Cover Me by Ray Padgett6/10/2023 He tracks down the engineers, studio musicians and producers involved for interviews and scours public statements, past and current, made by song-performers and songwriters that reveal their true feelings about the remakes. Padgett is earnest and sincere in his approach to the material. Millions who downloaded probably never learned who really recorded it.)Īs Padgett summarizes, “they would have been a one-hit wonder, except no one knew they had a hit.” Nineteen songs are featured in this colorful, amusing, hard-bound book, including Elvis's “Hound Dog,” Aretha Franklin's “Respect,” Whitney Houston's “I Will Always Love You,” and the Gourds' version of “Gin and Juice,” which was the first song to ever “go viral.” (It happened on early Napster but was mislabeled as a Phish cover. One can't help but ask: But, really, who did it better? The book is an outgrowth of Padgett's 10-year-old blog that unravels the drama-infused, shade-throwing, diva-whining, money-grubbing, stiff-arming, behind-the-scenes stories that led to much beloved remakes of songs. Ray Padgett's “Cover Me,” a collection of the entertaining stories behind popular cover songs, is the most fun a person can have with a book and YouTube open at the same time. "Cover Me: The Stories Behind the Greatest Cover Songs of All Time" by Ray Padgett (Sterling, 240 pages, in stores)
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