Artist: David Massengill

Coversongs Called Blues: A SMM leftovers post featuring upbeat covers from the folkworld and beyond!

Sep 19, 2010, 11:27am Cover Lay Down

Last week's songs with titles ending in Blues theme over at collaborative music blog Star Maker Machine may have ended - this week we'll be posting songs that name a type of bird in their title - but my cup runneth over with coversongs that fit the Blank and Blues theme, including a good handful of folk blues numbers ripe for the picking. No true blues on my end today, of course, but many of these leftovers are quite upbeat when it comes down it - and regardless, it's good to [...]

• Carrie Rodriguez: Rexs Blues » rexbl.mp3
• Casey Driessen - Country Blues (trad.)
• Chris Smither - Miner's Blues (Frank Hutchinson cover)
• David Massengill - Candy Man Blues (trad; via Dave Van Ronk)
• Jorma Kaukonen - Breadline Blues (Slim Smith cover)
• Keb' Mo' - Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash cover)
• Keller & The Keels (Featuring Keller Williams) - Dupree's Diamond Blues
• Levon Helm - False Hearted Lover Blues (trad.)
• Mike and Ruthy - Dust Bowl Blues (Woody Guthrie cover)
• Rickie Lee Jones - Subterranean Homesick Blues (Bob Dylan cover)
• Tom Hanway - Crossroad Blues (Robert Johnson cover)
• Tony Rice - Church Street Blues (Norman Blake cover)
• Wilco - James Alley Blues (Rabbit Brown cover)

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Link Text:	Carrie Rodriguez: Rexs Blues
File Name:	rexbl.mp3

Artist:	Casey Driessen
Title:	Country Blues (trad.)
Link Text:	Casey Driessen: Country Blues
File Name:	counbl.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2006

Artist:	Chris Smither
Title:	Miner's Blues (Frank Hutchinson cover)
Link Text:	Chris Smither: Miners Blues
File Name:	minbl.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	David Massengill
Title:	Candy Man Blues (trad; via Dave Van Ronk)
Link Text:	David Massengil: Candy Man Blues
File Name:	canbl.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Jorma Kaukonen
Title:	Breadline Blues (Slim Smith cover)
Link Text:	Jorma Kaukonen: Breadline Blues
File Name:	breadbl.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2002

Artist:	Keb' Mo'
Title:	Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash cover)
Link Text:	Keb Mo: Folsom Prison Blues
File Name:	folbl.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2002

Artist:	Keller & The Keels (Featuring Keller Williams)
Title:	Dupree's Diamond Blues
Link Text:	Keller  The Keels: Duprees Diamond Blues
File Name:	dupbl.mp3
Year:	2006

Artist:	Levon Helm
Title:	False Hearted Lover Blues (trad.)
Link Text:	Levon Helm: False Hearted Lover Blues
File Name:	falbl.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Mike and Ruthy
Title:	Dust Bowl Blues (Woody Guthrie cover)
Link Text:	Mike  Ruthy: Dust Bowl Blues
File Name:	dustbl.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	Rickie Lee Jones
Title:	Subterranean Homesick Blues (Bob Dylan cover)
Link Text:	Rickie Lee Jones: Subterranean Homesick Blues
File Name:	subbl.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Tom Hanway
Title:	Crossroad Blues (Robert Johnson cover)
Link Text:	Tom Hanway: Crossroads Blues
File Name:	crossbl.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1991

Artist:	Tony Rice
Title:	Church Street Blues (Norman Blake cover)
Link Text:	Tony Rice: Church Street Blues
File Name:	chubl.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2006

Artist:	Wilco
Title:	James Alley Blues (Rabbit Brown cover)
Link Text:	Wilco: James Alley Blues
File Name:	jambl.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2006

Single Song Sunday: Hard Times Come Again No More

Dec 30, 2009, 10:54am Cover Lay Down

Last year's final post - a Single Song Sunday feature on Cash classic I Still Miss Someone - found me musing on death, loss, and change after a rough year in the Howdy house. This year finds me in a different frame of mind. My work as an inner city teacher of an obscure elective subject is joyous and fulfilling, a challenge worth taking up each day. Our small community grows stronger, as does our commitment to it; each new activity we join brings [...]

