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Today, in Musical History, December 23rd, 1955: Dave Allen, monster bassist for Gang of Four, Shriekback, and various other musical projects, b. Kendal, Westmoreland, England
Cover Of The Day:
"I Am The Walrus", #56 Pop (!), 12/23/1967
Cover by Pert Near Sandstone, from Volume 2 of a various-artist Beatles tribute series, "Minnesota Beatles Project"
(I mean...Is it even possible to do a "disrespectful" version of "I Am The Walrus" ? I think not.)
Haha! Good question. I agree with your conclusion, although Tiny Tim might have come close.
Marlowe Morris, 1962, Jazz Daddy. I believe we had this album when I lived in Coronado, CA.
Today, in Musical History, December 24th, 1945: Ian Fraser Kilmister, b. Burslem, Stoke-On-Trent, England
Cover Of The Day:
"My Way" (Jacques Revaux / Gilles Thibaut / Claude Francois / Paul Anka), #22 Pop, 12/24/77 (Elbow Parsley)
Cover by Opium Jukebox, a side project of drummer Martin Atkins, who has pounded the skins for Public Image Ltd, MInistry, Nine Inch Nails, and Pigface, to name a few), from their (his) album, "Never Mind The Bhangra, Here's The Opium Jukebox"
"Christmas Eve Can Kill You" (Dennis Linde) the Everly Brothers, from what was basically their final album, 1972's "Stories We Could Tell"
Cover version by dear old Lurch himself, the late Mark Lanegan, as "Dark Mark", from his one and only Xmas album....
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