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Cool Donovan covers

The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
edited November 2008 in Strut Central
there seems to be a bunch out there:b, 21b, 21"Sunshine Superman":b, 21Gianni Pettiani and the Juniorsb, 21Vida Y Inspiracionb, 21Husker Dub, 21b, 21"Get Thy Bearings"b, 21King Crimsonb, 21b, 21"Season of the Witch"b, 21Lou Rawlsb, 21Lunab, 21b, 21"Superlungs"b, 21Terry Reidb, 21b, 21"Hurdy Gurdy Man"b, 21Butthole Surfersb, 21b, 21plaese to name more
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  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,789 Posts
    Quote:h, 21b, 21there seems to be a bunch out there:b, 21b, 21"Get Thy Bearings"b, 21King Crimsonb, 21b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21Haven't heard this. Better than og?b, 21b, 21
    Quote:h, 21b, 21b, 21"Season of the Witch"b, 21Lou Rawlsb, 21Lunab, 21Super Session! monster jam, mad breakz Dilla raerb, 21b, 21b, 21h, 21
  • SnagglepusSnagglepus 1,756 Posts
    There was that mediocre cover of Get Thy Bearings performed by, I believe, Peanut Butter Wolf etc under the name Sand Dollars. Not horrible, but it came nowhere near the original.
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    Marianne Faithfull: "In the Night Time"b, 21b, 21Mugwumps: "Season of the Witch"
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    Quote:h, 21b, 21
    Quote:h, 21b, 21there seems to be a bunch out there:b, 21b, 21"Get Thy Bearings"b, 21King Crimsonb, 21b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21Haven't heard this. Better than og?b, 21b, 21its strange, but coolb, 21param name="movie" value=""1param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"1param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"1embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"1/embed1/object1
  • PATXPATX 2,820 Posts
    Enoch Light - SOTW
  • pencilfacepencilface 674 Posts
    Brian Auger & Julie Driscoll did a lovely "season of the witch"b, 21b, 21b, 21 and Sound of Feeling have done the most mental cover of "hurdy gurdy man" going... img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/melt.gif" alt="" /1
  • MjukisMjukis 1,675 Posts
    Quote:h, 21b, 21and Sound of Feeling have done the most mental cover of "hurdy gurdy man" going... img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/melt.gif" alt="" /1 b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21Listened to that the other day. Love that album.
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    Bloomfield/Kooper/Stills version of SOTW is an obvious one.
  • DuderonomyDuderonomy Haut de la Garenne 7,789 Posts
    Quote:h, 21b, 21Bloomfield/Kooper/Stills version of SOTW is an obvious one. b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21Very obvious img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /1b, 21b, 21
    Quote:h, 21b, 21"Season of the Witch"b, 21Lou Rawlsb, 21Lunab, 21b1Super Session! monster jam, mad breakz Dilla raer/b1br /1b, 21b, 21h, 21
  • PrimeCutsLtdPrimeCutsLtd jersey fresh 2,632 Posts
    long beach dub allstars does there is a mountain
  • leisurebanditleisurebandit 1,006 Posts
    if i remember correctly, Eric Kloss does one on one of his prestige albums. I think it's a kinda funky 'Sunshine Superman' in 7/4 time.
  • corsiccorsic oakland, ca 232 Posts
    Vanilla Fudge does Season of the Witch
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    Quote:h, 21b, 21long beach dub allstars does there is a mountain b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21I have a couple of cool versions of that one by Herbie Mann and the Afro Blues Quintet+1...b, 21b, 21b, 21 I have a couple of weird Donovan covers in this mix.../a1
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Soul Survivors - "Hey Gyp"b, 21Paul Revere & the Raiders - "Catch The Wind"b, 21Zacharias - "Hurdy Gurdy Man"
  • m_dejeanm_dejean Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut. 2,946 Posts
    Quote:h, 21b, 21
    Quote:h, 21b, 21Bloomfield/Kooper/Stills version of SOTW is an obvious one. b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21Very obvious img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /1b, 21b, 21
    Quote:h, 21b, 21"Season of the Witch"b, 21Lou Rawlsb, 21Lunab, 21Super Session! monster jam, mad breakz Dilla raer[/b]b, 21b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21Ha. Reading is fundamental.b, 21b, 21OK, I like Gabor Szabo's version of "Sunshine Superman" on the "Bachannal" LP.
  • leisurebanditleisurebandit 1,006 Posts
    Allman Bros Band!!
  • mrmatthewmrmatthew 1,575 Posts
    Cal Tjader - Wear your love like heaven
  • strikerstriker 146 Posts
    There's a version of Sunshine Superman by Melba Moore that i like, it's on Peach Melba.
  • dollar_bindollar_bin I heartily endorse this product and/or event 2,326 Posts
    Quote:h, 21b, 21b, 21"Sunshine Superman":b, 21 b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21Lonnie Smithb, 21The Sugarman 3b, 21b, 21A couple of Hammond heavy versions for ya.
  • mrmatthewmrmatthew 1,575 Posts
    Seems like Donovan was covered quite extensivle by a number of artists.b, 21Was he THAT influential...do you think?b, 21Or was it just synchronicity; ie. recording industry boom + hippie craze + artists looking to do 'hip" covers = many covers.
