Wednesday Intermezzo: Cover Albums Trend

Longtime friend of HT Richard Gehr’s latest post on the Headcount Blog looks at the continuing trend of artists covering albums – of their own or by other artists – and he hits upon a number of really good points. Yes, bands need to stop covering Dark Side of the Moon and yes, many artists cover albums for the wrong reasons.

We also agree with a number of ideas RG has for future full album performances including Phish playing Rift, Prince rocking Purple Rain and Pavement working up Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. Check out DaveO’s B List for ten examples of bands that followed in Phish’s footsteps by covering complete albums by other artists and be sure to read Richard’s article.

Here’s a look at six other stories of interest on this hump day…

Finally, My Morning Jacket bassist Two-Tone Tommy wouldn’t tell Relix who will be opening the band’s upcoming five-show “complete albums” run at Terminal 5 as the details weren’t confirmed at the time of the interview. Today the group has shared the names of the openers and they include Dungen on October 18, Hacienda on the 19th, Elvis Perkins in Dearland on the 21st, Holy Miranda on the 22nd and Everest on the 23rd.

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