Lets hear it what remakes do you like better then the originals?
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_VsvZmIWxY

joe bonamassa doing the still very good New day yesterday by Tull




YouTube - Joe Bonamassa- Discography (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdUn1VoAB_g)

another by Joe , although not sure i like it better than Zep's version , I like it just as much.'

YouTube - Joe Bonamassa - Tea For One (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-cOgJJidn8)

Greg Howe Tell me something good, Chaka Kahn


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASOmXVco3CY

MySpace Video - Phase Four's Video Channel & Video Clips (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&ContributorID=43005924)

Good local remakes/covers.

not better than the originals but I like all his covers

YouTube - Jeff Healey, Kim Wilson, Johnny Johnson- Hoochie Coochie Man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7VRgtJjX-Y&feature=PlayList&p=DA0EC436855E0575&playnext_from=PL&index=0&playnext=1)

Joe had a lot of songs that were better than the originals !


YouTube - Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCrlyX6XbTU&feature=related)

It takes some balls to cover Prince, and this is really well done.

YouTube - Nikki - Foo Fighters (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QMRtr7TGjM)

Original was good, but this was a pleasant surprise

YouTube - Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fregObNcHC8)

This version just truly rocks...nuff said

YouTube - RAGE AGAISNT THE MACHINE - IM HOUSIN' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1bNhKqQ6H8)

..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho

..YouTube - Johnny Cash - 'Hurt" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o22eIJDtKho)

Great song on a great album.

word up yo
YouTube - Korn - Word Up (Live) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxH2nJoiqKY)

Joe had a lot of songs that were better than the originals !


YouTube - Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCrlyX6XbTU&feature=related)

heard one one the beatles say that after hearing joe sing it they stopped performing it because he sang it so well....

Always had a fond spot for this one (speaking of Joe doin Beatles)

YouTube - 022 Joe Cocker She came in through the bathroom window (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1gUfCIaDvA)

with Leon, how cool is that!

Bruce (not Boss) doing his songs that he gave to others that they popularized

Pointer Sisters

YouTube - Bruce Springsteen - Fire (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5PoIrcyd34)

Patti Smith (song by Bruce)

YouTube - Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Because The Night (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5wUCjQJOBQ)

damn, no video of Bruce doing The Way I walk (Robert Gordon and Link Ray made "popular")

Marc Almond maybe?

YouTube - Marc Almond - Tainted Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENykNpcQqiA&feature=PlayList&p=2E6E58E4A1FF9A63&playnext_from=PL&index=0&playnext=1)

YouTube - Rosenstolz & Marc Almond - Total Eclipse (Eurovision) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLl2XOOw1iM)


Sorry, I couldn't resist. If you really want to freak, check out the original Klaus Nomi vids

Another one from Joe.

YouTube - joe cocker - FEELIN ALRIGHT - Ultimate Collection (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiTcmahEjiY)

YouTube - Gin & Juice by The Gourds (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAEMjb9TPFM)

Love this cover.

YouTube - Biz Markie Performing "Bennie and the Jets" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iFYJYwtjpc)

Goin the other way with Bruce, fav remake of a Bruce song by The Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0eZwpHtcK4

and Levon's band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8Q2OA4tF6Y&feature=related

Gary Jules "Mad world" cover is excellent

YouTube - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Higher Ground (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZat5TbRO3A&feature=search)

oh my sweet Jesus...sweaty chicks playing Zep....pass the defibrillator... I think I'm in love....

YouTube - Led Zeppelin When The Levee Breaks by Zepparella (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH-_9cwdLug)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzvgJm4BSFw

oh my sweet Jesus...sweaty chicks playing Zep....pass the defibrillator... I think I'm in love....