• Bob Dylan - Hard Times
• Cherish the Ladies - Hard Times
• Darol Anger - Hard Times Come Again No More
• David Bazan, Rosie Thomas, J.Tillman, Laura Gibson, John Totten And Chris Totten - Hard Times
• David Massengill - Hard Times Come Again No More
• Dry Branch Fire Squad - Hard Times
• Eastmountainsouth - Hard Times
• Emmylou Harris - Hard Times
• flip & joe breskin - hard times
• Front Porch String Band - Hard Times
• Laura Love - Hard Times
• Mark O'Connor, Yo Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer w/ James Taylor - Hard Times Come Again No More
• Mavis Staples - Hard Times Come Again No More

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Artist:	Bob Dylan
Title:	Hard Times
Link Text:	Bob Dylan: Hard Times
File Name:	htdylan.mp3
Bitrate:	252 kbps
Year:	1992

Artist:	Cherish the Ladies
Title:	Hard Times
Link Text:	Cherish the Ladies: Hard Times
File Name:	htcherish.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2004

Artist:	Darol Anger
Title:	Hard Times Come Again No More
Link Text:	Darol Anger w/ Willie Nelson  Dave Grisman: Hard Times Come Again No More
File Name:	htanger.mp3
Bitrate:	231 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	David Bazan, Rosie Thomas, J.Tillman, Laura Gibson, John Totten And Chris Totten
Title:	Hard Times
Link Text:	David Bazan, Rosie Thomas, J.Tillman, Laura Gibson, John  Chris Totten: Hard Times
File Name:	htbazan.mp3
Bitrate:	256 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	David Massengill
Title:	Hard Times Come Again No More
Link Text:	David Massengill: Hard Times Come Again No More
File Name:	htmass.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1996

Artist:	Dry Branch Fire Squad
Title:	Hard Times
Link Text:	Dry Branch Fire Squad: Hard Times
File Name:	htdb.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1996

Artist:	Eastmountainsouth
Title:	Hard Times
Link Text:	Eastmountainsouth: Hard Times
File Name:	htems.mp3
Bitrate:	256 kbps
Year:	2003

Artist:	Emmylou Harris
Title:	Hard Times
Link Text:	Emmylou Harris: Hard Times
File Name:	htemmy.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1992

Artist:	flip & joe breskin
Title:	hard times
Link Text:	Flip  Joe Breskin: Hard Times
File Name:	htbresk.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps

Artist:	Front Porch String Band
Title:	Hard Times
Link Text:	Front Porch String Band: Hard Times
File Name:	htfp.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps

Artist:	Laura Love
Title:	Hard Times
Link Text:	Laura Love: Hard Times
File Name:	htlove.mp3
Bitrate:	234 kbps
Year:	2004

Artist:	Mark O'Connor, Yo Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer w/ James Taylor
Title:	Hard Times Come Again No More
Link Text:	James Taylor, Yo Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Mark OConnor: Hard Times Come Again No More
File Name:	httaylor.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Mavis Staples
Title:	Hard Times Come Again No More
Link Text:	Mavis Staples: Hard Times Come Again No More
File Name:	htmavis.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2004

2009, (Re)Covered: A CLD Year in Review (On local labels, tribute albums, house concerts, and punk and popularity)

Dec 20, 2009, 3:43pm Cover Lay Down

As I've noted several times before, I'm not big on year-end omnibus posts, and the concept of countdowns, with their hierarchies and exclusionary undertones, challenges my generous sensibilities. There's so much greatness out there, the perfect song and songsmith for every one of a thousand nuanced moods and whims; to choose one over the other would be as wrong as asking me to rank my students by favorite, thus neglecting the dormant potential, the unique potency, and the epiphanic moments inherent in each. But it's been a rich year here at Cover Lay [...]

