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What is the best cover that Buffett has done?

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Uncle John's Band, maybe?

Nahhh.

"Southern Cross" is my favorite cover song at a CONCERT...but I really like his version of "Stars Fell On Alabama" also. There's a few more. He's covered a bunch of stuff. By the way...I know it's a sin, but I didn't mention "Brown Eyed Girl".

For me, "Everybody's Talking"

pair8head wrote:For me, "Everybody's Talking"

Love Harry Nilsson.

Another good one is "If I Had A Boat" but I like Lyle Lovett's version a little better.

While I am a fan of the earlier covers like Spider John and Big Rig and Biloxi and Lovely Cruise and Coast Of Marseilles and various others it's quite possible that the one cover Jimmy totally nailed is way more recent - Back To The Island.

For some reason when License To Chill came out I figured that had he decided to hang it up, he was just reiterating what he started with in Migration, that he really was getting ready to sell it all and head down island for the rest of his life. And the way that song is is beyond amazing I think - and way better than the original, like most of his covers are.

Papa T wrote:

pair8head wrote:For me, "Everybody's Talking"

Love Harry Nilsson.

Fred Neil got that one right. Great tune. Didn't care for Nilsson's version actually.

pair8head wrote:For me, "Everybody's Talking"

Me too! It's great.

I heard Bubba's cover of Silver Wings the other day. I'm on the hunt to download it right now. Very cool!

My favorite is definitely Banana Republics, but I also love his versions of It's My Job, Trip Around the Sun, Great Heart, California Promises....and dozens others.

Papa T wrote:

pair8head wrote:For me, "Everybody's Talking"

Love Harry Nilsson.

AGREED - Everybody's Talking with Southern Cross and any number of Dead songs he's done a close second

as far as his newer stuff i like We Learned To Be Cool From You.

chippewa wrote:My favorite is definitely Banana Republics, but I also love his versions of It's My Job, Trip Around the Sun, Great Heart, California Promises....and dozens others.

I wasn't counting "It's My Job" as a cover since Mac did it and he's a Coral Reefer...but if we are counting that...I LOVE that song! And "Great Heart" was the first song he sang at my first concert...so it has a special place in my heart.

It would be a easier decision if we were naming worst cover.

Some of the covers that are worn out to others still have a special meaning. Like BEG is a reminder of one of my best friends.

I also like Scarlet Begonias while many can't stand it.

If we are naming worst covers..."Werewolves of London". He should have left that one with Zevon.

Papa T wrote:

chippewa wrote:My favorite is definitely Banana Republics, but I also love his versions of It's My Job, Trip Around the Sun, Great Heart, California Promises....and dozens others.

I wasn't counting "It's My Job" as a cover since Mac did it and he's a Coral Reefer...but if we are counting that...I LOVE that song! And "Great Heart" was the first song he sang at my first concert...so it has a special place in my heart.

banana republics and its my job i like for some of his older stuff.

Without question, my favorite is "City of New Orleans".

Acoustic cover with Mac in the bleachers of Wrigley Field in 2005, as a tribute to his good friend and original writer of the song, Steve Goodman.

Though, I have to say that Jimmy's cover sounded much closer to the Arlo Guthrie cover of the song rather than the original. Perhaps it could be classified as a cover of a cover?

I love his Bruce Cockburn covers, in particular, All the Ways I Want You and Anything, Anytime, Anywhere.