The Robert Johnson Cover Story | Coverville

A tribute to Blues legend Robert Johnson, a few days before what would have been his 100th birthday. Listen to the music of a man that influenced all your favorite rockers, from Led Zeppelin to the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton, just to name a few.

60 minutes |

Featuring:

	Title	Artist	Album	Original Artist
1	Sweet Home Chicago	The Blues Brothers	The Blues Brothers & Friends: Live from House of Blues	Robert Johnson
2	Stop Breaking Down	The White Stripes	The White Stripes	Robert Johnson
3	When You Gotta Good Friend (feat. Hubert Sumlin, Ruthie Foster & Lightnin’ Malcolm )	Big Head Todd And The Monsters	Big Head Blues Club – 100 Years of Robert Johnson	Robert Johnson
4	Last Fair Deal Gone Down	Eric Clapton	Me And Mr. Johnson	Robert Johnson
5	Travelin’ Riverside Blues	Hindu Love Gods	Hindu Love Gods	Robert Johnson
6	Hellhound On My Trail	Todd Rundgren	Todd Rundgren’s Johnson	Robert Johnson
7	The Walkin’ Blues	Lightnin’ Hopkins	Lightnin’	Robert Johnson
8	Crossroads	Cyndi Lauper	Memphis Blues	Robert Johnson
9	They’re Red Hot	Red Hot Chili Peppers	Blood Sugar Sex Magik	Robert Johnson
10	Kindhearted Woman Blues	Keb’ Mo’	Keb’ Mo’	Robert Johnson
11	Me And The Devil	Cowboy Junkies	Whites Off Earth Now!!	Robert Johnson
12	Ramblin’ on My Mind	Lucinda Williams	Ramblin’	Robert Johnson
13	Love In Vain	The Rolling Stones	Let It Bleed	Robert Johnson
14	Come On In My Kitchen [Robert Johnson Sessions]	Simply Red	Stars [Expanded]	Robert Johnson

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10 Comments

Daniel Barkowitz on May 5, 2011 at 6:21 pm

This one made it to the iTunes feed…

Bishop on May 6, 2011 at 6:34 am

I am just about to press play on this episode and I am already thanking you for it, Brian. I recieved the Complete Robert Johnson Collection on cassete (I KNOW!) one year for Christmas and have loved him ever since. And what a life story!

Again, I bow in gratitude sir…

Roger Green on May 6, 2011 at 9:32 am

Brian- You’re welcome.
-the “other Roger”
PS Should you do a bonus tracks show on RJ, might I suggest the Butterfield Blues Band’s Walkin’ Blues from the East/West album.

Owyn on May 6, 2011 at 4:18 pm

This may be the highest percentage coverage of an artist in Coverville history. Johnson only recorded 27 distinct songs in his two sessions, and, here you have covers for 14 of them.

Thanks. 🙂

Ceci on May 7, 2011 at 12:55 am

Love love love the Robert Johnson cover story! Heya Brian, where is that Eric Clapton cover story you said you did? I’ve searched the Coverville DVDs but I’m not seeing it.

Pete Buss on May 8, 2011 at 4:43 pm

I hate to admit but I’m normally a bit of a track skipper and jump past songs that I don’t know by people I don’t know. However, I listened to every track of this show despite only being familiar with Sweet Home Chicago and loved every minute of it. Cracking show Brian – loved it! Now we’ve had a Blues show, how about a Jazz one?

Doug on May 10, 2011 at 7:47 am

Like the show… but how is the Lightnin’ Hopkins song a cover of the Robert Johnson one? Other than sharing the title, they seem like different songs to me. Also, shouldn’t it be Hell *Hound* on my trail?

