Coverville 455: The Blues Brothers 30th Anniversary

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

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Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
I Can't Turn You Loose	Was (Not Was)	What Up, Dog?	Otis Redding
Soul Man	Booker T. and the MG's	Soul Men	Sam & Dave
Hey Bartender	Koko Taylor	Koko Taylor (Deluxe Edition)	Floyd Dixon
Think	Joan Osborne	How Sweet It Is	Aretha Franklin
Rawhide	The Meteors	Corpse Grinder	TV Theme
Rubber Biscuit	Supersuckers	Devil's Food	The Chips
Squeezit The Moocher (Minnie The Moocher)	Danny Elfman	Forbidden Zone (Original Soundtrack)	Cab Calloway

34 minutes |


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Coverville 454: Laying everybody low, with the cover songs that he requested

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor	Baby Charles	Baby Charles	The Arctic Monkeys
Romeo & Juliet	The Killers	Sawdust	Dire Straits
Islands In The Stream	Constantines & Feist	Single (available here!)	The Bee Gees/Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton
Tonight You Belong To Me	The Bird And The Bee	One Too Many Hearts	Kay Starr/David Lee/Billy Rose
Knockin' On Heaven's Door	Danny Federici	Out Of A Dream	Bob Dylan
Sorcerer	Stevie Nicks	Trouble in Shangri-La	Stevie Nicks (re-cover)

53 minutes |

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There's a Musically Challenged in this show! Thanks to Jean Paul for sending it in!

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Links to (some of) the other Cover Bloggers

Very embarrassing!

Listener dwasson asked me for the link to the other members of the cover bloggers in the Roundtable episode #450, and I feel horrible that I didn't include them on the post (as I truly intended).

Here's they all are, and all are highly recommended!

Copy,Right:
http://copycommaright.blogspot.com/

Fong Songs:
http://fongsongs.blogspot.com/

Cover Freak:
http://coverfreak.com/

Cover Lay Down:
http://coverlaydown.blogspot.com/

Covering The Mouse:
http://www.coveringthemouse.com/

Coverville 453: Rock Band covers with Tristan

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
Say It Ain't So (non-blbum bonus track)	MoZella	I Will	Weezer
Wanted Dead Or Alive	The Slackers	Wasted Days	Bon Jovi
Still Alive (Portal)	missFlag	Website	Jonathan Coulton
Black Hole Sun	Handsome Hank and His Lonesome Boys	La Collection Des Reprises Décalées	Soundgarden
Blitzkrieg Bop	The Ramonetures	The Ramonetures	The Ramones
My Sharona	Buffalo Daughter, Towa Tei & Tycoon Tosh	Flash	The Knack

35 minutes |

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Site News

There are some things happening with the website, and I want to make sure to keep everyone up-to-date on what's going on.

1. Comments are working again! I basically had to flush all the old Movable Type templates, which had dome some custom design work done, and use the new templates, which use a whole new system. But regardless, they're working, so comment to your heart's content!

2. The MP3 feed is having problems in iTunes for some users. If you're subscribed in iTunes to the MP3 feed, and you haven't gotten the last couple of shows, there's an easy solution. In iTunes, go to your Advanced Menu, and choose "Subscribe To Podcast". Then copy and paste the following:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/coverville

This will fix the issue. Sorry for the inconvenience. I'm looking into why this is working in other podcast receivers, but not iTunes.

3. I'm looking for a WordPress design guru. The change to Movable Type has still caused some other issues I'm not happy about, and I'm going to move the blog from Movable Type to WordPress. This is as good a time as any to do it, and I might as well take advantage of some design changes I wanted to make to the site at the same time. If you know CSS and WordPress and can help, please email me at the address at the top of the page. I could go to eLance and hire someone to do it, but I'd rather hire someone who knows the show and the site already. I don't have a huge budget, but I will pay you for your time and effort. Let's talk.

Thanks for your continued support of the show! Tristan and I will be recording a new episode today. Look for it soon.

Drunk Covers VI over at The Waiting Room

The fine folks at Error FM's The Waiting Room have put together another installment of Drunk Covers, this one their sixth!

It'll air live tonight, and be available afterwards as a podcast.

Click Here

Coverville 452: The Willie Nelson Cover Story

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
Sad Songs and Waltzes	Cake	Fashion Nugget	Willie Nelson
I Hear You Knockin'	Willie Nelson	Goin' Home; A Tribute to Fats Domino	Fats Domino
On The Road Again	Me First & The Gimme Gimmes	Love Their Country	Willie Nelson
Goodnight Irene	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band w/Tom Petty & Willie Nelson	Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 3	Leadbelly
Darkness On The Face Of The Earth	Jools Holland and His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, feat. KT Tunstall	Moving Out To The Country	Willie Nelson
One After 909	Willie Nelson	Come Together: America Salutes The Beatles	The Beatles
Everywhere I Go	Eddie Spaghetti	Old No. 2	Willie Nelson
Sitting In Limbo	Willie Nelson	Countryman	Jimmy Cliff

