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From: rob@ctvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: Covers
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Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 00:24:00 EST
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Nf-From: ctvax!rob    Dec  9 23:24:00 1984

Re: Joan Jett's cover of Crimson and Clover:

But did you know that her manager (and keyboards player on a recent
tour when her guitarist got sick) was one of the Shondells!?
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	>... In fact, I can't think of
	>any remake of a classic song which I like better than the original.

Oh boy! What a can of worms you've opened! For starters (from 
senile memory):

Coverer             Title                   Original Artist
------------------  ----------------------  -----------------
Jimi Hendrix        "Johnny B. Goode"       Chuck Berry
     "              "The Killing Floor"     The Electric Flag
     "              "Wild Thing"            The Troggs
     "              "God Save the Queen"    ?
     "              "The Stars and Stripes" ?
The Rolling Stones  "Walking the Dog"       Rufus Thomas
Cream               "Crossroads"            Robert Johnson
The Beatles         "Money"                 ?
Zoot Money and 
  his Big Roll Band "Barefootin'"           Robert Parker

There must be hundreds of others, especially from the late sixties
when the British bands were covering all the R&B classics.

"Tire tracks across your back tell me you've had your fun!"

Rob Spray
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