The covers thread.

Leadbelly

Rory Gallagher
Rory always did a load of old stuff in his acoustic sets and always paid dues to the original artist out of respect for the music.
 
You can't really cover King Crimson. Their music can be incredibly complex. Except this bunch of kids -- fucking KIDS -- managed to produce something that's even better than the original (probably because Adrian Belew can't sing too well and the lead vocalists here destroy). And the musicians are pretty close to the pinnacle too. Stupendous.

 
I’m Tore Down - First recorded by Freddie King in 1961 but written by Sonny Thompson.

Absolutely love the treatment Rory gives it.
This is from the Irish Tour but the hard to get “My Father’s Place” Roslyn, audio from ‘74 is him at his finest although the recording quality is patchy over the hour and a quarter of recording.
 
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Every man and his dog has recorded "I Faught The Law"
The Clash
Green Day
Buddy Holly
Stray Cats
Springsteen
Grateful Dead
and even the Pogues
For me, I still think nobody has bettered the original version by The Bobby Fuller Four -
 
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