Booker T & the MGs ... green onions
Cinderella ... bad seamstress blues/fallin apart at the seams
Leonard Cohen ... hallelujah is a masterpiece. truly. as long as i don't hafta hear him sing it. i love just about every other version of it, tho, as i love the song so very much. guit, buckley. piano, wainwright. lessee... k.d. lang's is good cuz i love her voice...
Fats Domino ... walkin to new orleans. right now, anyway.
Gary Lewis & the Playboys ... this diamond ring
George Thorogood & the Destroyers ... move it on over
Guess Who ... hand me down world
Nazareth ... whiskey-drinkin woman
Red Hot Chili Peppers ... otherside, closely followed by give it away
R.E.M. ... oooof harborcoat. i can't explain my attachment to this song. then everybody hurts, orange crush, finest worksong, i even love their cover of wichita lineman. sniff.
Savoy Brown ... hellbound train
Stone Poneys/Linda Ronstadt ... different drum / yer no good
Spencer Davis Group ... gimme some lovin
Styx ... suite madame blue, with a nod to the very early best thing
Vanilla Fudge ... you keep me hangin on. one of my fave covers of all time.