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Download This: Pascal Fricke Lays Out Dozens of Haunting Tom Waits Covers in Bangin' on the Table

Aug 4, 2010, 3:00pm Cover Me
Beautiful, heart-breaking instrumentals of songs both famous and obscure. 35 of them, free!
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Full Albums: Tom Waits' "Rain Dogs"

Mar 1, 2010, 12:00pm Cover Me
The first post of the month features covers of every track on a famous album. Got an idea for a future pick? Leave a note in the comments!My first experience with Tom Waits was listening to Rain Dogs my freshman year of college. I didn't even make it through two songs. The voice grated on my nerves and the off-kilter rhythms made me feel seasick. Needless to say, I've come around since, even
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Artist:Billy's Band
Title:Raindogs (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Billy's Band - Rain Dogs
File Name:RainDogs.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:2004
Artist:Buck 65
Title:Singapore (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Buck 65 - Singapore
File Name:Singapore.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:Dave Alvin
Title:Blind Love (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Dave Alvin - Blind Love
File Name:BlindLove.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2006
Artist:Firewater
Title:Diamonds and Gold (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Firewater - Diamonds & Gold
File Name:DiamondsandGold.mp3
Bitrate:166 kbps
Year:2003
Artist:Hell Blues Choir
Title:Downtown Train (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Hell Blues Choir - Downtown Train
File Name:DowntownTrain.mp3
Bitrate:194 kbps
Year:2003
Artist:John Hammond
Title:Big Black Mariah (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:John Hammond - Big Black Mariah
File Name:BigBlackMariah.mp3
Bitrate:251 kbps
Year:2001
Artist:Lucinda Williams
Title:Hang Down Your Head
Link Text:Lucinda Williams - Hang Down Your Head
File Name:HangDownYourHead.mp3
Year:2008
Artist:Luke Doucet
Title:Gun Street Girl (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Luke Doucet - Gun Street Girl
File Name:GunStreetGirl.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Max Seilhamer
Title:9th & Hennepin (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Max Seilhamer - 9th and Hennepin
File Name:9thandHennepin.mp3
Bitrate:189 kbps
Artist:Rubber Donut
Title:Cemetery Polka (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Rubber Donut - Cemetery Polka
File Name:CemeteryPolka.mp3
Bitrate:176 kbps
Artist:Scarlett Johansson
Title:Anywhere I Lay My Head (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head
File Name:AnywhereILayMyHead.mp3
Bitrate:196 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Southside Johnny With La Bamba's Big Band
Title:Tango Till They're Sore (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Southside Johnny with La Bambas Big Band - Tango Till They're Sore
File Name:TangoTillTheyreSore.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:The Blue Hawaiians
Title:Jockey Full Of Bourbon (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:The Blue Hawaiians - Jockey Full of Bourbon
File Name:JockeyFullofBourbon.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1999
Artist:The Silver Hearts
Title:Bride of Rain Dog (Instrumental) (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:The Silver Hearts - Bride of Rain Dog (Instrumental)
File Name:BrideofRainDog.mp3
Bitrate:264 kbps
Year:2005
Artist:The Silver Hearts
Title:Midtown (Instrumental) (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:The Silver Hearts - Midtown (Instrumental)
File Name:Midtown.mp3
Bitrate:264 kbps
Year:2005
Artist:The Veils
Title:Clap Hands (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:The Veils - Clap Hands
File Name:ClapHands.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:The Yayhoos
Title:Union Square (Tom Waits cover) - Brownies New York NY 2001-09-29
Link Text:The Yayhoos - Union Square
File Name:UnionSquare.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Toy Shop
Title:Walking Spanish (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Toy Shop - Walking Spanish
File Name:WalkingSpanish.mp3
Bitrate:236 kbps
Year:2005
Artist:Waitswatcher
Link Text:Waitswatcher - Time
File Name:Time.mp3

