Cover Tune Archives - Page 8

Andy McKee’s performance of “Drifting” has been viewed millions of time on YouTube and elsewhere. Now bassist Dmitry Lisenko has shared his solo acoustic bass guitar version of McKee’s tune.

Over the years, Ian Pettersson has offered some great video suggestions to us. Now he’s shared one of his own: a solo bass tribute to Prince. Here’s Ian’s take on Prince’s hit, “Kiss”.

David Piggott teaches music at his studio, Piggott Music. One of his students is Kayla Malik. They recently recorded their own bass and vocals arrangement of Coldplay’s “Fix You”. David said this was the first time he heard Kayla sing. “Because everyone has lost something in their life… I hope you enjoy this [arrangement],” David shared.

Stevie Wonder’s “Boogie on Reggae Woman” is a staple of Phish’s live performances. In this fan shot clip of a 2009 appearance at Madison Square Garden, Mike Gordon nails Stevie’s Moog bass line. The camera work is a little shaky, but the sound comes through loud and clear on this funky cover.

My good friend Steve Lawson shared this video a couple of days ago, saying “the great Yolanda Charles sings and plays bass on ‘Purple Rain’ last night with Hans Zimmer. Guthrie Govan AND Johnny Marr on guitar. Amazing Prince tribute.” It sure is. RIP, Prince.

This video has been making the rounds recently on Facebook, and I was mesmerized by it. I was surprised to learn it actually came out in 2011. Organized by Playing For Change, this performance of Stevie Wonder’s “Higher Ground” features musicians from nine locations around the world in one of the most interesting collaborations I think I’ve ever seen. Reggie...

We’ve featured a couple of impressive videos by the virtual band known as YYNOT. Here’s another. In this video, the group covers one of the greatest sides of a rock album ever – Rush’s “Cygnus X-1, Book II” – in its entirety. And once again, Tim Starace nails Geddy’s lines. The rest of the band includes Billy Alexander on guitars,...

I’ve been listening to Ben Harper’s latest album, Call It What It Is, and loving it – especially with the return of the Innocent Criminals and Juan Nelson. That got me digging around for more, which brought me to this excellent cover of “When The Levee Breaks”, performed live at Jazz à Vienne on July 5, 2013. Harper’s Relentless7 bassist...

I love bass and vocal duets, but this one is special. John Patitucci sat down with his daughter Gracie, who goes by Gra Music, for a gorgeous cover of the Beatles classic “I’ve Just Seen a Face.” Patitucci lays down the perfect groove and fills to flesh out the arrangement while allowing Gracie to sing it out. The musical connection...

The virtual trio of bassist Tim Starace, guitarist/vocalist Billy Alexander and drummer Rod Concha Tm knocked us out a while back when they shared their Rush-inspired tune “YYNOT“. They shared another on our forum, this time doing a virtual cover of “Red Barchetta”. Dig that Ric tone!

Tim Carey sent along his latest with vocalist Amanda Taylor. This time, the duo perform a cover of the Sara Bareilles tune, “Bottle It Up”. “I use kind of a hybrid slap style mixed with some two handed stuff for most of it, then some quick triplet picking stuff in the bridge,” he told us. “This one also features a...

Andreas D Fammé shared this video in response to us featuring Dirty Loops recently. The Feelgood Orchestra is a band from Norway who took what Andreas said was “the most streamed song in 2015 (“Lean On”), and made it their own. The tune was originally released by Major Lazer & DJ Snake (featuring MØ). Love the bass, the horns, and...