Friday, July 1, 2016

Tributes to Bruce Springsteen and Fred Eaglesmith

         With July 4th soon upon us, I thought it appropriate to put together a compilation of Bruce Springsteen covers.  After all, for folks of a certain age, he embodies a certain kind of ragged, authentic Americana.  In the spirit of comity with our neighbors to the North, I thought it only fair to also put together a compilation of Fred Eaglesmith covers as he seems to embody a similar version of Canadiana, if you will.  In doing so, I owe a debt of gratitude to blog reader KevinPat who sent me a great bunch of Fred Eaglesmith covers that make up the majority of the compilation.


Some Boss Covers

Dancing In The Dark Tegan and Sara
Open All Night Son Volt
Highway Patrolman Johnny Cash
State Trooper Deanna Carter
Badlands Patterson Hood
Downbound Train Kurt Vile
Atlantic City Hank III
Tiger Rose Sonny Burgess
Pink Cadillac Graham Parker
The Price You Pay Emmylou Harris
Wreck On The Highway Nils Lofgren
Tougher Than The Rest Everything But The Girl
I'm On Fire Bat For Lashes
Brilliant Disguise Elvis Costello
Valentine's Day Hem

Wish I Was a Freight Train

He's a Good Dog Audrey Auld
White Rose Slaid Cleaves
Harold Wilson John D. Hale Band
Freight Train Heather Waters
Thirty Years of Farming James King
Bell Teddy Morgan
Pontiac Rod Picott
Carmelita Cowboy Junkies
A Pretty Good Guy Chris Knight
Time to Get a Gun Miranda Lambert
Gettin' to Me Rod Picott
Spookin' the Horses Tamara Williamson
Cigarette Machine Mary Gauthier
Carter Bill & Kasey Chambers
Flowers in the Dell Robbie Fulks
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13 comments:

  1. UnknownJuly 6, 2016 at 7:07 AM

    Both comps look fantastic, but the downloads don't work, I get to FileFactory but can't start d/l. Will try another browser later...

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  2. UnknownJuly 6, 2016 at 9:54 AM

    Worked fine with Safari (on Mac), but FileFactory download fails with Chrome browser.
    Thanks for this stuff!!

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  3. AnonymousJuly 6, 2016 at 5:54 PM

    go back to zippyshare

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  4. AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 5:36 AM

    I don't know if you see comments on four year old posts, so I'm trying again here. Your June 21, 2012 upload of Chris Gaffney and the Cold Hard Facts is no longer any good. I've been searching for that one for years, still not in print. Can you re-up it?

    Thanks

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  5. IshkabibliophileJuly 18, 2016 at 9:54 PM

    Farbror and Anonymous,

    Sorry about the filefactory problems, but if you click on the wrong image you may download malware.


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  6. IshkabibliophileJuly 18, 2016 at 9:55 PM

    @Anonymous,

    Just re-upped it.

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  7. AnonymousJuly 18, 2016 at 10:39 PM

    Thank you so much for the Chris Gaffney re-up! Finally got it after all these years!

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  8. TinmanJuly 20, 2016 at 10:44 AM

    Thank you for these and all the other wonderful music you've shared.

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  9. UnknownJuly 21, 2016 at 4:56 PM

    I think you can find some Gaffney stuff on this blog:
    http://twilightzone-rideyourpony.blogspot.se/search?q=gaffney

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  10. IshkabibliophileJuly 23, 2016 at 1:05 AM

    @Mark,

    Quite welcome!!

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  11. LennardDecember 9, 2019 at 9:30 PM

    Can you re-up Tributes to Fred Eaglesmith, Wish I Was a Freight Train. I love the older Fred stuff. Thanks!!!

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  12. IshkabibliophileDecember 14, 2019 at 11:41 PM

    @unknown,

    Just re-upped it. Hope you like it.

    Ish

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  13. LennardDecember 15, 2019 at 3:40 PM

    Thanks for the Fred covers. Sampled it already And it's great. Merry Christmas!

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