• Daisy Mayhem - If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out (Cat Stevens cover)
• Daisy Mayhem - Wildflowers (Tom Petty cover)
• Danny Schmidt & Carrie Elkin - Little Drummer Boy
• David Massengill - Green, Green Rocky Road
• David Pajo - Where Eagles Dare (Misfits cover)
• Erica Wheeler - Song For A Winter's Night (Gordon Lightfoot cover)
• Hot Tuna - Bank Robber
• Jeffrey Lewis - Do They Owe Us A Living (Crass cover)
• Laura Cantrell - Cowboy on the Moon (Lambchop cover)
• Phil Cody - Straight To Hell (The Clash cover)
• The Lemonheads - Hey, That's No Way To Say Good
• The Rosewood Thieves - You're Good For Me (Solomon Burke cover)
• The Sweetback Sisters - Don't Cry To Me (Jimmy Martin cover)
• The Sweetback Sisters - My Uncle Used To Love Me But She Died (Roger Miller cover)

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Artist:	Daisy Mayhem
Title:	If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out (Cat Stevens cover)
Link Text:	Rani Arbo  Daisy Mayhem: If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out
File Name:	singout.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	Daisy Mayhem
Title:	Wildflowers (Tom Petty cover)
Link Text:	Rani Arbo  Daisy Mayhem: Wildflowers
File Name:	wildflowers.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	Danny Schmidt & Carrie Elkin
Title:	Little Drummer Boy
Link Text:	Danny Schmidt  Carrie Elkin: Little Drummer Boy
File Name:	ldb.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	David Massengill
Title:	Green, Green Rocky Road
Link Text:	David Massengill: Green Green Rocky Road
File Name:	ggrr.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	David Pajo
Title:	Where Eagles Dare (Misfits cover)
Link Text:	David Pajo: Where Eagles Dare
File Name:	wedare.mp3
Bitrate:	64 kbps

Artist:	Erica Wheeler
Title:	Song For A Winter's Night (Gordon Lightfoot cover)
Link Text:	Erica Wheeler: Song For A Winters Night
File Name:	wintnight.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	Hot Tuna
Title:	Bank Robber
Link Text:	Hot Tuna: Bank Robber
File Name:	bankrob.mp3
Year:	2008

Artist:	Jeffrey Lewis
Title:	Do They Owe Us A Living (Crass cover)
Link Text:	Jeffrey Lewis: Do They Owe Us A Living
File Name:	dothey.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Laura Cantrell
Title:	Cowboy on the Moon (Lambchop cover)
Link Text:	Laura Cantrell: Cowboy on the Moon
File Name:	cowboymoon.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	Phil Cody
Title:	Straight To Hell (The Clash cover)
Link Text:	Phil Cody: Straight to Hell
File Name:	sthphil.mp3
Bitrate:	136 kbps
Year:	1996

Artist:	The Lemonheads
Title:	Hey, That's No Way To Say Good
Link Text:	The Lemonheads ft. Liv Tyler: Hey Thats No Way To Say Goodbye
File Name:	noway.mp3
Year:	2009

Artist:	The Rosewood Thieves
Title:	You're Good For Me (Solomon Burke cover)
Link Text:	The Rosewood Thieves: Youre Good For Me
File Name:	goodfor.mp3
Bitrate:	222 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	The Sweetback Sisters
Title:	Don't Cry To Me (Jimmy Martin cover)
Link Text:	Sweetback Sisters: Dont Cry To Me
File Name:	doncry.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	The Sweetback Sisters
Title:	My Uncle Used To Love Me But She Died (Roger Miller cover)
Link Text:	Sweetback Sisters: My Uncle Used To Love Me But She Died
File Name:	myuncle.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2009

An Intimate Evening with David Massengill (Friday, December 11 @ Monson, MA)

Nov 28, 2009, 8:04am Cover Lay Down

Once again, our fledgling house concert series is honored to present one of our favorite artists. But where previous shows have featured young, up-and-coming musicians, this time around, through a serendipitous cancellation elsewhere, we are proud to be hosting a long-standing staple of the folkscene, one whose career I have been following since my father took me to see him at Cambridge folk club Passim as a young lad of fourteen. Today, we present some coversongs of and from the seminal songwriter, along with an invitation for you to join us as [...]

