"George Jackson (Acoustic Version)" is on the 2013 Side Tracks CD & "George Jackson (Big Band)" is on the 1991 Masterpieces CD. Bob Dylan - Side Tracks Bob Dylan - Masterpieces
All by courtesy of the Drive By Truckers The Flying Wallendas Steve McQueen Ronnie and Neil Wallace Carl Perkins Cadillac The Day John Henry Died Ramon Casiano Danko\Manuel George Jones talkin' cell phone blues Mrs Claus Kimono Too much sex (too little Jesus) The Buford Stick Cassie's brother That's enough to fill up a CD. This is one of the centuries best bands!
Pixies - Alec Eiffel From their 1991 album "Trompe le Monde", released on 4AD Records. Song referencing Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the architect of the Paris Eiffel tower. The song is about people trying to bring down others and their ideas. Eiffel was thought to be crazy in his times for aiming to build such a tower. "Pioneer of aerodynamics (Little Eiffel, little Eiffel) They thought he was real smart Alec (Little Eiffel, little Eiffel) He thought big, they called it a phallic (Little Eiffel, little Eiffel) They didn't know he was panoramic"
The Replacements - Alex Chilton Their homage to former Box Tops/Big Star member Alex Chilton. From their fifth album "Pleased to Meet Me", released on Sire Records in 1987. Actually, Alex Chilton played guitar on "Can't Hardly Wait", the last track on "Pleased to Meet Me". "Children by the million sing for Alex Chilton when he comes 'round They sing "I'm in love. What's that song? I'm in love with that song." I never travel far, without a little Big Star"
"The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" - Dylan "Brownsville Girl" w/ Gregory Peck - Dylan "LARS" w/ Napoleon - Dylan ''Picasso's Last Words'' - Paul McCartney
Cass McCombs - Bradley Manning Cass McCombs' story of the army whistleblower Bradley Manning. Released as a single in 2012, and later included on the rarities and B-sides collection "A Folk Set Apart" (Domino, 2015).
Indigo Girls - Galileo From their 1992 album "Rites of Passage", released on Epic Records. Song about the Italian astronomer tried by the church for heresy. "How long 'til my soul gets it right Can any human being ever reach that kind of light I call on the resting soul of Galileo king of night vision King of insight"
"Gene Clark" ---Teenage Fanclub "Neil Jung" ---Teenage Fanclub "Ballad of John & Yoko"--- The Beatles
A few from Chuck Prophet... 'Sonny Liston's Blues' 'Bob Wills Is Still The King' 'Willie Mays Is Up At Bat' 'Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins' 'If I Was Connie Britton' And what the heck... 'Jesus Was A Social Drinker'
Scritti Politti Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin) Refers to I Say A Little Prayer For You. Arif Mardin produced both.
Billy Bragg - Levi Stubbs' Tears The first single released from Billy Bragg's 1986 album "Talking with the Taxman about Poetry". The song is Billy Bragg's homage to The Four Tops' lead singer Levi Stubbs. "When the world falls apart some things stay in place Levi Stubbs' tears run down his face"