HW: cover songs - LIST

Paul Mather paul at CSGRAD.CS.VT.EDU
Wed Oct 16 23:02:10 EDT 1996


On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Frank Weil wrote (regarding cover versions):

> I have been wondering about this track in the discography:
>
>         Dave Brock
>         1969? The Buskers  (EMI)
>                 [LP pressing of a buskers concert featuring pre-Hawkwind
>                 Brock]
>                 [only one Brock track]
>                 Bring it on Home
>
> Is this song the same as the Willie Dixon one (that was covered by Led
> Zeppelin)?

Recall also that the remastered CD of _Hawkwind_ includes "Bring it on
Home," credited to (Willie) Dixon, as a bonus track.  So, this blues tune
would count as another Hawkwind cover version.

Speaking of blues, I wonder if Dave Brock was inspired by Skip James.
(I'll have to check the cyberspace interview to see if he cites him.)
Brock's early acoustic work (esp. "Hurry on Sundown") bears the hallmarks
of James' Bentonia style, as it also does of the Piedmont bluesmen in
general.  (Love that fingerpickin' style!)

Cheers,

Paul.

obCD: Skip James, _Today!_

e-mail: paul at csgrad.cs.vt.edu                    A stranger in a strange land.



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