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Tribute tracks from one artist to another

skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
edited March 2008 in Strut Central
A non-situationist/agit prop non-inflammatory thread, anyone want to join in some adult communication on the following?.....Listeneing to this beauty at the weekend lots of tracks paying tribute to the great and good, imo John Coltrane works best.Just by chance the next LP pulled out was and a track I had previously overlooked, Joni, a tribute to Ms Mitchell I presume.Anymore original tributes to other artists (not cover versions of their songs) you care to school me on?

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  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    I can easily see this thread turning into a featuring Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Bob Marley, Muddy Waters, John Lennon and Elvis Presley tributes...I may as well anticipate the obvious:

    "Bob, Muddy, John & Marvin," Syl Johnson's early eighties reggae tribute to Marley, Waters, Lennon and Gaye. Obscure single on his own Shama label, never on an album to my knowledge...
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    I can easily see this thread turning into a featuring Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding, Bob Marley, Muddy Waters, John Lennon and Elvis Presley tributes...I may as well anticipate the obvious:

    "Bob, Muddy, John & Marvin," Syl Johnson's early eighties reggae tribute to Marley, Waters, Lennon and Gaye. Obscure single on his own Shama label, never on an album to my knowledge...

    true, maybe the more incongruous the better.
    How I would love to find out that, say, a Gene Simmons solo LP has a track in homage to the Sambalanca Trio, or an obscure Barry White 45 b-side reveals fandom for Jethro Tull. I would buy for sure.
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    Song for Aretha - Bernard Purdie
    Tribute to Bob Marley - Lui Lepki
    Love Sister Carol - Barrington Levy
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Richie Cole - Waiting for Waits

    somewhat ruined by the said Mr Tom Waits adding a parodic cameo at the end of the track; a bit too arch and knowing.
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    Sweet Georgie Fame - Blossom Dearie
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Z-Ro & Trae - Miss My Dawg (DJ Screw)
    Trae & HAWK - Swang (Fat Pat)
    The Replacements - Alex Chilton
  • GropeGrope 2,970 Posts

    The Replacements - Alex Chilton

    oh... alex chiltom is
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Anymore original tributes to other artists (not cover versions of their songs) you care to school me on?

    Dear Mr.Gaye - Teena Marie

    Funky Piano - EPmD

    C'Mon Y'All - Motion Man
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts


    ....I hear violins
    OK, it's naff. But I like it.
  • GropeGrope 2,970 Posts
    angela davis by uve shikora
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    angela davis by uve shikora

    what's that?
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    angela davis by uve shikora


    Malcolm,Malcom, Semper Malcom - Archie Shepp - Fire Music

    Angela Davis/Malcolm X artists?
  • GropeGrope 2,970 Posts
    angela davis by uve shikora

    what's that?

    a funky track where a german guy (GDR - eastern germany) sings about angela... the lyrics are cool. organ, good percussion, nice guitars, bass going funky...
    the GDR invited her over. they supported the black power movement in the US

    the track has been featured in a soulstrut mix. prog mix... can't remember by who.
  • GropeGrope 2,970 Posts
    it's uve schikora, not shikora
  • mickalphabetmickalphabet deep inna majestic segue 374 Posts
    he was a friend - king kong ( about his Deejay partner Nitty Gritty after super cat shot him dead in a record shop in ny )
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    shot him dead in a record shop in ny

    so Blood On The Tracks then
    poor taste crap 'joke' for which i apologise
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Donny - The Whispers
  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    Night Shift (M Gaye and J Wilson) - Commodores

    anyone who's ever covered Hey Bo Diddley?
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    not forgetting this from 1980

    in which Lynott manages to praise the Buzzcocks, Clash, Slits, the Police, Sex Pistols, the Damned, the Jam, Bob Marley AND royally slaughter Stevie Wonder, whilst devoting a whole song to the death of Elvis.
  • Campag_RecordCampag_Record 238 Posts
    Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno (tribute to Geno Washington)
    Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
    House Of Love - The Beatles & The Stones

    These are all hits, I can't think of any obscure things at the moment.
  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Dexys Midnight Runners - Geno (tribute to Geno Washington)
    Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)
    House Of Love - The Beatles & The Stones

    These are all hits, I can't think of any obscure things at the moment.

    and of course Dexy's did the Van Morrison tune too - a double edged whammy
  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
    McKinley Jackson - Tribute To Marvin Gaye

    Rick Holmes - Remember to Remember
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Mandrill - Mini Suite For Duke - from Mandrilland
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    A couple of no-brainers:

    Stevie Wonder "Sir Duke" and "Master Blaster Jammin'"
    Miles Davis "He Loved Him Madly"
  • HarveyCanalHarveyCanal "a distraction from my main thesis." 13,234 Posts
    Ray Cash & Scarface - Bumpin' My Music
  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    bayete: free angela
    archie shepp: 4 for trane
    marion brown: 3 for shepp
    john mayall: gonna fight for you jb (jb lenoir)
    eddie jefferson: freedom jazz dance (in trib. to eddie harris)
    miles davis: j. mcluahglin
    gil scott: lady day and john coltrane

    and on and on...there are a million of these...
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