A Rose for Valentine's Day

Feb 9, 2010, 11:27pm Cover Me
It's a good week to be a florist. Valentine's Day is around the corner and roses are selling like a product that actually has some practical value. No, I never quite saw the romance in a present that will make you bleed if you hold it the wrong way. I think this is why no one ever gives me roses. That and the fact that I'm a guy.Sexton Blake - Rose Parade (Elliott Smith)You don't forget the
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Link Text:Rex Hobart - Every Rose Has Its Thorn
File Name:EveryRoseHasItsThorn.mp3
Year:2002
Artist:Cassandra Wilson
Title:For The Roses (Joni Mitchell cover)
Link Text:Cassandra Wilson - For the Roses
File Name:FortheRoses.mp3
Bitrate:197 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Everything But The Girl
Title:English Rose (The Jam cover)
Link Text:Everything But the Girl - English Rose
File Name:EnglishRose.mp3
Bitrate:171 kbps
Year:1983
Artist:Joan Baez
Title:Rose of Sharon (Eliza Gilkyson cover)
Link Text:Joan Baez - Rose of Sharon
File Name:RoseofSharon.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Maleficent
Title:Where the Wild Roses Grow
Link Text:Maleficent - Where the Wild Roses Grow
File Name:WheretheWildRosesGrow.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:Sexton Blake
Title:Rose Parade (Elliott Smith cover)
Link Text:Sexton Blake - Rose Parade
File Name:RoseParade.mp3
Bitrate:238 kbps
Year:2006
Artist:The Housewives
Title:Rose Tint My World (Rocky Horror Picture Show cover)
Link Text:The Housewives - Rose Tint My World
File Name:RoseTintMyWorld.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:The Persuasions
Link Text:The Persuasions - It Must Have Been the Roses
File Name:ItMustHaveBeentheRoses.mp3
Artist:The Twilight Singers
Title:Roses (Outkast cover)
Link Text:The Twilight Singers - Roses
File Name:Roses.mp3
Bitrate:154 kbps
Artist:Waitswatcher
Link Text:Waitswatcher - Trampled Rose
File Name:TrampledRose.mp3

Covered in Folk: Tom Waits (Dave Alvin, Kathryn Williams, Shawn Colvin, Sarah Jarosz, Redbird +more!)

Dec 26, 2009, 10:08pm Cover Lay Down
Covered in Folk: Tom Waits (Dave Alvin, Kathryn Williams, Shawn Colvin, Sarah Jarosz, Redbird +more!) I somehow managed to reach full-bore adulthood without hearing a lick of Tom Waits . Which is probably all for the better: as I've noted many times , my long-standing preference for melodic voices is only now giving way to a mature appreciation of the unique beauty that springs from powerful truths filtered through broken instruments. And anyway, the Tom Waits songbook is eminently adult, both in the way it looks at the world through bleary, jaded, ancient eyes and the way it rattles about with themes of alcoholics, lonesome trainwatchers, [...]
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Artist:Anna Ternheim
Title:Anywhere I Lay My Head (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Anna Ternheim: Anywhere I Lay My Head
File Name:laymyhead.mp3
Bitrate:146 kbps
Year:2005
Artist:Arrica Rose
Title:I Hope That I Don't Fall...(Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Arrica Rose: I Hope That I Dont Fall&
File Name:hopearrica.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Botanica
Title:Broken Bicycles (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Botanica: Broken Bicycles
File Name:brokenb.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2000
Artist:Clara Bakker
Title:Temptation
Link Text:Clara Bakker: Temptation
File Name:tempt.mp3
Year:2008
Artist:Dave Alvin
Title:Blind Love (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Dave Alvin: Blind Love
File Name:blindl.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2006
Artist:Emiliana Torrini
Title:I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Emiliana Torrini: I Hope That I Dont Fall In Love With You
File Name:hopetorr.mp3
Bitrate:96 kbps
Artist:Hayes Carll
Title:Bad Liver and a Broken Heart (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Hayes Carll: Bad Liver  A Broken Heart
File Name:badliver.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Heidi Talbot
Title:Time (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Heidi Talbott: Time
File Name:timewaits.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Holly Cole
Title:I Don't Wanna Grow Up (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Holly Cole: I Dont Wanna Grow Up
File Name:idontwanna.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:1995
Artist:Kathryn Williams & Neill MacColl
Title:Innocent When You Dream (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Kathryn Williams and Neill MacColl: Innocent When You Dream
File Name:inndream.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:Madeleine Peyroux
Title:(Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Madeleine Peyroux: (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night
File Name:peyrouxheart.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Year:2006
Artist:Mike and Ruthy
Title:Long Way Home (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Mike and Ruthy: Long Way Home
File Name:lwhmr.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Norah Jones
Title:The Long Way Home (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Norah Jones: The Long Way Home
File Name:lwhnj.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2004
Artist:Redbird
Title:Hold On (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Redbird: Hold On
File Name:horedbird.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Sarah Jarosz
Title:Come On Up To The House (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Sarah Jarosz: Come On Up To The House
File Name:comeonsarah.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Shawn Colvin
Title:(Looking For The Heart Of Saturday Night (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Shawn Colvin: (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night
File Name:colvinheart.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1994
Artist:The Cottars
Title:Hold On (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:The Cottars: Hold On
File Name:hocottars.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Waitswatcher
Title:Bronx Lullaby (Tom Waits cover)
Link Text:Vamosbabe  Pascal Fricke: Bronx Lullaby
File Name:bronx.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps

