Dead Set - LIVE

During the May run closing the Warfield Theater Phil & Friends performed many of the Grateful Dead's albums in their entirety. Here is Dead Set from May 17, 2008.

Samson & Delilah
Friend of the Devil
New Minglewood Blues
Deal
Candyman
Little Red Rooster
Loser
Passenger
Feel Like a Stranger
Franklin's Tower
Drums*
Space*
Fire on the Mountain*
Greatest Story Ever Told
Brokedown Palace

* w/ Sikiru Adepoju on talking drum

Skull & Roses - LIVE!

During the May run closing the Warfield Theater Phil & Friends performed many of the Grateful Dead's albums in their entirety. Here is Skull and Roses from May 17, 2008.

Bertha

Mama Tried
Big Railroad Blues
Playing in the Band
Jam
The Other One
Me & My Uncle
Big Boss Man
Me & Bobby McGee
Johnny B. Goode
Wharf Rat
Not Fade Away
Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad

American Beauty - LIVE

During the May run closing the Warfield Theater Phil & Friends performed many of the Grateful Dead's albums in their entirety. Here is American Beauty from May 16, 2008.

Box of Rain*

Friend of the Devil*
Sugar Magnolia
Operator
Candy Man
Ripple*
Brokedown Palace
Till The Morning Comes#
Attics of My Life#
Truckin'*
* w/ David Nelson
# w/ Teresa Williams

Cover of the Month - Hey Jude

I am obsessed with the data that Last.FM provides me. I am using it to broaden my musical experiences (more on that at another time) and it helps me to come up with ideas for my blog.

Reviewing my recently played list I remember listening to "Hey Jude" in the car and really jammin' to it. Of all the Beatles songs, Jude isn't in my top 20, but on the occasions that it catches you right it is real treat.

I know Jude has been covered by plenty of bands, so I sent out on a search to find them ALL, or at least musicians that remotely sound familiar.

So here they are:

• Hey Jude was covered by Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Soul Stew Revival at the Wanee Festival on April 12, 2008 LISTEN TO THIS!!!!
• Hey Jude - From the Across the Universe soundtrack, performed by Joe Anderson
• Hey Jude - From Wilson Pickett's Album Hey Jude with Duane Allman. Duane's weaving through the horns at the end of this track left me wishing for another 2 minutes.
• Hey Jude - What list would be complete without Tom Jones' version
• Hey Jude covered by String Cheese Incident in Utah on February 13, 2000. This is strictly instrumental, and therein lies its beauty.
• Hey Jude was covered by O.A.R. (...of a Revolution) to encore their April 6, 2005 show
• Hey Jude made an appearance in Jamaica when The Brain Damaged Eggmen (Members of the Disco Biscuits & Umphrey's Mcgee) covered it on December 16, 2007 in Jamaica. Unfortunately this cover is completely forgettable and uninspired. This show also has other Beatles covers as well as Pink Floyd stuff.
• Hey Jude is part of Strangefolk's set list from August 10, 1996
• After not playing Hey Jude for 20 years The Grateful Dead brought it back on March 22, 1990. Typically they played the final chorus of Jude which flowed beautifully from, most times, a Dear Mr. Fantasy. In this show they play Hey Jude->Dear Mr. Fantasy->Hey Jude Refrain.
• Here is a link to Hey Jude covered by Lovedog. I found this surfing the net looking for Jude covers and thought I would share.

I am trying to track down Elvis Presley's version of Hey Jude and all I can find right now is this You Tube clip:

Scarlet Begonias for Everyone

Wow - 2 days in a row! This may not happen often, but being new to the blog-o-sphere I couldn't help myself.

When I first visualized this blog I thought it would be nice and easy... I thought. It occurred to me that there are thousands of other blogs out there and re-creating what was already done was just plain silly. So, I now have to take my time and research to make sure that what I decide to blog is a different take on the same point.

For instance, I thought today's blog would be a whole bit about Foamfoot, a cover band made up of Chris Robinson & Marc Ford from the Black Crowes, Jimmy Ashurst of The JuJu Hounds, Eric Bobo from Cypress Hill and Gary Louris of The Jayhawks. This show is just great Rock 'n Roll.... and then I discovered Aquariumdrunkard.com. If Foamfoot is new to you definitely check out the Aquarium's posts on the topic here.

OK - so on to today's point. Once I discovered Foamfoot would be redundant I ended up thinking about yesterday's post which led me to Jimmy Buffet and covers which led to Jimmy's cover of the Dead's Scarlet Begonias which led to Sublime's version which begged the question: Who else has covered Scarlet Begonias?

With a bit of time I was surprised that this was not covered as much as I intended. I Googled "Scarlet Begonias cover" and found the two mentioned above. I then searched archive.org and found Keller Williams, Max Creek, Phish and The Big Wu.


Keller & Phish were no surprise, but always worth the time especially if you love your Begonias. Max Creek, clocking in at over 16 minutes, is a great find and I encourage you to listen to an old friend with new ears. The Wu is nice, but not lighting my world on fire.

If you know of other Begonia covers out there let me know as I would love to hear them. If I can I will also add them to the playlist and if possible link to the mp3.

Available MP3s Found on Archive.org:
Keller's Begonias
Max Creek Begonias
The Big Wu Begonia

Available on bt.etree.org:
Phish Begonias

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