YouTube - Led Zeppelin When The Levee Breaks by Zepparella (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH-_9cwdLug)

real decent, do they do the lemon song:) that would be hot:uhuh::)

real decent, do they do the lemon song:) that would be hot:uhuh::)

YouTube - Zepparella "The Lemon Song" Promotional Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S_rmdM6LBw)

not better than Hendrix but a great cover


YouTube - Gary Moore - Red House (Hendrix Cover) - Wembley Arena 04 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXYjEMTQRm0&feature=related)

nice one. G Moore is fantastic. speed demon for sure

one more version, I like garys better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcW-MVQ4UuA&feature=related





another nice cover


YouTube - Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush - All Along The Watchtower (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmcBc-GjeDY&feature=related)

YouTube - Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxSitehvT3Y&feature=related)

original and remake, both awesome

YouTube - Slim Harpo - I'm a King Bee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWLvm11MAaM)


Luv the SG all good Frank's play SG's

YouTube - frank marino & mahogany rush, i`m a king bee, ottawa 1998. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5vwfwZ6D_U&feature=related)


stones version. just ok


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcFKmMdbCss



Even Pink Floyd, another just ok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQRL3T-rQEY&feature=related





Even Doors tried it although they sound like they all took Reds and lots of boooze


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzbAsD9VEmk&feature=related

A couple of different versions of a T-Bone Walker great. The first is the more well known but the 2nd is one of my favorites by a great voice that left us way too early.

YouTube - Allman Brothers / Stormy Monday (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gDhR1R3S0s&feature=related)

YouTube - Stormy Monday(Live at Blues Alley)-Eva Cassidy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIaHrU8Hetk)

Duane ,luv that live recording, just for that one simple riff.

This has been covered alot

YouTube - Robben Ford - Worried Life Blues (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGJafrBw5UA&feature=artist)

that is awesome. I think I put that up on another post a while back. Just can't get enough of his sound. Feel same way about Larry Carlton, whom I have see a few times. Never seen Robben but I just ordered 3 tickets for me and the family so i look forward to changing that. Thanks again for telling me about this show. p.

great Nat Adderley song by Robben and his bro on harp and other brothers in band

YouTube - Robben and Mark Ford-Work Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X_dh2kHpkM&feature=related)

Glad you got the tix To me this is a chance to see someone who never seems to come to this area and is a guitar great. Hopefully some of the others on this site grab some tix as the capacity is only about 300.

YouTube - Robben Ford- I Aint Got Nothing but the Blues (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTzRYls1xEQ)

yeah i was looking at where he is and has been just this year.all over the friggin world. I look forward to seeing Jimmy Haslip too he is awesome. thanks again. are you going?

RI Jimmy you should go see these guys, right up your alley

I wouldn't miss this one. I'm going with some pretty talented musicians from the Newport area. This is a great cast, Haslip is awesome and so is Mike Landau who has sat in with a ton of greats. Gary Novak the drummer played with Chick Corea and is first class. Plus you can bring your own adult beverages which is a treat. What a way to start the Turkey Weekend. Tunes,Turkey and Tog, OH MY

YouTube - Gary Novak amazing solo 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCEuaN6-lr8)

One of my favorites right now...really like the way they perform this...

YouTube - Shinedown- Simple man (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TUCewbAhOY)

This one ought to climb up your spine....:hee:

YouTube - Sex Pistols - Sid Vicious - My Way (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPz6iPkLz2I)

This is a great remake...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A3GPkjHMvg

And some really bizarre remakes...

YouTube - Welcome to the Jungle/Richard Cheese music video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z925K2dCKFU)

YouTube - DREAD ZEPPELIN Good Times Bad Times (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5rHrD9eja0)

These Guys deserve a 3-fer

YouTube - Hayseed Dixie - You Shook Me All Night Long (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xof8WTb1ze4)

YouTube - Hayseed Dixie - Bohemian Rhapsody video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAWl5peI8HY&feature=related)

YouTube - Hayseed Dixie - Cat Scratch Fever (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-AFAmEMHLU)

and the mother of bad remakes right here.....Ladies and Gentlemen.....The Hoff

YouTube - David Hasselhoff - Hooked on a Feeling (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJQVlVHsFF8)

just heard this on my ipod yesterday, forgot it was there. an awesome remake of an awesome tune played by 2 awesome guitar players. Need i say more.

