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05-15-2005, 08:44 AM
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They've got Lightfoot covered
He's been covered by Elvis, Lou Rawls, the Butthole Surfers and even La Streisand. Canadian folksinging legend Gordon Lightfoot hasn't had a bona fide radio hit in 25 years, but his oeuvre lives on in the voices and instruments of an eclectic crew. Which is a good thing, because while a songwriter's reputation is built on the quality of the songs, his fortunes are made off the other artists who record them. Here's a sample of some of the more outstanding and/or unusual covers of Lightfoot songs released over the years by performers in every genre: mainstream pop and country, cabaret and folk-rock, skiffle and avant-garde, punk, grunge and disco.
"The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
Butthole Surfers
Dandy Warhols
Siegfried Rauch
Rheostatics
"Spin, Spin"
Stompin' Tom Connors
"Steel Rail Blues"
Jim Croce
"Sundown"
Lonnie Donegan
Zip Code Rapists
"Early Morning Rain"
Bob Dylan
Grateful Dead
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Reed
Elvis Presley
Paul Weller
"I'm Not Supposed to Care"
Bob Dylan
"The Way I Feel"
Fairport Convention
"Ten Degrees and Getting Colder"
Nanci Griffith
"I Can't Make It Anymore"
Richie Havens
"Canadian Railroad Trilogy" & "Did She Mention My Name"
Irish Rovers
"If You Could Read My Mind"
Jane's Addiction
Jack Jones
Daliah Lavi
Olivia Newton-John
Johnny Mathis
Don Mclean
Liza Minnelli
Star 54
Duane Steele
Barbra Streisand
Andy Williams
Bobby Sherman
Don Williams
"For Loving Me"
Waylon Jennings
Johnny Mann
Elvis Presley
"Song For A Winter's Night"
Sarah Mclachlan
"Wherefore And Why"
Liza Minnelli
Johnny Mathis
"I'm Not Saying"
Nico
"Ribbon Of Darkness"
Poco
Hank Snow
Marty Robbins
Conway Twitty
Don Mclean
"I Want To Hear It From You"
Lou Rawls
Frank Sinatra Jr.
"The Last Time I Saw Her"
Telly Savalas
"Black Day In July"
Tragically Hip
"The Patriot's Dream"
Roger Whittaker
"Looking At The Rain"
Hank Williams Jr.
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They've got Lightfoot covered
He's been covered by Elvis, Lou Rawls, the Butthole Surfers and even La Streisand. Canadian folksinging legend Gordon Lightfoot hasn't had a bona fide radio hit in 25 years, but his oeuvre lives on in the voices and instruments of an eclectic crew. Which is a good thing, because while a songwriter's reputation is built on the quality of the songs, his fortunes are made off the other artists who record them. Here's a sample of some of the more outstanding and/or unusual covers of Lightfoot songs released over the years by performers in every genre: mainstream pop and country, cabaret and folk-rock, skiffle and avant-garde, punk, grunge and disco.
"The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald"
Butthole Surfers
Dandy Warhols
Siegfried Rauch
Rheostatics
"Spin, Spin"
Stompin' Tom Connors
"Steel Rail Blues"
Jim Croce
"Sundown"
Lonnie Donegan
Zip Code Rapists
"Early Morning Rain"
Bob Dylan
Grateful Dead
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Reed
Elvis Presley
Paul Weller
"I'm Not Supposed to Care"
Bob Dylan
"The Way I Feel"
Fairport Convention
"Ten Degrees and Getting Colder"
Nanci Griffith
"I Can't Make It Anymore"
Richie Havens
"Canadian Railroad Trilogy" & "Did She Mention My Name"
Irish Rovers
"If You Could Read My Mind"
Jane's Addiction
Jack Jones
Daliah Lavi
Olivia Newton-John
Johnny Mathis
Don Mclean
Liza Minnelli
Star 54
Duane Steele
Barbra Streisand
Andy Williams
Bobby Sherman
Don Williams
"For Loving Me"
Waylon Jennings
Johnny Mann
Elvis Presley
"Song For A Winter's Night"
Sarah Mclachlan
"Wherefore And Why"
Liza Minnelli
Johnny Mathis
"I'm Not Saying"
Nico
"Ribbon Of Darkness"
Poco
Hank Snow
Marty Robbins
Conway Twitty
Don Mclean
"I Want To Hear It From You"
Lou Rawls
Frank Sinatra Jr.
"The Last Time I Saw Her"
Telly Savalas
"Black Day In July"
Tragically Hip
"The Patriot's Dream"
Roger Whittaker
"Looking At The Rain"
Hank Williams Jr.