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Covers? A Collection of non-hits by the songwriters.

NO art work.

This all started with a discussion with my drunken, know-it-all, asshole, nephew. He started telling me how much he knew about rock and roll.
He rambled on about this fact, or that fact, but I knew that he was full of it when he proclaimed Janis the Writer of "Me and Bobby McGee". I decided to
put together a collection of songs whose "Covers" were bigger hits than the original songs. I put this together using what I had in my collection as
the best versions of songs by the original writers. I am giving it to my nephew for Christmas. Maybe he will take it back to his dorm and amaze his friends.
Accept it in the good fun that it was created. Thanks to all of the original tapers and seeders. There are other songs that I have in mind to use, but I could
not find clean copies. (Does anyone have a show from Tommy James and the Shondells?) Enjoy and Merry Christmas to all.

Thanks to Rickie69 for this excellent upload. 

01 After Midnight J.J. Cale KFOG Private Show - San Francisco, CA - 3-17-02
02 Angel from Montgomery John Prine Ancienne Belgique - Brussels, Belgium - 11-3-05
03 Black Magic Woman Fleetwood Mac The Paramount - Seattle WA - 03-10-1972
04 Blinded by the light Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band Berkeley Community Theater - Berkeley, CA - 03-03-1973
05 Blue Bayou Roy Orbison Houston, TX - 01-01-1987
06 Call Me The Breeze J.J. Cale KFOG Private Show - San Francisco, CA - 3-17-02
07 China Girl Iggy Pop My Father's Place - Roslyn, NY - 03-04-1980
08 Cocaine J.J. Cale McCabe's Guitar Shop - Santa Monica, CA - 3/28/09
09 Feelin' Alright Dave Mason Greek Theater - Berkeley, CA - 06-02-1979
10 I Heard it Through The Grapevine John Fogerty Fillmore West - 05-18-1997
11 I Shot the Sheriff Bob Marley and The Wailers Dane County Coliseum - Madison, WI - 11-11-1979
12 Mama Told Me Not To Come Randy Newman Concertgebouw - Amsterdam - 05-11-2010
13 Me and Bobby McGee Kris Kristofferson Bridge School Benefit - Shoreline Amphitheatre - 10-23-2010
14 Poor Poor Pitifal Me Warren Zevon Horizontal Boogie Bar - Rochester, NY - 2-8-94
15 Proud Mary Creedence Clearwater Revival The Forum - Inglewood, CA - 08-29-1970
16 Speed at the Sound of Loneliness John Prine Glór Irish Music Centre - Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland - 11-11-05
17 Take It Easy Jackson Browne Song Traveler - Kansas City 11-14-2003
18 Take Me To The River Al Green Westbury Music Fair - Westbury, NY - 06-21-2001
19 Turn Turn Turn Pete Seeger Monterey Jazz Festival - 09-19-2009
20 You Are So Beautiful Billy Preston Chestnut Street Cabaret - Philidelphia - 01-23-1988
21 You Can Leave Your Hat On Randy Newman Moore Theater - Seattle, WA - 11-xx-1974

OK - I messed up. Track 10 "I Heard it Through The Grapevine" was not written by John Fogerty, but it was still performed by him at The Fillmore - 05-18-1997. It has not been removed. A couple of other songs that I could not find was a good copy of Otis Redding doing RESPECT, or Cat Stevens doing "The First Cut is the Deepest".