35 minutes |

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Coverville 451: Have you ever seen the cover requests coming down on a sunny day? [repost - fixed audio]

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
American Girl	Saints of the Underground	Love The Sin, Hate The Sinner	Tom Petty
This Is How It Feels	Carter U.S.M.	You Fat Bastard	Inspiral Carpets
Have You Ever Seen The Rain?	Juju Stulbach	Have You Ever Seen The Rain - single	Creedence Clearwater Revival
Games Without Frontiers	Michael Knott	Website	Peter Gabriel
L-O-V-E	Fisher	Uppers & Downers	Nat King Cole
Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy	Jason Mraz	Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen	Queen

34 minutes |

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Comments Temporarily Down

I've just upgraded the blog to Movable Type 4.1, to make it more compatible with the post generation tool I use (ecto).

But for whatever reason, I can't make the comments work. I've got a message on the Movable Type forums to see if there's someone who can help, so I hope to have comments up soon!

Honestly, I'd rather move the whole blog to WordPress (which all of my other blogs are using), but I think that with the number of posts, comments and links I have, it would be a huge undertaking.

What's happening with Today In Music History

If you're a subscriber to my daily podcast, "Today In Music History", you've noticed that there haven't been any updates for the past week. The TPN servers have been having some security issues, and because of hackers, I haven't been able to post any new shows.

I'm still producing them, however, and as soon as the servers are back up and running, I'll be posting all of the old shows as well.

Thanks for your patience!

Coverville 450: The Cover Blog Roundtable [fixed audio re-post]

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
(sample) Nothing Compares 2 U	Dan Kelly	No Man's Woman	The Family/Sinead O'Connor
(sample) Over The Hiccups	Negativland	Escape From Noise	Judy Garland
Heartbreak Hotel	Blues Magoos	Never Goin' Back To Georgia	Elvis Presley
Young Americans	Danny Michel	Loving The Alien	David Bowie
Part Of Your World	Suemitsu & The Suemith	Man Here Plays Mean Piano	Disney
Anarchy In The U.K.	Low IQ 01 feat. Yukari Fresh	Master Low 2	The Sex Pistols
The Only Living Boy In New York	Shawn Colvin	Live at the Mann Theatre (8/9/01)	Paul Simon

90 minutes |

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Concert Suggestion: Nick Lowe on tour

After recording the Dave Edmunds show last night, my buddy Chris Browne called and invited me to the Nick Lowe concert at the Boulder Theater. I mentioned Nick several times during the Dave Edmunds Cover Story, as the two were frequent collaborators, so the coincidence of seeing Nick Lowe on the same day (and Mr. Edmunds' birthday) was too good to pass up.

The show was fantastic. It was Nick and his guitar in a solo acoustic performance. And in addition to playing several tracks from his latest album, At My Age, he covered his whole catalog of tracks, including some Rockpile stuff, and Brinsley Schwartz' original version of "What's So Funny ('Bout Peace, Love and Understanding)".

Nick is continuing his tour out East, touring with Ron Sexsmith, and I highly recommend you check him out if he's coming to a town near you.

Links:
Nick Lowe Tour Dates
The Nick Lowe Cover Story (to get you in the mood!)
Coverville 302, featuring Ron Sexsmith's "I Don't Like Mondays" cover

Coverville 449: The Dave Edmunds Cover Story

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
The Race Is On	Dave Edmunds	The Dave Edmunds Anthology	George Jones
A1 On The Jukebox	Elizabeth McQueen and the Firebrands	Happy Doing What We're Doing	Dave Edmunds
When I Write The Book	Sparkle*Jets UK	Lowe Profile: A Tribute To Nick Lowe	Rockpile
When Will I Be Loved	Rockpile	Seconds Of Pleasure	The Everly Brothers
Queen Of Hearts	Dave Edmunds	Repeat When Necessary	Dave Edmunds
Rock This Town	Lee Rocker	Racin' The Devil	Stray Cats
Sabre Dance	Love Sculpture	Chronicles (1968-1984)	Khachaturian
King Of Love	Blackie and the Rodeo Kings	Kings Of Love	Dave Edmunds

37 minutes |

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Coverville 448: Wise men say only fools request covers

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
Sympathy For The Devil (Pleased Remix)	Freedom Dub	Bossa n' Stones	The Rolling Stones
Can't Help Falling In Love	Bono	Honeymoon In Vegas	Elvis Presley
Here Comes The Sun	Richie Havens	Alarm Clock	The Beatles
Helter Skelter	Bonerama	Bringing It Home	The Beatles
Under Pressure	Keane	Radio 1: Established 1967	Queen & David Bowie
Bohemian Rhapsody	Grey DeLisle	Classic Rock 28	Queen

50 minutes |

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Coverville 447: The Hall & Oates Cover Story