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    Quote:h, 21b, 21Seems like Donovan was covered quite extensivle by a number of artists.b, 21Was he THAT influential...do you think?b, 21Or was it just synchronicity; ie. recording industry boom + hippie craze + artists looking to do 'hip" covers = many covers. b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21b, 21Between 1965 and the early 70s Donovan had a fair number of sizable hits, in addition to being a kind of standard bearer for the whole hippy thing.
  • darkdark 52 Posts
    Pandemonium, otherwise knows as "thoughts and words" -kind of a British beat band that later turned into a vaguely Simon + Garfunkle sounding outfit covered season of the witch before Donovan's version was released. Apparently their manager had good contacts
  • mrmatthewmrmatthew 1,575 Posts
    Quote:h, 21b, 21
    Quote:h, 21b, 21Seems like Donovan was covered quite extensivle by a number of artists.b, 21Was he THAT influential...do you think?b, 21Or was it just synchronicity; ie. recording industry boom + hippie craze + artists looking to do 'hip" covers = many covers. b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21b, 21Between 1965 and the early 70s Donovan had a fair number of sizable hits, in addition to being a kind of standard bearer for the whole hippy thing. b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21How does Donovan rate with the 'strut?b, 21b, 21Voice of a generation?b, 21Unappreciated genius?b, 21Hippie Fluff?b, 21Just a hair above Rod Mckuen?
  • PATXPATX 2,820 Posts
    Plus he was a dreamboat
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    Quote:h, 21b, 21
    Quote:h, 21b, 21
    Quote:h, 21b, 21Seems like Donovan was covered quite extensivle by a number of artists.b, 21Was he THAT influential...do you think?b, 21Or was it just synchronicity; ie. recording industry boom + hippie craze + artists looking to do 'hip" covers = many covers. b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21b, 21Between 1965 and the early 70s Donovan had a fair number of sizable hits, in addition to being a kind of standard bearer for the whole hippy thing. b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21How does Donovan rate with the 'strut?b, 21b, 21b, 21SERIOUSLY Unappreciated genius?b, 21b, 21b, 21h, 21
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    Quote:h, 21b, 21
    Quote:h, 21b, 21
    Quote:h, 21b, 21Seems like Donovan was covered quite extensivle by a number of artists.b, 21Was he THAT influential...do you think?b, 21Or was it just synchronicity; ie. recording industry boom + hippie craze + artists looking to do 'hip" covers = many covers. b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21b, 21Between 1965 and the early 70s Donovan had a fair number of sizable hits, in addition to being a kind of standard bearer for the whole hippy thing. b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21How does Donovan rate with the 'strut?b, 21b, 21Voice of a generation?b, 21Unappreciated genius?b, 21Hippie Fluff?b, 21Just a hair above Rod Mckuen? b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21I really liked Donovan. At times I still do. b, 21b, 21He is not the artist or songwriter that Lennon/McCartney/Dylan/Mitchell/Simon are/were.b, 21b, 21I would say his lyrics do not hold up that well. b, 21b, 21I'd say, high quality hippie folk fluff.
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
    Quote:h, 21b, 21
    Quote:h, 21b, 21
    Quote:h, 21b, 21
    Quote:h, 21b, 21Seems like Donovan was covered quite extensivle by a number of artists.b, 21Was he THAT influential...do you think?b, 21Or was it just synchronicity; ie. recording industry boom + hippie craze + artists looking to do 'hip" covers = many covers. b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21b, 21Between 1965 and the early 70s Donovan had a fair number of sizable hits, in addition to being a kind of standard bearer for the whole hippy thing. b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21How does Donovan rate with the 'strut?b, 21b, 21Voice of a generation?b, 21Unappreciated genius?b, 21Hippie Fluff?b, 21Just a hair above Rod Mckuen? b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21I really liked Donovan. At times I still do. b, 21b, 21He is not the artist or songwriter that Lennon/McCartney/Dylan/Mitchell/Simon are/were.b, 21b, 21I would say his lyrics do not hold up that well. b, 21b, 21I'd say, high quality hippie folk fluff. b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21b, 21I think you're underestimating him. His very early stuff on Hickory is pretty much straight up Dylan-lite, but his Epic stuff is way ahead of the curve mixing jazz, world music, folk and psychedelia.
  • DB_CooperDB_Cooper Manhatin' 7,823 Posts
    Quote:h, 21b, 21b, 21I think you're underestimating him. His very early stuff on Hickory is pretty much straight up Dylan-lite, but his Epic stuff is way ahead of the curve mixing jazz, world music, folk and psychedelia. b, 21b, 21h, 21
    b, 21b, 21True, he did stretch out, but that also led him to, at times, delve into that dark little corner of the hippie world known as "unicorn folk".
  • strikerstriker 146 Posts
    The Open Road LP is killer.
  • breadwinnerbreadwinner 535 Posts
    Quote:h, 21b, 21b, 21I like Gabor Szabo's version of "Sunshine Superman" on the "Bachannal" LP. b, 21b, 21h, 21
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