• David Massengill - Another Time And Place (Dave Van Ronk cover)
• David Massengill - Crucifixion (Phil Ochs cover)
• David Massengill - Hard Times Come Again No More (Stephen Foster cover)
• David Massengill - He Was A Friend Of Mine (trad, arr. Van Ronk / Schmidt)
• Dry Branch Fire Squad - Rider on an Orphan Train (David Massengill cover)
• Joan Baez - Fairfax County (David Massengill cover)
• Lucy Kaplansky - My Name Joe (David Massengill cover)
• The Roches - On The Road To Fairfax County

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Artist:	David Massengill
Title:	Another Time And Place (Dave Van Ronk cover)
Link Text:	David Massengill: Another Time and Place
File Name:	atap.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	David Massengill
Title:	Crucifixion (Phil Ochs cover)
Link Text:	David Massengill: Crucifixion
File Name:	cruci.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	1998

Artist:	David Massengill
Title:	Hard Times Come Again No More (Stephen Foster cover)
Link Text:	David Massengill: Hard Times Come Again No More
File Name:	hardtimes.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1996

Artist:	David Massengill
Title:	He Was A Friend Of Mine (trad, arr. Van Ronk / Schmidt)
Link Text:	David Massengill: He Was A Friend of Mine
File Name:	hewas.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Dry Branch Fire Squad
Title:	Rider on an Orphan Train (David Massengill cover)
Link Text:	Dry Branch Fire Squad: Rider on an Orphan Train
File Name:	orphan.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	Joan Baez
Title:	Fairfax County (David Massengill cover)
Link Text:	Joan Baez: Fairfax County
File Name:	fairfax.mp3
Bitrate:	64 kbps
Year:	1989

Artist:	Lucy Kaplansky
Title:	My Name Joe (David Massengill cover)
Link Text:	Lucy Kaplansky: My Name Joe
File Name:	namejoe.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps

Artist:	The Roches
Title:	On The Road To Fairfax County
Link Text:	The Roches: On The Road To Fairfax County
File Name:	roadto.mp3
Year:	1982

Festival Coverfolk: Falcon Ridge Folk Festival, July 24-27 (The Nields, Patty Larkin, Martin Sexton, David Massengill)

Jun 18, 2008, 10:54am Cover Lay Down

Gas isn't getting any cheaper, so now that you're back from the confusingly-named fields and stages of Bonnaroo , where Ben Folds retired his lush, hushed cover of Bitches Ain't Shit (see Fong Songs for a great live-from-Bonnaroo recording), it's time to start looking at a few festivals closer to home. For us, this means our own stomping grounds, here in the American Northeast. And for my money, there's no better festival around than the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival , a four-day, four-stage extravaganza of music, dancing, and live [...]

• Cry Cry Cry - I Know What Kind Of Love This Is
• David Massengill - Crucifixion
• David Massengill - Hard Times Come Again No More
• Eddie From Ohio - Get Together
• Lucy Kaplansky - My Name Joe
• Martin Sexton - Amazing Grace
• Martin Sexton - Holly Jolly Christmas
• Martin Sexton - Will It Go Round In Circles
• Patty Larkin - Everybody's Talkin'
• Patty Larkin - Have A Little Faith In Me
• The Nields - Black Boys On Mopeds

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Artist:	Cry Cry Cry
Title:	I Know What Kind Of Love This Is
Link Text:	Cry Cry Cry, I Know What Kind Of Love This Is
File Name:	11 I Know What Kind Of Love This Is.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	David Massengill
Title:	Crucifixion
Link Text:	David Massengill, Crucifixion
File Name:	2-08 Crucifixion.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	1998

Artist:	David Massengill
Title:	Hard Times Come Again No More
Link Text:	David Massengill, Hard Times Come Again No More
File Name:	12 Hard Times Come Again No More.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1996