Best Cover Albums of 2009

Dec 14, 2009, 10:00am Cover Me
There are few things in this world more hit-or-miss than cover albums. If it's a tribute compilation for a particular songwriter, some artists "get it" more than others. If it's one artist putting out their own cover album, listeners inevitably like the songs they know more than those they don't. Such is life.Compiling this list, one album after another had to be eliminated because of a single
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Link Text:Pascal Fricke - Green Grass
File Name:GreenGrass.mp3
Artist:Charlie Sexton
Title:You're Doin' It Too Hard (Doug Sahm cover)
Link Text:Charlie Sexton - Youre Doing It Too Hard
File Name:YoureDoingItTooHard.mp3
Bitrate:220 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:Joan As Police Woman
Link Text:Joan As Police Woman - Ringleader Man (T-Pain)
File Name:RingleaderMan.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:Steve Earle
Title:Loretta (Townes Van Zandt cover)
Link Text:Steve Earle - Loretta (Townes Van Zandt)
File Name:Loretta.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:The Lemonheads
Title:Layin' Up With Linda (G.G. Allin cover)
Link Text:The Lemonheads - Layin Up with Linda (GG Allin)
File Name:LayinUpwithLinda.mp3
Bitrate:224 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:The Rosewood Thieves
Title:Home In Your Heart (Solomon Burke cover)
Link Text:The Rosewood Thieves - Home In Your Heart (Solomon Burke)
File Name:HomeinyourHeart.mp3
Bitrate:246 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:The Twilight Singers
Link Text:The Twilight Singers - When Doves Cry
File Name:WhenDovesCry.mp3
Year:2009
Artist:The Vatican Cellars
Title:Darkness On The Edge Of Town (Bruce Springsteen cover)
Link Text:The Vatican Cellars - Darkness on the Edge of Town
File Name:DarknessontheEdgeofTown.mp3
Bitrate:217 kbps
Year:2009
Artist:TV On The Radio
Link Text:TV on the Radio - Heroes (David Bowie)
File Name:Heroes.mp3
Artist:Winter Gloves
Title:Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirva
Link Text:Winter Gloves - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
File Name:SmellsLikeTeenSpirit.mp3
Year:2009

NYC (and SOS)

Jun 17, 2009, 1:43pm Cover Me
It's a time of transitions here at Cover Me. For one, box.net is getting fed up with the bandwidth we're using (though they advertised it as "unlimited), so I need to find another place to host the songs. Anyone with experience have any suggestions, either another hosting site or my own domain name? We're going for cheap here, but with lots of bandwidth. If I could migrate everything over from box.net that would be ideal; otherwise there will be a whole lot of dead links come July 1st. This thing's not dead yet but readers, [...]
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Old MacDonald

Sep 23, 2008, 8:21pm Cover Me
I had the pleasure of attending Farm Aid on Saturday, and in between great acts like Neil Young, John Mellencamp, Steve Earle, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, and The Elms, there was a lot of talk about the plight of the family farmer. I hadn't thought that much about the dirt since I went strawberry picking in elementary school and couldn't find one clean enough for my standards. So for those of you who also forget about the hoe and plow-wielding among us, who are on hard times indeed, here's a little reminder. And oh, check out [...]
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Artist:Baby Loves Jazz
Title:Old MacDonald
Link Text:Baby Loves Jazz Band - Old MacDonald
File Name:06 - Old MacDonald.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Year:2006
Artist:Bob Dylan
Title:Gospel Plow
Link Text:Bob Dylan - Gospel Plow
File Name:08 Gospel Plow.mp3
Bitrate:182 kbps
Year:2005
Artist:Bruce Hornsby And The Noisemakers
Title:King Harvest
Link Text:Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers - King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
File Name:02 King Harvest.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Levon Helm
Title:Poor Old Dirt Farmer
Link Text:Levon Helm - Poor Old Dirt Farmer
File Name:02 Poor Old Dirt Farmer.mp3
Bitrate:209 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Melissa McClelland
Title:Factory
Link Text:Melissa McClelland - Factory
File Name:07 Factory.mp3
Bitrate:169 kbps
Year:2004
Artist:Neil Young
Title:A Day in the Life
File Name:08 A Day in the Life.mp3
Bitrate:196 kbps
Artist:Pumajaw
Title:Piggies
Link Text:Pumajaw - Piggies
File Name:12 Piggies.mp3
Bitrate:197 kbps
Year:2008
Artist:The White Stripes
Title:Boll Weevil (5.19.03)
Link Text:The White Stripes - Boll Weevil
File Name:18 Boll Weevil (5.19.03).mp3
Bitrate:199 kbps
Artist:Tim O'Brien
Title:Maggie's Farm
Link Text:Tim O'Brien - Maggie's Farm
File Name:11 Maggie's Farm.mp3
Year:1996
Artist:Waitswatcher
Title:Murder in the Red Barn
Link Text:Waitswatcher - Murder in the Red Barn
File Name:15Murder in the Red Barn.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps

