Dread Zeppelin,Hayseed-Dixie,The Rutles!

Wayne Carver · From: Martinez, Georgia, USA

I'm interested in finding rock music from popular bands that has been redone by other venues, genres, instruments, etc. Examples would be the Langley Schools Music Project, Luther Wright's "The Wall"(Pink Floyd), the Pickin' On Series, Reggae versions of the Grateful Dead, Dread Zeppelin, The Rutles (Beatles) spoof band, & Hayseed-Dixie's AC-DC tribute album. I'm not just looking for country-bluegrass versions but anything odd or unique such as The Beatles songs played on the Harpsichord. Chet Atkins "Picking on the Beatles" is pretty good. What about "Queen" or the "Beach Boys"?

Wayne Carver · From: Martinez, Georgia, USA

Just ran across an album by the Royal Philharmonic playing Abba/The Beatles/Queen that looks good. Also Abba on the Panpipes.

Roger Rettig · From: Naples, FL

Check out a British band named 'Gidea Park' - great Beach Boys-like stuff!

RR

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David L. Donald · From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand

The irish music band Dedanan does a killer instrumental version of Queens Bohemian Raphsody.

David Mason · From: Cambridge, MD, USA

Bluegrass supergroup "Psychograss" (Mike Marshall, Darol Anger etc.) do a wicked version of Hendrix's "3rd Stone from the Sun." I've hear a couple of covers of "Angel" by Hendrix, but Fiona Apple's is the only one that comes to mind. Have you done a search for 101 Strings or the Swingle Singers? And Pat Boone's heavy metal album?

P.S. (I just did, and the 101 Strings have a Beatles album at Amazon.com, plus this:
"Astro Sounds From Beyond the Year 2000"
"It's hard to imagine how the moribund stylings of the 101 Strings could mate with by-the-numbers psychedelic sounds (phase shifters, oscillators, etc.) and space themes to produce something as compelling as this 1969 release. But brilliantly compelling it is." The Swingle Singers have a Beatles album too - I used to love these guys, when I was about seven or eight.)

[This message was edited by David Mason on 04 January 2005 at 01:21 AM.]

Andy Greatrix · From: Edmonton Alberta

I saw a Cd the other day called "Moody Bluegrass" which claimed to have bluegrass interpretations of Moody Blues tunes. I didn't have the money to buy it. It sounds like an interesting idea. Now that I think of it, their tunes would make interesting steel instrumentals.

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Mark van Allen · From: Watkinsville, Ga. USA

Somewhere around here I have a 45 of Joe Piscopo doing his spot-on Sinatra impression on a medley of Rock tunes including Joan Jett's "I love Rock and Roll". Beautiful! I bought it to give to the DJ at a Top 40 rock club I was playing at in the 80's- they spun it once and said, "they won't go for that old Sinatra &*#% around here" which I thought was funnier than the record. Hayseed Dixie has a second disc out called "Kiss My Grass" (Kiss tunes, surprisingly). Definitely don't miss Pat Boone's heavy metal disc. But don't be drinking milk while listening...

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Jerry Hayes · From: Virginia Beach, Va.

I'd love to find a copy of an old LP record by SoCal's late Jerry Inman called "Lennon & McCartney, Country Style". What a great singer this guy was and he did up a bunch of Beatle's tunes in a smooth country interpretation. I think JayDee might have played steel on it but I'm not sure. I have the Skynrd Friends CD, the Stone Country one, the Common Thread (Songs of the Eagles) and they're all great. As far as steel guitar goes, try the Mike Headrick CD where he does the tunes of Chris Hillman and Gram Parsons. That's really a great project. For guitar, I have that Chet Atkins picks on the Beatles but another great one I have is by Joe Pass and Roy Clark where they do all Hank William's tunes. A real contrast in styles but it's cool....JH

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Livin' in the Past and Future with a 12 string Mooney Universal tuning.

David L. Donald · From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand

I had Mike Marshall play Third Stone From the Sun,
4 feet from me. (Among other cool things.)

I ain't heard the group version,
but if it's like the solo one... ooh weee she rocks.

Dave Boothroyd · From: Staffordshire Moorlands

I'm a big fan of The Corrs Irish version of Hendrix's "Little Wing".
I like it so much I play the fiddle solo on Steel if it ever comes up in a Rock Jam!