Artist:	Eddie From Ohio
Title:	Get Together
Link Text:	Eddie From Ohio/Lowen and Navarro, Get Together
File Name:	11 Get Together.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	Lucy Kaplansky
Title:	My Name Joe
Link Text:	Lucy Kaplansky, My Name Joe
File Name:	05 My Name Joe.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1994

Artist:	Martin Sexton
Title:	Amazing Grace
Link Text:	Martin Sexton, Amazing Grace
File Name:	2-06 Amazing Grace.mp3
Bitrate:	180 kbps
Year:	2002

Artist:	Martin Sexton
Title:	Holly Jolly Christmas
Link Text:	Martin Sexton, Have A Holly Jolly Christmas
File Name:	02 Holly Jolly Christmas.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2005

Artist:	Martin Sexton
Title:	Will It Go Round In Circles
Link Text:	Martin Sexton, Will It Go Round In Circles
File Name:	04 Will It Go Round In Circles.mp3
Year:	2007

Artist:	Patty Larkin
Title:	Everybody's Talkin'
Link Text:	Patty Larkin, Everybody's Talkin'
File Name:	09 Everybody's Talkin' 2.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	1999

Artist:	Patty Larkin
Title:	Have A Little Faith In Me
Link Text:	Patty Larkin, Have A Little Faith In Me
File Name:	12 Have A Little Faith In Me.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2000

Artist:	The Nields
Title:	Black Boys On Mopeds
Link Text:	The Nields, Black Boys on Mopeds
File Name:	05 Black Boys On Mopeds.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	1994

"Let us pause in life's pleasures ...

Apr 29, 2008, 10:52pm Old Blue Bus

and count its many tears. While we all sup sorrow with the poor." "Tis the song, the sigh of the weary, Hard Times, hard times, come again no more Many days you have lingered around my cabin door; Oh hard times come again no more." Of all of the songs written by Stephen Foster, "Hard Times Come Again No More" is one of the most popular and enduring. Oddly, at the time of its writing, the song was not especially popular. While "Hard Times" may not [...]

• Bob Dylan - Hard Times
• Cherish the Ladies - Hard Times (song)
• David Massengill - Hard Times Come Again No More
• Dry Branch Fire Squad - Hard Times
• Eastmountainsouth - 01-Hard Times
• Emmylou Harris - Hard Times
• Sons Of The Pioneers - Hard Times Come Again No More
• Willie Nelson - Hard Times Come Again No More

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Artist:	Bob Dylan
Title:	Hard Times
Link Text:	Bob Dylan.mp3
File Name:	Bob Dylan - Hard Times Come Again No More.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1992

Artist:	Cherish the Ladies
Title:	Hard Times (song)
Link Text:	Cherish The Ladies.mp3
File Name:	Cherish The Ladies - Hard Times Come Again No More.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2004

Artist:	David Massengill
Title:	Hard Times Come Again No More
Link Text:	David Massengill.mp3
File Name:	David Massengill - Hard Times Come Again No More.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1996

Artist:	Dry Branch Fire Squad
Title:	Hard Times
Link Text:	Dry Branch Fire Squad
File Name:	Dry Branch Fire Squad - Hard Times Come Again No More.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1996

Artist:	Eastmountainsouth
Title:	01-Hard Times
Link Text:	Eastmountainsouth.mp3
File Name:	Eastmountainsouth - Hard Times Come Again No More.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2003

Artist:	Emmylou Harris
Title:	Hard Times
Link Text:	Emmylou Harris.mp3
File Name:	Emmylou Harris - Hard Times Come Again No More.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1992

Artist:	Sons Of The Pioneers
Title:	Hard Times Come Again No More
Link Text:	The Sons of the Pioneers.mp3
File Name:	The Sons of the Pioneers - Hard Times Come Again No More.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2001

Artist:	Willie Nelson
Title:	Hard Times Come Again No More
Link Text:	Willie Nelson.mp3
File Name:	Willie Nelson - Hard Times Come Again No More.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1997