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Both good ones, Somehow we forgot Sun Kil Moon Tiny Ciites, which does fit what Ithought this thread was about, one band covering another. Or how about this bizarre one. Bobby Bare Jr. covering Bread and America. LouieB

Yes, but since everyone now has smart phones plenty of pics where taken, LouieB

Great show. I totally agree with Bbop about EDD. It was nice that they turned up the heat and Wilco matched it. They were a great opener. Lots of folks are unfamiliar with them and while they don't generate either the excitment or variety of Wilco, they are still a great band. it is nights like this that are worth the hassle of waiting in line and being totally exhausted the next day. I can live with that. Gotta work so no more now. LouieB

Technically it was sold out. I know that they hold tickets for friends and family and industry folks and then put them on sale. Maybe some of the seats had bad sight lines. I don't iknow. It was just sort of shocking none the less. Does that mean that all the rest of the shows may also have tickets? I guess it depends. LouieB

Is this out on CD? I have a vinyl copy. LouieB

Good show. It was not sold out until show time BTW. Anyone could have walked up within the hour prior to the show and gotten in. I have no idea why it was advertised as as being sold out. Great venue and good set list heavy, as excpected, no the new material. As all have said, the second encore was pretty special. LouieB

Okay well then it is open season then isn't it. Pick a singer and you got an album of covers. Back in the good old days singers did nothing BUT cover other people. I truly did misinterprete the thread. My bad. I thought we were going for something unique here, instead we are looking at business as usual. So Rod Stewart, Cat Power, Brian Ferry, Tony Bennett, Frank Sintatra, Judy Colins, Joan Baez, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, etc. etc. etc etc. LouieB

Ray Charles, Emmylou, Rosanne Cash all sing songs from many different artists. I thought the topic was albums by one artist covering one other artist only. Many many people have covered numerous artists on one album, in fact most singers who are also not songwriters, cover numerous artists. If we are going there then all those artists doing "standards" albums also apply. But it does look like we have gotten off the topic. In that case nearly ALL of Emmylou's albums would apply. Meanwhile the Robyn Hitchcock is another fine Dylan covers album with the additional conseptiual idea of coveri

I agree all are great, but only two meet the qualifications of this thread I think (correct me if I am wrong), that being the Warnes/Cohen disk (super great) and Baez which is called Any Day Now, (which I love but isn't to everyone's taste.) Several Dyaln cover albums including Tim O'Brien's Red on Blonde. Also newly found for me Barbara Jungr's caberet versions of Dylan songs. I have two and both are good. LouieB

Should be a great show. See y'all there. LouieB

Off the top of my head, the John Hammond Jr, album of Tom Waits covers was really good. LouieB

Nope. My compueter said sold out. LouieB

These aren't rare. Weren't they reissued just a few years ago. Meanwhile you can find used copies of the originals that people dumped after the reissues came out. LouieB

No I don't even expect them to, but they could. A few years ago I saw a show on a concert the RS put on in Brazil where they played in front of two million people. Sumlin never played in front of that many people in his whole life I would guess. Making snarky comments about the RS is not even cynical really, just obvious. LouieB

and gone.... LouieB

At this point the Rolling Stones could pick up the cost of every one of the remaining blues figures from the 1950s if they want. LouieB

See above. Some folks here can dis you for this, but that's just the way it goes. As always records keep sounding better and better, but seem less and less permanent. Gotta get back on that other thread and post some crap there. LoueiB

I think this was the year I figured I have honestly gotten too old for indie rock. But I think the new Tom Waits kicks major ass (since he is old like me.) LoueiB

Actually his website has the dates up. The exhibit without him is most of the month and he will be there two days. LouieB

There are supposed to be some shows at the Museum of Contemporary Art' any word on those. After being treated like crap by his people at the Hideout this summer, not so enthusiastic about hm anymore. Lou

Hey, who thought LPs and tapes would have a resurgence. Don't count out the CD. It is an easy and inexpensive way for bands to produce their music. Some hip bands press up LPs, but most folks are still buying CDs if they buy anything at all. Box sets are still being sold every year, although this year the best of offerings were less exciting than in years past I think. LouieB

That was the player that ate the CD. Tape players eat tapes, and turntables chew up LPs, and hard drives crash. LouieB

I would have to say it is certainly an age thing. Admittedly Hubert was not a big star at all, but he was highly influential. When folks like Hubert and Honeyboy and Robert Jr. Lockwood and others die, it is the end of an era which will never be back. Actually it is an era which passed a long time ago I suppose. LouieB

It is either a testimony to how uninterested viachicagoians are in the blues or simply that VC no longer has much traffic that this thread hasn't been commented on more. I think the latter. Some really undistinguished musicians have arroused more interest here in the past than this notice has gotten. Sad. Anyway here is the opit from the Trib by Howard Reich Arts critic December 6, 2011 When Howlin' Wolf romped through "Wang Dang Doodle" or thundered in "Three Hundred Pounds of Joy," the snarling guitar that accompanied him belonged to one of the greatest bluesmen to pick up the instr

Imagine this. Musicians drink. Shocking. LouieB