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Cheers!
Dave

Todd Pertll · From: Chicago, Illinois, USA

http://www.beatlegras.com/

w/ the greatness of Milo Deering.

the sound clips sound incredible.

todd

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John Rickard · From: Phoenix (It's A Dry Heave) AZ

Check out some of the later live Zappa stuff, there are a few cover tunes (Beatles, Hendrix, Zeppelin, etc) taken to the extreme that are well worth listening to.
JR

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Ben Slaughter · From: Madera, California

Hayseed Dixie has another album that's various classic rock covers. Also there was a ZZ Top tribute by country artists. Some real stinkers on that. The best track by far is Paisley's cover of "Sharp Dressed Man."

Hey look what Amazon popped up:

A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC ~ Hayseed Dixie
Kiss My Grass: A Hillbilly Tribute to Kiss ~ Hayseed Dixie
Fade to Bluegrass: Tribute to Metallica ~ Various Artists
Pickin' on Zeppelin: A Tribute ~ Various Artists
Lounge Against the Machine ~ Richard Cheese

Wayne Carver · From: Martinez, Georgia, USA

Thanks for the replies i'll have to research those suggestions. I've heard Tuck & Patti do jazz versions of "Little Wing" and "Time After Time". I have a cd by Run C&W doing bluegrass versions of soul music that's good.

Michael Johnstone · From: Sylmar,Ca. USA

A couple years ago I played pedal steel on the CD "Forever in Bluegrass" which was overproduced quasi-bluegrass versions of Neil Diamond tunes which I hope nobody ever hears.....But Hey - I got union scale! My favorite of that genre is the "Run C&W" CD.
Speaking of "The Rutles",I remember one day when I was working at Leon Russell's studio around 1978 and George Harrison dropped by to show Leon an advance copy of "The Rutles" movie. There were 3 or 4 of us there and we all toked up and watched it on 3/4" videotape. -MJ-

Jason Odd · From: Stawell, Victoria, Australia

Most of the albums mentioned here are pretty much novelty or shamless cash-cow projects, there's some good stuff as well no doubt.

For example the Jerry Inman album (Carl West on steel) is a great concept album, not unlike the thought behind Joe Val's mid 1960s Bluegrass Beatles set for Elektra, and the awesome Chuck Berry inspired Jim & Jessie album from the 1960s.

There's Grunge easy listening albums, mood albums, a horrendous Reggae 'Dark Side Of The Moon' Pink Floyd album, Beatles wise it ranges from the cool (Inman, Booker T & The MGs) to the bland.
Brain Wilson has just put out the Smiles sessios CD, and his old producer Gary Ushers' orchestral version of Smile (from 1970) which utilised a lot of the same session cats is now on CD.

Bob Hoffnar · From: Austin, Tx

I'm into Senor Coconut.

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Bob
intonation help

Brad Bechtel · From: San Francisco, CA

Señor Coconut is great - a German DJ doing Latin versions of Kraftwerk, Deep Purple, etc.
Imagine a calypso version of Michael Jackson's "Beat It"!

Bob Hoffnar · From: Austin, Tx

I've got the "El Baile Alemán" CD. Its a hoot !

Bob

Glenn Suchan · From: Austin, Texas

Señor Coconut: Hmmm? Sounds like a south Pacific tribute to Horace Silver.

Keep on pickin'!
Glenn

John Steele (deceased) · From: Renfrew, Ontario, Canada

Around this area we have a quasi-bluegrass band called Luther Wright & the Wrongs, whose recent celebrated work was a remake of Pink Floyd's "The Wall".
I also heard a group of four bass fiddle players called Basstiality, doing Hendrix's
"Foxy Lady". Bizarre.
-John
p.s. Anyone heard of the Anachronic Jazz Band ? They're a dixieland band that prefers to play Charlie Parker tunes. It actually works too.

[This message was edited by John Steele on 05 January 2005 at 01:48 PM.]

Archie Nicol R.I.P. · From: Ayrshire, Scotland

On TV at new year one of the most respected music shows had The British Ukelele Orchestra doing `Smells like Teen Spirit`.
I'm not a grunger, but it was okay.