I'll start:
The Wheel--as heard on "Garcia" by Mr Jerry G
- Little Feat's "All That You Dream"
- Pigs (Three Different Ones) WITH Roger Waters (imagine Carl on the talkbox solo????? WOWZA)
- Grateful Dead's "Playing In The Band"
- JJ Cale / Eric Clapton's "After Midnight" as the balloons and confetti are flying during NYE
- Sly's "I Wanna Take You Higher" right after midnight on NYE would be CHILLLLLZZZZ inducing brothas and sistas
- i really wanna see them do HIT IT & QUIT IT again, it's so sick and only been done twice
- Every Rose Has Its Thorn as an epic joker of a song (like Home Sweet Home) after the chaos of an epic Phone Went West or Steam Engine, as the second to last song of the set or possibly last
- Carpet Crawlers by Genesis
- My Stars by Alice Cooper (that piano intro by Bo would be spine ripping)
- Midnight Rider by Allman Brothers
- I'm Ready by Humble Pie
- Doobie Brothers' "Pursuit on 53rd Street"
- Pink Floyd's "Obscured By Clouds" as an intro song to say, Victory Dance or something
- The Who's Love Reign O'er Me or Sparks or Baba O'Riley
- a super long psychedelic take on Springsteen's Blinded By The Light but using the Manfred Mann arrangement (can you just hear Carl going nuts on that solo???)
so many peoples.....so many
Springsteen - The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Dylan - All Along The Watchtower
How bout zero. Not trying to be a lame'o but honestly the covers take away from the shows so much. I can't stand them. This is not solely on MMJ but any band I see. I think back on last years RR Shows I went to. All the covers are at the very bottom of my list of tunes and I skip them when I relisten to shows. Obviously Jims voice makes everything sound good but it just does nothing for me. Different perspective I guess. That said if it were old blues songs that other bands have not already played to death I could be surprised.
Quote from: beardedwonder on Apr 16, 2017, 07:42 PM
How bout zero. Not trying to be a lame'o but honestly the covers take away from the shows so much. I can't stand them. This is not solely on MMJ but any band I see. I think back on last years RR Shows I went to. All the covers are at the very bottom of my list of tunes and I skip them when I relisten to shows. Obviously Jims voice makes everything sound good but it just does nothing for me. Different perspective I guess. That said if it were old blues songs that other bands have not already played to death I could be surprised.
i see your point, especially at the sacrifice of How Do You Know, How Could I Know, Chills, Come Closer, Rollin Back etc of the deep, deep catalog.
The Boxer (Jim & Carl)
Super random thought but it sounds nice in my head.
I think there is an incorrect assumption being made that if the band DIDN'T play covers, they would play more deep cuts such as the once mentioned above (How Do You Know, How Could I Know, Chills, Come Closer, Rollin Back etc). I don't think that's necessarily the case. For all we know they would just play more of the newer stuff, or maybe even play less songs per show if they didn't play covers.
I, for one, would be fine with Purple Rain staying in the setlist forever. Beyond that I'd like to hear:
Chuck Berry - Promised Land
Grateful Dead - Sugaree
Grateful Dead - Brown-Eyed Women
Pink Floyd - Interstellar Overdrive
Bob Dylan - You Ain't Going Nowhere as performed by The Byrds w/Gram Parsons
The Band - I Shall Be Released
The Band - The Shape I'm In
Big Star - Back of a Car
Bruce Springsteen - Dancing in the Dark w/Carl doing the sax solo!
And so many more!
cortez.
Quote from: robb on Apr 17, 2017, 12:15 PM
cortez.
Damn I meant to include this in my list too
Traffic - Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
oh Cortez would be perfect.
I would hate to think Jacket would just play less songs, if there weren't covers. I don't think they're that sinister.