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
Rich Girl	The Swimmers	Fighting Trees	Hall & Oates
Maneater	Splithabit	Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is	Hall & Oates
I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)	Orson	The Saturday Sessions: The Dermot O'Leary Show	Hall & Oates
Private Eyes	Towa Tei	Sound Museum	Hall & Oates
Sara Smile	Joan Osborne	Breakfast in Bed	Hall & Oates
I Can Dream About You	Hall & Oates	Our Kind Of Soul	Dan Hartman
Out Of Touch (Kopia Kör)	The Mexicos	Website	Hall & Oates
I Can't Go For That	PJ Pooterhoots	No Go	Hall & Oates

43 minutes |

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Coverville 446: Cover to Cover Interview with P. Hux

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
Ma-Ma Ma Belle	P. Hux	Homemade Spaceship	Electric Light Orchestra
Don't Bring Me Down	P. Hux	Homemade Spaceship	Electric Light Orchestra
Another Satellite	P. Hux	A Testimonial Dinner: The Songs of XTC	XTC
I'm Looking Through You	P. Hux	Kiss The Monster	The Beatles

35 minutes |

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(Off-topic) Joss Whedon's "Nothing But Red"

Listener Eliza Frank is contributing a short story to an upcoming anthology developed by Buffy, Angel and Firefly/Serenity creator Joss Whedon, entitled "Nothing But Red". As a fan of Joss' work in the past, it's something I'll definitely be checking out.

To find out more about the project, and Eliza's contribution, visit her blog.

Coverville 445: However far away, I will always love your cover requests.

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
My Bonnie	Johnny J. Blair	Grateful	Traditional
Send In The Clowns	The Tiger Lillies	Circus Songs	Steven Sondheim
Money (That's What I Want)	The Storys	Unreleased	Barrett Strong
Lovesong	Death Cab For Cutie	For Unicef - Tsunami Relief Fund Compilation	The Cure
Nobody Knows You (When You're Down And Out)	Otis Redding	The Dock Of The Bay	Jimmy Cox
Take On Me	Sara Bareilles	Careful Confessions	a-ha

45 minutes |

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Coverville 444: The Richard Thompson Cover Story

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
Kiss	Richard Thompson	1000 Years Of Popular Music	Prince
Turning Of The Tide	Bob Mould	Beat The Retreat: Songs of Richard Thompson	Richard Thompson
Wall Of Death	The Wrockers feat Louis B. Jones	Stranger Than Fiction	Richard Thompson
Persuasion	Richard/Teddy Thompson	Action Packed: The Best of the Capitol Years	Richard Thompson/Tim Finn
I Misunderstood	Mary Black	Shine	Richard Thompson
1952 Vincent Black Lightning	Dick Gaughan	Sail On	Richard Thompson
Dimming Of The Day	Clive Gregson/Boo Hewerdine/Eddi Reader	The World is A Wonderful Place: The Songs Of Richard Thompson	Richard Thompson
End Of The Rainbow	Elvis Costello	King Of America (Bonus Disc)	Richard Thompson
Dear Janet Jackson (NSFW)	Richard Thompson	Unreleased	Richard Thompson

48 minutes |

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Cover Up! April 11 in London

This is really cool, and makes me wish I lived in London to attend.

On April 11, Sam Sutton and Charlie Inman will be hosting "Cover Up", a night of cover songs at Ginglik Club W12. I've talked to these guys, and this is going to be a great event. Lots of funk, rock, and live bands.

Here's the flyer (download PDF)

Now, even if you're not in the area, you can still participate. They've asked me to recommend some great funky, danceable cover songs that I've played on the show, and I'm extending that to the listeners. Is there a track I've played on the show that's made you wanna get up and dance? Suggest it in the comments, and I'll forward the list over to the club!

Coverville 443: Parodyville!

Here's on what's on the show tonight:

Title (with link to iTunes, if available)	Artist (with link to the artists' website, if available)	Album (with link to Amazon.com, if available)	Original Artist
Never Gonna Give You Up	The Hot Stewards	Cover Up	Rick Astley
Ally McBeal	Da Vinci's Notebook	The Life and Times of Mike Fanning	Bob Dylan
The Patty Duke Theme (Cousins)	Rerun Rock as Bob Dylan	Rerun Rock: Superstars Sing Television Themes	Bob Dylan
Grey Clouds	The Orb/Alan Parker	Annie Nightingale Presents Y4K	The Orb
We're An Accordion Band	Those Darned Accordions!	Squeeze This!	Grand Funk
Walk On The Kosher Side	Gefilte Joe & The Fish	Tales From The Rhino	Lou Reed
Ebay	"Weird Al" Yankovic	Poodle Hat	The Backstreet Boys
Born To Be Wild	Fanfare Ciocarlia	Borat: Stereophonic Musical Listenings That Have Been Origin In Moving Film	Steppenwolf
Furry Happy Monsters	R.E.M. & The Sesame Street Monsters	Songs From The Street: 35 Years of Music	R.E.M.
The Topical Song	The Barron Knights	The Barron Knights - 40th Anniversary	Supertramp

41 minutes |

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Stereogum presents a track-by-track tribute to Björk's "Post"

A free download from Stereogum's site. I haven't listened yet, but if it's as good as last year's R.E.M. "Drive" tribute, it'll be excellent.

Find out more, and download the full album here.