YouTube - Larry Carlton & Steve Lukather - Cause We've Ended as Lovers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PmckSlLevQ)

and if that ain't enough here is one with another of my idols Lee Rit. on a strat no less

YouTube - Lee Ritenour & Steve Lukather - Cause We've Ended As Lovers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyWhpFN9o38&feature=related)

just heard this on my ipod yesterday, forgot it was there. an awesome remake of an awesome tune played by 2 awesome guitar players. Need i say more.

YouTube - Larry Carlton & Steve Lukather - Cause We've Ended as Lovers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PmckSlLevQ)




Geez Louise,that was amazing.I also liked the Frank Marino Mahogany Rush stuff,lush harmonies on Norwegian Wood,and great playing of the Gibson SG on King Bee.Pigpen used to take a whack at that tune once in a while.

YouTube - Corey Stevens ( Lenny written by Stevie Ray Vaughan) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stHu_uJQHBU)

Renegade Creation w/ Robben Ford and their version of the old Willie Dixon tune "Spoonful"
YouTube - Robben Ford - encore at Yoshis 1-14-10 "Spoonful" 7 mn. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1cFm0AaIEU)

YouTube - Corey Stevens ( Lenny written by Stevie Ray Vaughan) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stHu_uJQHBU)

sweet sound. He also has the same name as my nephew:)

This one ought to climb up your spine....:hee:

YouTube - Sex Pistols - Sid Vicious - My Way (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPz6iPkLz2I)

LOL. Nice one Kevin.

No Video but the 6th song is a great rendition of King Bee by Pigpen and the boys
Grateful Dead Live at Ivar Theater on 1966-02-25 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org/details/gd66-02-25.sbd.unknown.1593.sbefail.shnf)

YouTube - The English Beat - Tears Of A Clown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjnYRD2vm8E)

luv this Reggae version by Frank. Got to luv the horn section when this tunes starts winding up

YouTube - Frank Zappa's - Stairway to Heaven (Cover) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1vfGoy4-Rs)

I am the walrus, Frank style:uhuh:

YouTube - Frank Zappa - I am the walrus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVF66GVj8zU&feature=fvw)

LOL.. But good

YouTube - Señor Coconut and his Orchestra SMOKE ON THE WATER (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Puc0ZiVRESU)



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jZhivKY62s&feature=related

YouTube - Roy Buchanan-Hey Joe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z55XF9HlVrk&feature=related)

this friggin guy is just amazing. Check out some of his other stuff, will blow your mind. Non stop energy

YouTube - Tommy Emmanuel - Classical Gas (Live) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBEbYXa6Cik&feature=related)

This always gets the blood flowing
YouTube - JOHNNY WINTER ; Jumping Jack Flash '74 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbj7byKxlZE&feature=related)

YouTube - Buddy Guy - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNSaBmaQrIA)

I've always been partial to Buddy covering Jimi

YouTube - Buddy Guy - Voodoo Chile (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKzMJrQ3uqk&feature=related)

Passed away on 10/10/10 Great voice
YouTube - Solomon Burke - Try A Little Tenderness.avi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk6UGMJb0Xo)

Now that's a suit.:uhuh:

Nice tune

YouTube - Hooked On a Feeling Blue Swede (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OnMd47ZfWQ&feature=related)

Larry C


YouTube - Larry Carlton "Layla" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqie9Q1qAuE&feature=related)

YouTube - Furthur "King Bee" 2/27/10 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtWBdI-pItA)

Johnny A, awesome rendition

YouTube - Johnny A - Witchita Lineman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL3mvkZ6mVk)

although this is not actually a remake as Les wrote this but Steve Miller redid it . I like the original Les did better than Steve's version although Les played lead in that one too on the book of Dreams album, Great guitar work here

YouTube - Les Dudek - What a sacrifice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnPlBFZWec8&feature=related)