However, I'd rather hear Sign O'The Times live or Black Sabbath or whatever over Thin Line. You Wanna Freak Out or Get The Point, just my opinion. I feel like certain covers, at certain shows, after certain songs, can sometimes muster absolutely blissful rockist memories, especially for people like me who grew up in a band, playing live shows nonstop and having to mix the covers in with your originals and the musical symbiosis that happens when you notice certain influences from covers dictating how the originals turned out....it's weird, I hope someone knows what the fuck I mean hahahah
just sayin Jacket always gives me that feeling with a proper cover, say A Quick One While He's Away or Lovin Cup INTO Easy Morning Rebel, just PERFECTION
More Harrison, like maybe something off Cloud 9.
I am in the Deeper Cuts>Covers camp for sure, but I'd love to see It Makes No Difference get worked back into rotation. I'd probably prefer to see the Marley covers retired (and I love Bob but for some reason their covers of Bob never work for me).
Can you hear me knockin'.
(the full, extended beast)
Warren Zevon - Lawyers Guns and Money/Werewolves of London
The Band - The Weight
George Harrison - Something
B.B. King - The Thrill is Gone
Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone (but different from OBH III more Bo playing the organ less sax)
Quote from: APR on Apr 17, 2017, 12:42 PM
Traffic - Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
that's it right there!
Looks like it's time to renew my dream of hearing the boys do Tears of a Clown.
Quote from: millerjustin on Apr 19, 2017, 09:12 AM
Can you hear me knockin'.
(the full, extended beast)
Isbell has a live EP coming out on RSD where they cover this. Looking fwd to it.
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Quote from: APR on Apr 17, 2017, 12:42 PM
Traffic - Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
that's it right there!
yup
or Shoot Out At The Fantasy Factory so Tom can go Bootsy Collins on our asses with some elastic bass attacks!!!
I always thought Can't You Hear Me Knocking was only expertly covered by Black Crowes (what with Rich being heavily into the open tunings used for Stones songs from 68 on) . I'll check out the Jason Isbell band's version! Heard good things about him!
Any of the dead requests would be great. At the top of my list would be candyman (even though I wasn't huge fan of jims fuzzy rotlasog guitar on the day of the dead album) or sugaree. I know you rider again would be great as well. Jim makes for a good jerry and carl can play anything. Oh sweet nothing is my favorite all time cover and I've always thought it sounds like mmj covering the dead covering the vu.
Quote from: hoojack on Apr 20, 2017, 07:35 PM
Any of the dead requests would be great. At the top of my list would be candyman (even though I wasn't huge fan of jims fuzzy rotlasog guitar on the day of the dead album) or sugaree. I know you rider again would be great as well. Jim makes for a good jerry and carl can play anything. Oh sweet nothing is my favorite all time cover and I've always thought it sounds like mmj covering the dead covering the vu.
that's pretty spot on.
Quote from: parkervb on Apr 21, 2017, 10:07 AM
Quote from: hoojack on Apr 20, 2017, 07:35 PM
Any of the dead requests would be great. At the top of my list would be candyman (even though I wasn't huge fan of jims fuzzy rotlasog guitar on the day of the dead album) or sugaree. I know you rider again would be great as well. Jim makes for a good jerry and carl can play anything. Oh sweet nothing is my favorite all time cover and I've always thought it sounds like mmj covering the dead covering the vu.
that's pretty spot on.
was about to say exactly, just with more distortion. That was always my problem with the Dead, great guitars and stuff but the boring clean tone got a little old, things for me only get interesting when Jerry's using devices, like 1972 with a wah wah and using more distortion and reverb, then in the mid to late 70s with his MXR Phase 100, Mutron pedal, MXR Distortion + etc. I like my Dead heavy and nasty, see Capitol Theatre 1978 for that (esp. Minglewood Blues)
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I'd love to hear them cover Sweet Child of Mine. Jim has the pipes to cover Axl Rose, and they'd kill it instrumentally. That song was a favorite of mine when I was first discovering rock n roll (around age 13, lol).
