quote:Originally posted by paddletothesea:
Sara MaGlochlyn (sorry Im not sure how to spell her last name) Her Version of Song for a Winters Night is very well done and almost haunting.
Nanci Griffiths: 10 Degrees and Getting Colder is well done and a bit more upbeat than Gords Version.
love all the varying opinions in these cover threads... i'd like to head Sarah McLaughlin (sp?) performing SFAWN more 'bare', without all that haunting production but i sure enjoyed it when first hearing it...i think that Sylvia Tyson/Fricker and Quartette's version on the tribute album is stellar work
love hearing women doing GL tunes, oddly enough Nanci Griffith's is one of the only tunes i skip over on her 1st (wasn't too impressed by her second) wonderful album loaded with very moving covers...she's similar to Alison Krauss with me, i love their lower voices but rush to kill the volume when they start into the Celine-register
if you go to Wayne's site you'll see a loaded list of covers, of which i, to date, know only a few but the list in not complete of course, i've heard wonderful covers by solo artists or at GL tribute nights around Ontario and i'm sure they take place all over (for eg, how about the really great work and love found in the recordings done by the ng-ers! cathy, derek, ed, melissa, matt, i dunno all or any of them really and know i missed listing some, agh), i've also heard a hearty version of 16 miles by talbot10, i love to hear em all
on the net tribute CD's, also at Wayne's site, there's some real talent, and again, fun happening with track recordings, i really love Tryptch's (sp?) version of If Children Had Wings, i could list tons of faves off of those alone
the Beautiful CD had some recordings that i enjoyed at first listening but i would make a 2 CD set from the Way We Feel artist's selections over the past few years...such a shame that these arrangements and performances were not captured on audiotape, these are rough setlists from year one and two, hope they record year three!:
Jason Fowler
"I'll Tag Along"
Terry Tufts
"Long Way Back Home"
"That's What You Get For Lovin' Me"
Greg Lawless
"Daylight Katy"
"Carefree Highway"
Dan Kershaw
"Walls"
"Somewhere U.S.A."
Catherine Wheatley
"16 Miles to Seven Lakes"
"Wherefore and The Why"
Dave Matheson
"Don't Beat Me Down"
"Steel Rail Blues"
John McDermott
"Song For A Winter's Night"
“Home From The Forest”
Hart Rouge
"Sundown"
"Your Loves Return."
Ian Tamblyn
"Pussywillows-Cattails"
"Home From The Forest".
Aengus Finnan
"Affair On 8th Avenue"
"Lightfoot" (tribute tune)
Connie Kaldor
"Sit Down Young Stranger"
"The Way I Feel"
Jory Nash
"Early Morning Rain"
"Minstrel of The Dawn
Rick Fines
"Boss Man"
"Did She Mention My Name"
Ron Sexsmith
"Restless"
"Softly".
Valdy
"Bitter Green"
Tim Harrison
"Did She Mention My Name?"
"Song For A Winter's Night”
Katherine Wheatley
“I'll Be Alright"
“Wherefore and The Why"
Dan Kershaw
“Talking In Your Sleep”
“Long Thin Dawn”
Bob Snider
“Sundown”
“Steel Rail Blues”
Bill Garret and Sue Lothrop
“Don Quixote”
“Shadows”
Terry Tufts
"That's What You Get For Lovin' Me"
“Canadian Railroad Trilogy”
Catherine MacKinnon
"Land With No Name"
"Beautiful"
David Newland
“Leaves of Grass”
Jory Nash
“Early Morning Rain”
"Mother Of A Miner's Child"
Jason Fowler
“I'll Tag Along”
“Cold On The Shoulder”
MadViolet
“Poor Little Alison”
“The Way I Feel”
Aengus Finnan
“Pussywillows-Cattails”
“Miguel”
Rick Fines
"Bossman"
“Ribbon of Darkness”
Dave Matheson
"I'm Not Supposed To Care"
“Cotton Jenny”
Laura Smith
"Minstrel of The Dawn"
“Rainy Day People”
RonSexsmith
“Now and Then”
“I'll Do Anything”
All
“Alberta Bound”
“Rich Man's Spiritual”
btw, Catherine MacKinnon appeared at our Xmas (errr, "holiday") party Saturday, however no GL covers, but i don't hold that against her, lol
well, happy listening...so many gem covers out there but they all start with a good song
