded up the riff, but I feel it completely lost the feel of the original.
I like Aynsley’s version of Crosstown Traffic, but not the three minutes silence and acoustic thing after it (not good on an MP3 player).
Re the Beatles, not a huge fan, but I do like the White album: Helter Skelter, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Get Back, Back In the USSR, Yer Blues, Revolution etc. Speaking of the Beatles, Aerosmith’s version of Come Together is far better than the original - try the Live Bootleg version.
PS I’ve not sniggered to Over The Rainbow (yet), I am smiling though
My esteemed Greenose & Britbabe - it looks like there’s no turning Britbabe on this one, so we’ll “let it lie” for now - Hendrix was probably so spaced out during his brief career that some performances were perhaps a bit off best - Killing Floor have been one of these, although I recall a version on a live album that I thought was pretty hot, but at least we have some great material to look back on and listen to - some of the live Hendrix material available is great, considering the recording equipment of that time. Have either of you checked out Jay Tamkin yet - another great young blues player from Devon, great competition for Oli Brown - well worth a listen - he’s up here in London this weekend playing 3 nights at Pete Feenstra venues, supporting Danny Bryant on saturday - should be good.............
Might be in trouble if there are any Beatles fans on here, but Jeff Healey’s While my guitar gently weeps is way better than the original IMO. RIP Jeff.
Certainly not in the all-time category but nevertheless very interesting, I stumbled onto yet another cover of As the Crow Flies by Eric Sardinas. It’s a touch over-produced and the vocals aren’t the best, but instrumentally the song’s very good. Definitely a different take on an already great song. It starts off a little like JB’s The River, heavy dobro, and then proceeds on to a great groove. Worth checking out.
Haven’t seen him yet but will keep an eye out. Sorry to inform that I can’t find much music of Gugun - all the good stuff it seems is on Youtube only. Will keep looking though!
Ahh, Simon, Mr Sparkly Sardine-Sandwich (you had to be there!). He is so fantastic that even my teenage lads love him and nick my cd regularly. As for the tattoo, well . . . thank god for cold showers . . .
Humble Pie’s cover of Ray Charles’I Don’t Need No Doctor was very popular here in the early 70’s on their Live at the Fillmore album. Along with Blind Faith, HP was one of the earliest Super Groups.
Humble Pie’s cover of Ray Charles’I Don’t Need No Doctor was very popular here in the early 70’s on their Live at the Fillmore album. Along with Blind Faith, HP was one of the earliest Super Groups.
Yes, that’s the one, Four Day Creep is the first song on the album.
I do, however, truly feel that Hendrix is way overdone by other folk and wish people would show more imagination in their cover choices. I remember an occasion a couple of years back one of my favourite bands, who will remain nameless, came to the end of a stellar gig with rapturous audience response, and started fiddling about with the opening to ‘Voodoo Child’ and of course, the majority of the crowd was yelling them on. I, however, front and centre, was screaming ‘NONONONONONONONONOOO’ at the top of my voice. The guitar slinger looked down, grinned at me and said into the mic ‘You must be f*ing JOKING’ - and out came ‘Superstitious’ instead!! Almost as overdone but what a change for the guy with the guitar to be of the same mind as myself
