Lots of classy tracks mentioned here - in addition:
Lou Reed - September Song (version from "Lost in the stars - The music of Kurt Weill)
Steve Earle - Tecumseh Valley
Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard - Pancho and Lefty
Waterboys - Sweet Thing / Blackbird (pure magic)
Marc Almond - Something's gotten hold of my heart
Paul Westerberg - Wonderful Copenhagen
Nick Cave - "Kicking against the *****s" - the whole album.
Nick Cave - Helpless
Black Sorrows - Brown Eyed Girl
Nikki Sudden & the French Revolution - Captain Kennedy (brilliant)
Jeff Buckley - Satisfied Mind
Elvis Costello - A good year for the roses
Roxy Music - Jealous Guy
John Lennon - Just Because
Dream Syndicate - Ghostbusters
Neil Young - Blowin' in the wind
Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane
Jeff Healy Band - Angel Eyes (ok - I know Hiatt himself did it after Healy, but it's so feckin' gooooood)
Bruce Springsteen - Jersey Girl
Lyle Lovett - "Step inside this house" - whole double-album.
Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel - Here comes the sun
The Cramps - Surfin' Bird and Goo Goo Muck
The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man
Wall of Voodoo - Do it again
Miles Davis - Time after Time
The Housemartins - Caravan of Love
Buster Pointdexter - selftiteled (aka David Johansen) Great album with 9 covers (e.g. Good Morning Judge and House of the Rising Sun) and 2 tracks by the man himself.
and - I know, real cliche - but Eva Cassidy's "Over the Rainbow"'s just fantastic...
Some remembered - lots forgotten...
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