December's Theme At So Many Roads

For December, our theme was inspired by our November 21 post in which Little Steven and Southside Johnny played their renditions of songs by other artists, including a take on Madonna's Like A Virgin! So this month we'll feature Cover Songs! Every concert in December will include a unique or memorable cover song, some of which you wouldn't expect from the artist being posted (Teaser - wait until you see what John Hiatt plays as an encore in our December 3 post!).

Cover songs have a special place in rock history. Some, such as Jimmy Hendrix's cover of Dylan's All Along The Watchtower, have become the definitive version of the song. Others, such as James Taylor's cover of How Sweet It Is, become so associated with the artist that you may forget its a cover (as I did back in September when I forgot the song was originally done by Marvin Gaye - my bad!) Still others introduced an entire genration to an unfamiliar and under appreciated musical genre, as Eric Clapton's cover of Bob Marley's I Shot The Sheriff did for reggae.

So for all those reasons and more, December is all about Cover Songs.

Enjoy the tunz!