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Third Generation Coverfolk: Songs covered at Woodstock, covered again

Aug 15, 2009, 1:34am Cover Lay Down

Hope no one minds an early "Sunday" post this week; I'm off to Germany in the morning, and was worried I might miss the deadline otherwise. Plus, it's the fortieth anniversary of Woodstock today . How apropos, right? Though the statistics on blog readers tell us that the majority of our readers were conceived after the summer of love, there's no denying the myriad ways in which both the Woodstock generation and the 1969 Woodstock festival have shaped our collective musical landscape. [...]

• Ben Sollee - A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke cover)
• Cry Cry Cry - The Last Thing On My Mind (Tom Paxton cover)
• Devil In A Woodpile - Good Morning Little School Girl (Sonny Boy Williamson cover)
• Eilen Jewell - Walking Down The Line (Bob Dylan cover)
• James Taylor - A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke cover)
• Jeff Tweedy - I Shall Be Released (Bob Dylan cover)
• Laurence Juber - Strawberry Fields Forever (The Beatles cover)
• Lovespirals - Motherless Child (trad.)
• Lyle Lovett - Ain't No More Cane (trad.)
• Sean Hayes - Walkin' Down the Line (Bob Dylan cover)
• She & Him - I Put A Spell On You (Screamin' Jay Hawkins cover)
• Son Volt - Ain't No More Cane (trad.)
• The Seldom Scene - Mama Tried (Merle Haggard Cover)
• Wayfaring Strangers - Motherless Child (trad.)

Artist:	Ben Sollee
Title:	A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke cover)
Link Text:	Ben Sollee: A Change is Gonna Come
File Name:	achanben.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps

Artist:	Cry Cry Cry
Title:	The Last Thing On My Mind (Tom Paxton cover)
Link Text:	Cry Cry Cry: The Last Thing On My Mind
File Name:	lastt.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	1999

Artist:	Devil In A Woodpile
Title:	Good Morning Little School Girl (Sonny Boy Williamson cover)
Link Text:	Devil in a Woodpile: Good Morning Little School Girl
File Name:	goodm.mp3
Bitrate:	178 kbps

Artist:	Eilen Jewell
Title:	Walking Down The Line (Bob Dylan cover)
Link Text:	Eilen Jewell: Walkin Down the Line
File Name:	walkeilen.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	James Taylor
Title:	A Change Is Gonna Come (Sam Cooke cover)
Link Text:	James Taylor: A Change is Gonna Come
File Name:	achanjames.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps

Artist:	Jeff Tweedy
Title:	I Shall Be Released (Bob Dylan cover)
Link Text:	Jeff Tweedy: I Shall be Released
File Name:	ishal.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2005

Artist:	Laurence Juber
Title:	Strawberry Fields Forever (The Beatles cover)
Link Text:	Laurence Juber: Strawberry Fields Forever
File Name:	straw.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2000

Artist:	Lovespirals
Title:	Motherless Child (trad.)
Link Text:	Lovespirals: Motherless Child
File Name:	mothel.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Lyle Lovett
Title:	Ain't No More Cane (trad.)
Link Text:	Lyle Lovett: Aint No More Cane
File Name:	aintnolyle.mp3
Bitrate:	211 kbps

Artist:	Sean Hayes
Title:	Walkin' Down the Line (Bob Dylan cover)
Link Text:	Sean Hayes: Walkin Down the Line
File Name:	walksean.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	She & Him
Title:	I Put A Spell On You (Screamin' Jay Hawkins cover)
Link Text:	She  Him: I Put A Spell On You
File Name:	iputa.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	Son Volt
Title:	Ain't No More Cane (trad.)
Link Text:	Son Volt: Aint No More Cane
File Name:	aintnoson.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2005

Artist:	The Seldom Scene
Title:	Mama Tried (Merle Haggard Cover)
Link Text:	The Seldom Scene: Mama Tried
File Name:	mamat.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Wayfaring Strangers
Title:	Motherless Child (trad.)
Link Text:	Wayfaring Strangers: Motherless Child
File Name:	mothewf.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2001

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