Imagine your ideal list of artists to feature on a cover album in tribute to The Band. Now get real, 'cause that's never gonna happen. Instead, take a look at the set of folks taking turns on Band tunes for the forthcoming collection Endless Highway: The Music Of The Band. Here's the tracklist:
"I Shall Be Released" - Jack Johnson
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - The Allman Brothers
"Rocking Chair" - Death Cab For Cutie
"It Makes No Difference" - My Morning Jacket
"The Weight" - Lee Ann Womack
"Acadian Driftwood" - The Roches
"Whispering Pines" - Jakob Dylan
"Up On Cripple Creek" - Gomez
"King Harvest"- Bruce Hornsby
"Unfaithful Servant" - Rosanne Cash
"Rag Mama Rag" - Blues Traveler
"Bessie Smith" - Joe Henry
"This Wheel's On Fire" - Guster
"Chest Fever" - Widespread Panic
"Ain't No More Cane"- John Hiatt & North Mississippi Allstars
"Look Out Cleveland" - Jackie Greene
"Ophelia" - Animal Liberation Orchestra
"Stage Fright" - Steve Reynolds
"When I Paint My Masterpiece" - Josh Turner
"The Shape I'm In" - Gov't Mule
"Life is a Carnival" - Trevor Hall
Hey at least MMJ made if off of your unrealistically-greedy, ideal list. Stream the entire record here.
Endless Highway: The Music Of The Band is out 1/30/07 on 429 Records.