Full Albums: Tom Waits' Mule Variations

Jul 1, 2008, 5:04pm Cover Me
Full Albums: Tom Waits' Mule Variations Readers of my other blog will know I traveled hundreds of miles to see Tom Waits last month (missed it? Read about night one and night two .) His tours are a rare event, but he's a concert performer unlike any other, aggressive and wild, stomping and growling his way through songs both harsh and touching. So to celebrate the event, for this month's album I'm doing a personal favorite, his '99 comeback release Mule Variations that earned him his first Grammy for Best Alternative Album (in response he quipped: "Alternative to [...]
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Artist:3 Green Windows
Title:Eyeball Kid
Link Text:3 Green Windows - Eyeball Kid
File Name:05 - Eyeball Kid.mp3
Bitrate:247 kbps
Year:2006
Artist:Hexnut
Title:What's He Building
Link Text:Hexnut - Whats He Building?
File Name:06 - Whats He Building.mp3
Bitrate:216 kbps
Year:2007
Artist:Night Call
Title:7 Black Market Baby [Tom Waits]
Link Text:Night Call - Black Market Baby
File Name:7 Black Market Baby [Tom Waits].mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Pearl Jam
Title:Picture in a Frame - Bridge Benefit 10-21-06
Link Text:Pearl Jam - Picture in a Frame
File Name:13-Pearl Jam - Picture in a Frame - Bridge Benefit 10-21-06.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Phish
Title:House Where Nobody Lives
Link Text:Phish - House Where Nobody Lives
File Name:House Where Nobody Lives.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Ramblin Jack Elliott
Title:Pony
Link Text:Ramblin Jack Elliot - Pony
File Name:Pony.mp3
Bitrate:96 kbps
Artist:Shane Nicholson
Title:Big In Japan
Link Text:Shane Nicholson - Big in Japan
File Name:10 - Big In Japan.mp3
Bitrate:222 kbps
Year:2006
Artist:the cat Mary
Title:Filipino Box Spring Hog
Link Text:The Cat Mary - Filipino Box-Spring Hog
File Name:10 - Filipino Box Spring Hog.mp3
Bitrate:203 kbps
Year:2006
Artist:The Cottars
Title:Hold On
Link Text:The Cottars - Hold On
File Name:Hold On.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Viktor Lazlo
Title:Lowside of the Road
Link Text:Viktor Lazlo - Lowside of the Road
File Name:Lowside of the Road.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Waitswatcher
Title:Take It With Me
Link Text:Pascal Fricke - Take It With Me
File Name:16 Take It With Me.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Yesterday Is Here
Title:Ben Sollee - Chocolate Jesus - Fourth Street Live Louisville KY 2007-11-09
Link Text:Ben Sollee - Chocolate Jesus
File Name:05 Ben Sollee - Chocolate Jesus - Fourth Street Live Louisville KY 2007-11-09.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Yesterday Is Here
Title:Gurf Morlix - Come On Up to the House - Yokohama Japan 4-30-07
Link Text:Gurf Morlix - Come On Up to the House
File Name:07-Gurf Morlix - Come On Up to the House - Yokohama Japan 4-30-07.mp3
Bitrate:174 kbps
Artist:Yesterday Is Here
Title:New Monsoon - Get Behind the Mule - Pheonix AZ 2-23-05
Link Text:New Monsoon - Get Behind the Mule
File Name:05-New Monsoon - Get Behind the Mule - Pheonix AZ 2-23-05.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Artist:Yesterday Is Here
Title:Railroad Earth - Cold Water - Winters CA 1-20-06
Link Text:Railroad Earth - Cold Water
File Name:05-Railroad Earth - Cold Water - Winters CA 1-20-06.mp3
Bitrate:195 kbps
Artist:Yesterday Is Here
Title:Solas - Georgia Lee - State Theatre Ithaca NY 2007-03-17
Link Text:Solas - Georgia Lee
File Name:03 Solas - Georgia Lee - State Theatre Ithaca NY 2007-03-17.mp3
Bitrate:160 kbps