Under the covers

[formosan]

I like this cover of this song that Joni Mitchell made famous.

[Shen Li]

I luv old metal. Ronnie James Dio was my favourite hard rock vocalist. This band from the Czech Republic does a superb cover of Dio era Black Sabbath.

[J E B Stuart]

This superb cover of a song written by the legendary Steve Winwood was originally recorded by The Spencer Davis Group. And FYI, the band Chicago Transit Authority became known simply as Chicago many moons ago:

Amen.

[Herman]

I liked Sammy Hagar's work outside Van Halen going all the way back to his days in Montrose.
Hagar assembled a super group called Chickenfoot with Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani, and drummer Chad Smith. Here they are doing a cover of Highway Star.

[J E B Stuart]

This is a cover of a Neil Young song. Sadly, the beautiful and talented Nicolette died way too young in 1997 at 45 years of age:

Amen.

[J E B Stuart]

I've seen Three Dog Night in concert twice and Chuck Negron (after he was kicked out of Three Dog Night) once.  This is their cover of a song written by the great Harry Nilsson and it was a huge hit:

This is Nilsson's original, so you can compare:

Amen.

[formosan]

This cover song by Led Zeppelin is about the upheaval caused by the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927....seems applicable to the residents of Los Angeles today.

[J E B Stuart]

From Northern Ireland, the McManus brothers formed Mama's Boys in the 1980's. I remember watching this video on MTV back when it was halfway worth a shit.  This is their cover of a Slade classic that was also covered by Quiet Riot:

Amen.

[Shen Li]

[J E B Stuart]

I've always liked this cover of Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl."  The Gentrys had a big hit in 1965 with Keep On Dancin.

Amen.