Covered in Beatles: Country Covers

     Several months ago, I was listening to the compilation of Brazilian and Reggae covers of Beatles songs I put together ten years ago.  I know one shouldn't need any reminders of how impressive their song catalog is, but I dunno, there's something about listening to Charlotte Dada's version of "Don't Bring Me Down" that, well, explains their enduring popularity (and why so many people watched that eight-hour Apple documentary of them making Let it Be. :) 

        As I'd already made a Brazilian and Reggae covers compilation and Soul covers compilation, I figured I'd make it a trilogy and put together a compilation of country covers.  There were no songs that appeared on both of the previous compilations, but I couldn't resist including Johnny Litrell's version of "A Hard Day's Night" despite including the Bar-Kays version on the Soul compilation. Hope folks enjoy it. (The Brazilian/Reggae and Soul compilations are also available for download.)

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In My Life	Johnny Cash
Yellow Submarine	Wilco
Can't Buy Me Love	Chet Atkins
I've Just Seen a Face	The Dillards
Hard Days Night	Johnny Littrell
Help!	Dolly Parton
Strawberry Fields Forever	Hayseed Dixie
I Feel Fine	Sweethearts Of The Rodeo
Things We Said Today	Dwight Yoakam
One After 909	Willie Nelson
Paperback Writer	The Nashville Superpickers
I Saw Her Standing There	The Charles River Valley Boys
I'm Looking Through You	Steve Earle
I'll Follow The Sun	David Ball
I'm Only Sleeping	Rosanne Cash
This Boy	The Cactus Blossoms

Miles and Fela

Apologies for the delay in posting as I was away last weekend.  I was about halfway through putting the compilation together when I finally thought of googling Miles Davis and Fela Kuti just to see if there was any connection between the two that I should know about.  Of course, it turns out that Miles Davis proclaimed that Fela, along with Prince and a French band named Kassav, in his autobiography, as the "future of music".  Upon reading it, I kinda realized that I only started to appreciate Miles' late 60s and early 70s recordings after imbibing a great deal of Fela.  

In compiling these two volumes, I avoided any cuts that were more than 15 minutes long.   I dig a lot of their 20-30 minute jams, but I think they detract from the flow of a compilation as they're kind of like fully realized albums in their own right. 

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Volume 1
Prayer (Oh Doctor Jesus)	Miles Davis
Water No Get Enemy	Fela Kuti
Teo's Bag	Miles Davis
Two Bass Hit	Miles Davis
Lady	Fela Kuti
One And One	Miles Davis
Sorrow Tears & Blood	Fela Kuti
Volume 2
Go Slow	Fela Kuti
Madness	Miles Davis
Fogo Fogo	Fela Ransom Kuti & the Africa 70
Honky Tonk	Miles Davis
John McLaughlin	Miles Davis
Roforofo Fight	Fela Kuti
Willie Nelson	Miles Davis