Hey there. It's been a while hasn't it? I'm still here and I do check in everyday to check/respond to comments and to see what others are doing. I haven't made any new constructions in a while but I do have a few half finished ones waiting for me to wrap up. This is not one of those. I threw this together quickly in the last 24 hours. The reason for the post and the construction was to pay tribute to my friend, band mate, collaborator and the primary reason for my band Pearhead's existence who passed away the last week. Kenny Parisot, You are sorely missed. This is a collection of songs that we regularly covered live and/or recorded under our alter ego Mighty Man. None of these are our versions and not every one is the original version. To shake things up and make the listen more interesting I used live versions or alternate cover versions. Enjoy.
Tracklist
01 You Can't Always Get What You Want - The Rolling Stones *
From the album Totally Stripped. This was our standard show opener.
02 Ain't Hurtin' Nobody - John Prine *
From the album Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings. Both Kenny and I are big Prine fans and we did several of his songs.
03 Long Tall Texan - Lyle Lovett
From the album The Road To Ensenada. We based our version on a Lyle Lovett live rendition but this is pretty close to how we do it as well.
04 (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
From the album The Dock of the Bay. Another standard song from our setlist.
05 Deep Elem Blues - Blackberry Smoke
From the TRI Studios session with Bob Weir. A dead standard of an old song which we played often.
06 Eurotrash Girl - Cracker *
A live unplugged version recorded 11/01/2005 at Knickerbockers Bar. Downloaded from The Internet Archives. One of the more contempory songs from our setlists. We played and recorded this before most of the band ever heard the original.
07 For What It's Worth - Crosby, Stills & Nash
A live rendition from the album Allies. Closer to how we did it at least this is the version I had in my head when we played it.
08 Jersey Girl - Bruce Springsteen *
From the album Live 1975-1985. Originally written by Tom Waits, Bruce added a verse. Kenny changed it to Mexican Girl in honor of his wife.
09 Pale Blue Eyes [closet mix] - The Velvet Underground *
From the album The Velvet Underground
10 She Belongs to Me - Bob Dylan
A live solo acoustic version
11 Angel From Montgomery (Live) - Bonnie Raitt & John Prine *
A live version of a duet with Bonnie Raitt who is more closely associated with the song and it's composer John Prine
12 Tower of song - Leonard Cohen
From the album I'm Your Man
13 When I Paint My Masterpiece - Grateful Dead *
Written by Dylan, first recorded by The Band but often played by the Grateful Dead. This is my favorite version taped off The Gratelful Dead Hour.
14 Whipping Post - Allman Brothers Band
From the debut self titled album.
15 Into the Mystic - Swell Season *
From a live recording. Closer to our version than the Van Morrison original.
16 Goodnight, Irene - Lucius *
Written by Lead Belly. This is a recent rendition that is pretty close to ours
* We recorded our versions of these songs under the name Mighty Man. You can listen to them
here. (You can listen to Pearhead songs
here.)
Reality Notes
Kenny was a master story teller and wrote some amazing songs. I posted a collection of demos and stripped down version of his songs
here a while back. We tried to keep our covers interesting and often avoided the expected, tried and true songs that everybody else was doing. This is only some of the songs we would do regularly and some we attempted once in a while. The Mighty Man album started as a side project between just me and Kenny when the band seemed to be in a lull. During this period it was often just Kenny and I in the studio so we started to record covers to keep busy and entertain ourselves. The band eventually returned and demanded to be included.
The cover was constructed in Paint.net. I have made all my covers in Microsoft Word until recently when I lost access to my MS account and my copy stopped working. Since then I have been trying different programs looking for a replacement. I did find Paint.net frustrating and gave up once I had this but I am not completely happy with it. If I can make a better one I will replace it.
