THE best and biggest COLLECTION OF (free and legal) 2009 COVERS IN THE BLOGOSPHERE

by eeajc Anime

featuring bands you might have heard of–or songs that are particularly good–from the live music archive. A site I could spend days looking at. and have.

1950s and 60s (and before)

White Rabbit (Jefferson Airplane)-Grace Potter

Only a northern song (Beatles)-Yonder mountain String Band

This Magic moment [Jay & the Americans]-Mountain Goats

He’s got the whole world In His Hands (spiritual)-Mike Doughty

Shout sister shout (Boswell Sisters)-Ditty Bops

Interstellar Overdrive (Pink Floyd)-Camper Van Beethoven

I’ll dust My Broom-G love and special Sauce

Pictures Of Matchstick man (Status Quo)-Cracker

Rumors/Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Beatles)-Josh Ritter

Don’t Bogart That Joint-Little feat (that’s right–the song from easy Rider)

Walking After Midnight (Patsy Cline)-Cowboy Junkies

Lollipop (Chordettes)-Ben Kweller

Baby You Can Drive My car (Beatles)-Soulive

Folsom prison Blues (J Cash)-Big Head Todd and the Monsters

She Came In through The bathroom window (Beatles/Cocker)-Los Lonely Boy

1970s

Hollywood nights (Bob Seger)-Umphrey’s McGee

Sweet Honey Pie (Roky Erickson)-Mike Watt

Rastaman Chant (Bob Marley)-Matisyahu

It never Rains In southern California [Albert Hammond]-Billy Corgan

Redemption song (Marley)-Michael Franti and Spearhead

The long and Winding road (Beatles)-Ari Hest

Cinnamon girl (Neil Young)-Back yard Tire Fire

Primitive (Cramps)-Southern culture on the Skids

Oh sister [Bob Dylan]-Andrew Bird with Annie Clark

We will rock You (Queen)-Carbon Leaf

Waxie’s Dargle (Pogues)-The Gourds

1980s

Micahel Jackson tribute/Thriller-Tenacious D

Breakdown (Tom Petty)-Backyard Tire Fire

Devil Went down to Georgia (Charlie Daniels)-Blues Traveller

Hot For teacher (Van Halen)-Hank Williams III

Love Is A Battlefield (Pat Benetar)-The Brew

I Wanna know What love Is (Foreigner)-Guster

Billie Jean (Michael Jackson)-Lync

I Don’t Wanna grow Up (Tom Waits)-Hayes Carll

Rockin’ In the free world (Neil Young)-Drive-By Truckers

1990s

Mary Jane’s Last dance (Tom Petty)-Bloodkin

Pennyroyal Tea (Nirvana)-Brian Dolzani

Wonderwall-Ryan Adams. always a favorite.

Last night I Dreamt That somebody loved Me [The Smiths] -Low

Smothered in Hugs (Guided by Voices)-Local H

2000s

Lose yourself (Eminem)-Matt Nathanson

For Today I Am A boy (Antony & The Johnsons cover)-Carla Bozulich