Last week’s Radiohead Cover Wars was one of the most popular to date. Eleven of the 16 artists received votes, but Gov’t Mule by a large margin received the most for their renditions of Lucky and Creep. In 2nd place was the Benevento Russo Duo and their four contributions. It was a fun one to put together.
This week, I take a look at another Jimi Hendrix classic that has been performed by an interesting collection of artists. I believe this edition features more pop artists than any of my prior pieces. A few solo performances and a couple of very original arrangements of this 1967 single from Jimi are below.
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READ ON for the tale of the tape on this week’s competitors…
Back in April, Eddie Vedder played a handful of rare solo dates up and down the West Coast - partly in support of his Into The Wild soundtrack. Come this August the Pearl Jam frontman will do it again with a six city tour that will include multiple nights in Boston, New York, Toronto, the District Of Columbia and Chicago. Tickets for all shows go on-sale this Friday.
If you’re not a PJ fan, then maybe one of these recently announced tours will be for you…
Finally, for the last few years the traveling Speigeltent has taken up residence in Lower Manhattan at the South Street Seaport offering up an eclectic mix of music acts in an intimate and apparently cool as fuck setting. This year the tent returns in August for a longer engagement running through the beginning of November and another impressive line up that includes - STEAL THIS TICKET! A Musical Tribute to Abbie Hoffman Agents of Mayhem: Steve Molitz, Jon Gutwillig, Michael Travis and Jason Hann, DJ Logic and very special guests, The Benvento-Russo Duo, The Dodos, Antibalas and The Felice Brothers.
