Heard many others, but this version is ridiculous. My band has covered this for years, and now I try to sing it like this. I love Chris' rendition of it. Great vocals and groove. Thanks, Brother
Awesome...I've loved this song ever since I'd first heard Linda do it way back in the mid '70s and I love the Black Crowes as well so it's great to see the two meet. 8-) Well done.
couldnt agree more brother - kids today have nothing to listen to like we did - cant imagine a single tune in todays charts that will be remembered in 40 months let alone 40 years - mabye we werent the lost generation after all ???
Great version of a classic song. Thanks for the post. The more you dig into their catalog, the better the Crowes get. I hope their hiatus is short, they are in a really creative period with all cylinders firing.
Excellent cover the Lowell George classic. Also check out The Byrds version. Also a band from the early 1970s, named Seatrain with Peter Rowan, did a great job on this tune. Two other members of Seatrain were Andy Kulberg & Roy Blumenfeld of The Blues Project.
amazing Little Feat song. This cover is right up there with Linda R....i have looked deeply, and really there are only about 2 or 3 people/bands that do this song justice. The Black Crowes head the list.
If you haven't heard it.... chk out The Midnight Ramble Bands version.....It's after Levon died (God rest his soul) & with a female singer, but great instruments...Pretty good version. I'm a big Levon fan, from the same neck of the woods in Arkansas.....Don't tell anyone, but I smoked a joint with Levon Shhhhh.
This song does any band justice! Even if you're shitty, like some I was in! Jamey Johnson does this, too. I looked it up - 97 bands do it (& counting)!
no one does it like lowell and thats the way it was meant to be, I'm sorry to say that because it is a beautiful song but no one can beat lowell's calm demeanor
LOVE THE CROWES BUT THINK THIS SONG BEST SUNG BEST BY "GREG ALLMAN" ON SOUTHERN BLOOD ALBUM/CD NEW RELEASE AFTER HIS PASSING CHECK IT OUT SOUNDS REALLY GREATTHE WHOLE ALBUM IS GREAT.
oh n dont forget The Commander's I Took Three Bennies.(Here I sit with a broken heart I Took Three Bennies now my Semi truck wont start). From their 2nd LP: Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers' Favorites
this ait bad. i was expecting the over exagerated iiii eeeeee aaaaaaaa robinson eeee aaaa iiiiii...people you now the sound i'm talking about......eeeee iiiiiiiiooooooo like he is spazing out
just because they wrote it doesn't mean they "did" it better. Most of the time the cover is not as good but in this case it was better. Also that's why I said kicks all other "covers" ass.
+Brittany Caudill Ok..so I went to Commander Cody to listen to your claim. I would put the pipe down. Had you thrown in the caveat " To me "...then I probably wouldn't have said anything as you would have then made it subjective.
agreed....the Commander Cody version is beyond square....it's almost painful. Feat nailed the proper vibe for this song live on Waitin' For Columbus....everyone else is doing the faster tempo....plus you get Bill Payne's stupdendous piano solo on that version.
Orleans Sister “Critics are like eunuchs (castrated men) in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.” ― Brendan Behan
sometimes, people cover other's songs because they actually like them, theyre not trying to *be* them nor *sound or emulate* them....They just like the song.... Everyone is always trying to piss on someone's parade.
I think it fits more for men, because imagining Linda as a female truck driver doesn't work as well for me. Also the lyrics generally fit not so much for a woman I would say. But it's just my opinion...
Jim Chance, I’ll take the band that wrote 99.99% of their own material as opposed to the artist who just sang songs written for her to sing. Creativity with grace trumps just a pretty voice... for me anyways
there's just WAY too much shit goin' on here....mando/slide/piano/cymbal crashes/shuffling drums.....hot mess. Let's all solo at once shall we !?!?!?!?!