Blog: Cover Lay Down

To The Nines: On Broken Keys and Human Nature (covers from Rosalie Sorrells, Steve Forbert, Alejandro Escovedo, +9 more!)

Sep 29, 2009, 9:03pm Cover Lay Down

It's always fascinated me how, as social animals who can both project future possibilities and mutate our environment to our benefit, we're nonetheless driven to make peace with our own foibles, accommodate small stumbling blocks, and work around difficulties otherwise solvable and surmountable. A case in point: the 9 key on my laptop keyboard has been broken since last winter, and - as removing the key cap to clean underneath it proved ineffective - I have been forced to conclude that there is something electronically awry here, somewhere in the circuitry. [...]

• Alejandro Escovedo - 1968 (Dave Alvin cover)
• Alison Krauss - 9 to 5 (Dolly Parton cover)
• Cisco Houston - 900 Miles (trad, arr. Woody Guthrie)
• Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Blue Yodel #9 (Jimmie Rodgers cover)
• Jim Henry - 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Richard Thompson cover)
• Kevin Davis - 99 Red Balloons (Nena cover)
• lelia broussard - louisiana 1927 (Randy Newman cover)
• Martin Simpson - Louisiana 1927 (Randy Newman cover)
• Ramblin' Jack Elliott - 1913 Massacre (Woody Guthrie cover)
• Skillet Lickers - Wreck Of The Old 97 (trad.)
• Sorrels, Rosalie - The Wreck of the old no. 9 (trad.)
• Steve Forbert - Blue Yodel #9 (Jimmie Rodgers cover)
• We're About 9 - Helplessly Hoping (CSNY cover)
• We're About 9 - Money For Floods (Richard Shindell cover)

Artist:	Alejandro Escovedo
Title:	1968 (Dave Alvin cover)
Link Text:	Alejandro Escovedo: 1968
File Name:	68.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	Alison Krauss
Title:	9 to 5 (Dolly Parton cover)
Link Text:	Alison Krauss: 9 to 5
File Name:	to5.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2003

Artist:	Cisco Houston
Title:	900 Miles (trad, arr. Woody Guthrie)
Link Text:	Cisco Houston: 900 Miles
File Name:	00.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1972

Artist:	Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
Title:	Blue Yodel #9 (Jimmie Rodgers cover)
Link Text:	Grisman and Garcia: Blue Yodel #9
File Name:	bluegg.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	1996

Artist:	Jim Henry
Title:	1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Richard Thompson cover)
Link Text:	Jim Henry w/ Tracy Grammar: 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
File Name:	52.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2008

Artist:	Kevin Davis
Title:	99 Red Balloons (Nena cover)
Link Text:	Kevin Davis: 99 Red Balloons
File Name:	redb.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	lelia broussard
Title:	louisiana 1927 (Randy Newman cover)
Link Text:	Lelia Broussard: Louisiana 1927
File Name:	loulb.mp3
Bitrate:	115 kbps

Artist:	Martin Simpson
Title:	Louisiana 1927 (Randy Newman cover)
Link Text:	Martin Simpson: Louisiana 1927
File Name:	loums.mp3
Bitrate:	229 kbps
Year:	2007

Artist:	Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Title:	1913 Massacre (Woody Guthrie cover)
Link Text:	Ramblin Jack Elliott: 1913 Massacre
File Name:	13m.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1972

Artist:	Skillet Lickers
Title:	Wreck Of The Old 97 (trad.)
Link Text:	Skillet Lickers: Wreck of the Old 97
File Name:	wreck7.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	Sorrels, Rosalie
Title:	The Wreck of the old no. 9 (trad.)
Link Text:	Rosalie Sorrels: The Wreck of the Old No. 9
File Name:	wreck.mp3
Bitrate:	230 kbps
Year:	1961

Artist:	Steve Forbert
Title:	Blue Yodel #9 (Jimmie Rodgers cover)
Link Text:	Steve Forbert: Blue Yodel #9
File Name:	bluesf.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps

Artist:	We're About 9
Title:	Helplessly Hoping (CSNY cover)
Link Text:	CSNY classic Helplessly Hoping
File Name:	helpl.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2005

Artist:	We're About 9
Title:	Money For Floods (Richard Shindell cover)
Link Text:	Richard Shindells Money for Floods
File Name:	moneyf.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

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