Rocksteady Tonight - Episode #37: Cover It Up, Volume Deux

Rick and I got together just before St. Patrick's Day to revisit one of our favorite shows, cover songs. Ska music has always been rich in cover tunes, to the point of straight up ripping off one another. Things today are much more civilized, but it doesn't make cover songs any less fun.  This show we look at some really awesome and obscure covers from the legends or yesterday to the up and comers of today.  Hope you all enjoy it, Rick and I had a blast putting it together.

Phil

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The Playlist is as follows:

Toots & The Maytals - Louie, Louie

The Scotch Bonnets - Let's Dance
Sublime Reggae Kings - Strangelove
Skapeche Mode - Personal Jesus
The Georgetown Orbits - Son of a Preacher Man
The Cabrians - Suburban Rebels
Delroy Wilson - This Heart of Mine
Byron Lee, The Dragonnaires - Bridge over Troubled Waters
Derrick Harriott - Some Guys Have All the Luck
Denzil Dennis - Mama We're All Crazy Now

The Interrupters - Bad Guy
The Toasters - Sweet Home Town Jamaica
Toots & The Maytals - Country Road
The Big Ska Band - Rock & Roll Part 2 / My Sharona
The Offenders - Because you're young
The Offenders - Teenage Kicks
Jimmy Cliff - Ruby Soho
John Holt - Help Me Make It Through the Night
Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Batman (Early Take)

Tony Tribe - Red Red Wine
Arsenals - Take a Chance on Me
The Bluebeats - The Long Black Veil
The Orobians - Don't Go
The Busters - Wish You Were Here
Alton Ellis - You Made Me So Very Happy
Winston Francis - Always Something There to Remind Me
The Supervillains - Careless Whisper

The Beat - The Tears of a Clown
Owen Gray - The Great Pretender
The OzSkas - Takin' My Love
The Porkers - Burnin' Love
Jerry Jones - See You Later Alligator
Ken Boothe - Susie Q.

The Pietasters - Can I Change My Mind