Ross Edwards on May 12, 2011 at 1:54 am

This just popped up on my twitter feed:

http://www.openculture.com/2011/05/the_legend_of_bluesman_robert_johnson_animated.html

Oh, and keep up the great work, Brian 🙂

Andrew on May 16, 2011 at 7:35 am

FYI, the Todd Rundgren cover of “Hellhound On My Trail” is mislabeled as “Hellbound On My Trail.” I’m guessing this is because Amazon also has it mislabeled, as does iTunes. You can confirm that Mr. Rundgren wasn’t taking artistic license with the title by looking at an image of the back of the album:

http://www.jayfan.com/uploadimg/201105/07/04024669.jpeg

Seems like someone at the record company was blindly relying upon spell-check.

Andrew on May 16, 2011 at 8:29 am

And speaking of typos, the Keb’ Mo’ track is misspelled on iTunes as “Kindharted Woman Blues.” It doesn’t show up when you do a search for the song title with the proper spelling. Is there a way to submit corrections to the iTunes folks? I come across typos all of the time. Amazon, Wikipedia both put the track as “Kindhearted …”, Mr. Mo’s website lists it as “Kind Hearted…”, but the back of the album has it as “Kindhearted …”:

http://pixhost.info/avaxhome/a0/f7/000bf7a0.jpeg

Anyway, enough nitpicking for today!

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Daniel Barkowitz on May 5, 2011 at 6:21 pm

This one made it to the iTunes feed…
Bishop on May 6, 2011 at 6:34 am

I am just about to press play on this episode and I am already thanking you for it, Brian. I recieved the Complete Robert Johnson Collection on cassete (I KNOW!) one year for Christmas and have loved him ever since. And what a life story!

Again, I bow in gratitude sir…
Roger Green on May 6, 2011 at 9:32 am

Brian- You’re welcome.
-the “other Roger”
PS Should you do a bonus tracks show on RJ, might I suggest the Butterfield Blues Band’s Walkin’ Blues from the East/West album.
Owyn on May 6, 2011 at 4:18 pm

This may be the highest percentage coverage of an artist in Coverville history. Johnson only recorded 27 distinct songs in his two sessions, and, here you have covers for 14 of them.

Thanks. 🙂
Ceci on May 7, 2011 at 12:55 am

Love love love the Robert Johnson cover story! Heya Brian, where is that Eric Clapton cover story you said you did? I’ve searched the Coverville DVDs but I’m not seeing it.
Pete Buss on May 8, 2011 at 4:43 pm

I hate to admit but I’m normally a bit of a track skipper and jump past songs that I don’t know by people I don’t know. However, I listened to every track of this show despite only being familiar with Sweet Home Chicago and loved every minute of it. Cracking show Brian – loved it! Now we’ve had a Blues show, how about a Jazz one?
Doug on May 10, 2011 at 7:47 am

Like the show… but how is the Lightnin’ Hopkins song a cover of the Robert Johnson one? Other than sharing the title, they seem like different songs to me. Also, shouldn’t it be Hell *Hound* on my trail?
Ross Edwards on May 12, 2011 at 1:54 am

This just popped up on my twitter feed:

http://www.openculture.com/2011/05/the_legend_of_bluesman_robert_johnson_animated.html

Oh, and keep up the great work, Brian 🙂
Andrew on May 16, 2011 at 7:35 am

FYI, the Todd Rundgren cover of “Hellhound On My Trail” is mislabeled as “Hellbound On My Trail.” I’m guessing this is because Amazon also has it mislabeled, as does iTunes. You can confirm that Mr. Rundgren wasn’t taking artistic license with the title by looking at an image of the back of the album:

http://www.jayfan.com/uploadimg/201105/07/04024669.jpeg

Seems like someone at the record company was blindly relying upon spell-check.
Andrew on May 16, 2011 at 8:29 am

And speaking of typos, the Keb’ Mo’ track is misspelled on iTunes as “Kindharted Woman Blues.” It doesn’t show up when you do a search for the song title with the proper spelling. Is there a way to submit corrections to the iTunes folks? I come across typos all of the time. Amazon, Wikipedia both put the track as “Kindhearted …”, Mr. Mo’s website lists it as “Kind Hearted…”, but the back of the album has it as “Kindhearted …”:

http://pixhost.info/avaxhome/a0/f7/000bf7a0.jpeg

Anyway, enough nitpicking for today!

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