Hunger Strike or Black Hole Sun.
After Prince and Bowie left, we saw a lot of those covers. Maybe they'll work on some Chris COrnell/Soundgarden ones
Quote from: Murph on May 18, 2017, 04:53 PM
Hunger Strike or Black Hole Sun.
After Prince and Bowie left, we saw a lot of those covers. Maybe they'll work on some Chris COrnell/Soundgarden ones
black hole sun would be awesome.
Hunger Strike would be incredible.
I loved their "Could You Be Loved" cover from Lockn! Tommy and Bo were especially great on it and Jim singing reggae was awesome. Wouldn't mind seeing it or another Marley song.
d_will: Here's one you should dig.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwqMdcLI4pM
My Morning Jacket - Phone Went West-Stir It Up-Could You Be Loved - OBH2 - Riveria Maya, Mexico 2015
My Morning Jacket epic Phone Went West, Stir It Up, Could You be Loved, Reggae sandwich. Transitions are amazing. Amelia from Sylvan Esso joined for the jam and killed it
Quote from: DaydreamNation on May 19, 2017, 04:46 PM
Hunger Strike would be incredible.
It sure would be. I was thinking that if they did a CC related cover, Seasons was the first song to pop in my head.
Quote from: sillyboob on May 20, 2017, 10:15 AM
d_will: Here's one you should dig.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwqMdcLI4pM
My Morning Jacket - Phone Went West-Stir It Up-Could You Be Loved - OBH2 - Riveria Maya, Mexico 2015
My Morning Jacket epic Phone Went West, Stir It Up, Could You be Loved, Reggae sandwich. Transitions are amazing. Amelia from Sylvan Esso joined for the jam and killed it
NICE! This is great! And I love Amelia up there too. Sylvan Esso is really fun live. I remember seeing Carl for a little bit at the Sylvan Esso set last summer at Sloss Fest in Birmingham when the guys were there playing with Ray.
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Quote from: DaydreamNation on May 19, 2017, 04:46 PM
Hunger Strike would be incredible.
It sure would be. I was thinking that if they did a CC related cover, Seasons was the first song to pop in my head.
If they're doing a cover gotta be their best Far Beyond the wheel
Yazoo Street Scandal
Fish on the Sand
Just watched this video of Eric Clapton busting out Bell Bottom Blues live for the first time in like 10 years. I have always loved this song and was just imagining it sung in Jim's voice. wow! I think it'd be a cool and different cover to try! :thumbsup:
https://www.jambase.com/article/eric-clapton-dusts-off-bell-bottom-blues-royal-albert-hall-run-opener
Quote from: LBSUNFLWR on May 24, 2017, 11:28 AM
Just watched this video of Eric Clapton busting out Bell Bottom Blues live for the first time in like 10 years. I have always loved this song and was just imagining it sung in Jim's voice. wow! I think it'd be a cool and different cover to try! :thumbsup:
https://www.jambase.com/article/eric-clapton-dusts-off-bell-bottom-blues-royal-albert-hall-run-opener
I saw Clapton in Seattle in the early 80's and I still to this day remember him doing that song. Jim would do that song so well, I have goosebumps just dreaming of it!
:thumbsup: definitely!!
What Gregg Allman or Allman Brothers song would you guys like to see most?
Quote from: d_wil on Jun 03, 2017, 03:54 PM
What Gregg Allman or Allman Brothers song would you guys like to see most?
Ooh tough question. I was thinking about this the other day and it's not any easy question because the allman style doesn't match all that easily with mmj (not that the boys couldn't pull it off). I decided a soulshine ft Gary Clark would melt my face. I actually may create a twitter account and harass the band until Charlotte with this request. Feel free to join me.
And can you imagine a set with a temple of the dog tribute to Chris Cornell and a tribute to the allmans similar to the Bowie/prince tributes on the last tour? Pretty please 🙏