magical cover bag

(title stolen from Randy Ray’s relix.com review)

an alphabetic listing of cover songs from the 2007 tours

songs sung in full are in color, all others were teased

a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h	i	j	k	l
m	n	o	p	q	r	s	t
u	v	w	x	y	z

a

Abraham, Martin, and John (Dion)
Ain’t It Funky Now (James Brown)
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (Marvin Gaye)
Ain’t That Peculiar (Marvin Gaye)
Alexander’s Ragtime Band (Irving Berlin)
Angel from Montgomery (John Prine)
Angel from Montgomery (John Prine)
Another Brick in the Wall, Part II (Pink Floyd)
Arc of a Diver (Steve Winwood)

b

Baby Please Don’t Go (Muddy Waters)
Back in the High Life (Steve Winwood)
Backfield in Motion (Mel and Tim)
Badge (Clapton/Harrison)
Banana Boat Song (Harry Belafonte)
Big Boss Man (Jimmy Reed)
Big Chief (Professor Longhair)
Big Legged Woman (Freddie King 1972 version of lyrics)
Birmingham (Randy Newman)
Birmingham (Randy Newman)
Black Dog (Led Zeppelin)
Bo Diddley (Elias McDaniel)
Boogaloo Down Broadway (Fantastic Johnny C)
Born in Chicago (The Paul Butterfield Blues Band)
Born Under a Bad Sign (Albert King)
The Boy from New York City (the Ad Libs)
Bring It on Home to Me (Sam Cooke)
Brown-Eyed Handsome Man (Chuck Berry)

c

Can I Get a Witness (Marvin Gaye)
Can’t Trust Your Neighbor (Johnnie Taylor)
Call Me the Breeze (written by J.J. Cale
Caravan (Van Morrison)
Chain Gang (Sam Cooke)
Cleaning Windows (Van Morrison)
Compared to What (Les McCann)
Crazy Love (Van Morrison)
Crossroad Blues (Robert Johnson)
Cry to Me (Solomon Burke)

d

Dance to the Music (Sly & the Family Stone)
Dance to the Music (Sly and the Family Stone)
Dancing Queen (ABBA)
Days Like This (Van Morrison)
Desperado (Eagles)
Diamonds in the Soles of her Shoes (Paul Simon)
Did Ye Get Healed (Van Morrison)
Dirty Water (The Standells)
Disco Inferno (The Trammps)
Do You Believe in Magic (Lovin’ Spoonful)
Don’t Let Me Down (The Beatles)
Doraville (Atlanta Rhythm Section)
Dust My Broom (Robert Johnson)

e

Early In the Morning and Late at Night (Hank Williams, Jr.)
Eastbound and Down (Jerry Reed)
Everybody’s Talking at Me (Harry Nilsson)

f

Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song) (Otis Redding)
Family Affair (Sly & the Family Stone)
Fever (Peggy Lee)
Fire on the Bayou (The Funky Meters)
For the Love of Money (O’Jays)
(Ain’t it) Funny How Time Slips Away (Willie Nelson)
Friday’s Child (Van Morrison)

g

Games People Play (Joe South)
Gasoline Alley (Rod Stewart)
Georgia on My Mind (Ray Charles)
Give Up the Funk (Parliament)
Goodbye Stranger (Supertramp)
Going Mobile (The Who)
Goin’ Up the Country (Canned Heat)
Good Golly Miss Molly (Little Richard)
Gonna Move (Paul Peña)
Graceland (Paul Simon)
Grandma’s Hands (Bill Withers)
Grazing in the Grass (Friends of Distinction)
Grits Ain’t Groceries (Little Milton)

h

Harlem/Cold Baloney (Bill Withers)
Having a Party (Sam Cooke)
He Stopped Loving Her Today (George Jones)
Hem of His Garment (Sam Cooke)
Here Comes the Sun (Beatles)
Hey Pocky Way (The Funky Meters)
Hope She’ll Be Happier (Bill Withers)
Hot Child in the City (Nick Glider) done as “Hot Chick in the City”
Hot Fun in the Summertime (Sly & the Family Stone)
Hot Legs (Rod Stewart)
How Long Has This Been Going On? (Ace)
Hymns to the Silence (Van Morrison)

i

I Ain’t Got Nothing but the Blues (Jimmy Witherspoon)
I Don’t Need No Doctor (Ray Charles)
I Love LA (Randy Newman)
I’m Alright (Kenny Loggins)
I’m in Love (Wilson Pickett)
I’m on Fire (Bruce Springsteen)
I Miss You (Rolling Stones)
In the Still of the Night (Five Satins)
Inner City Blues (Marvin Gaye)
It’s a Man’s (Man’s Man’s) World (James Brown)
It’s Crying Time Again (Ray Charles)
It’s My Party (Lesley Gore)
It’s Too Funky in Here (James Brown)

j

Jesus Is Just Alright (With Me) (The Byrds and The Doobie Brothers)
Jump in the Line (Harry Belafonte)

k

Kansas City (Wilbert Harrison)
Knock on Wood (Otis Redding)

l

La Grange (ZZ Top)
Let’s Get It On (Marvin Gaye)
Let’s Go Get Stoned (Ray Charles)
Light My Fire (Doors)
Lodi (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
Long Distance Love (Little Feat)
Long Train Running (Doobie Brothers)
Lonely Avenue (Ray Charles)
Lonely Teardrop (Jackie Wilson)
Love the One You’re With (Stephen Stills)
Lowdown (Boz Scaggs)

m

Main Street (Bob Seger
Mama Said (The Shirelles)
Mandolin Rain (Bruce Hornsby)
Mardi Gras Mambo (the Hawkettes)
Maybelline (Chuck Berry)
Me and Mrs. Jones (Billy Paul)
Medicated Goo (Traffic)
Memphis Tennessee (Chuck Berry)
Mercury Blues (Steve Miller band, Wishbone Ash, etc.)
Minute by Minute (Doobie Brothers)
Moondance (Van Morrison)
Moonlight Whiskey (Van Morrison)
Moon Shadow (Cat Stevens)
More Than I Can Say (Leo Sayer)
Movin On Up (Ja’net DuBois/Jeff Barry)
My Funny Valentine
My Girl (The Temptations)
My Home’s in Alabama (Alabama)

n

Naked in the Jungle (Van Morrison)

Night Life (Willie Nelson)
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (song by Bobby Russell)
Night Train (James Brown)
Nightshift (The Commodores)
9 to 5 (Dolly Parton)

o

Old Man River (Oscar Hammerstein and Jerome Kern)
Old Old Woodstock (Van Morrison)
Old Weakness (Delbert McClinton)
100 Elbows (Deuce Komradz)

p

Papa Don’t Take No Mess (James Brown)
Polk Salad Annie (Tony Joe White)

r

Reelin’ in the Years (Steely Dan)
The Road (Jackson Browne)
Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu (Huey “Piano” Smith & the Clowns)
Rocky Top (traditional song)
Rough God Goes Riding (Van Morrison)
Run, Baby, Run (Sheryl Crow)
Russian Roulette (Van Morrison)

s

Same Old Lang Syne (Dan Fogelberg)
She’s Gone (Hall and Oates)
St. Dominic’s Preview (Van Morrison)
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (Rolling Stones)
Shake (Otis Redding)
Shotgun Man (Jerry Lee Lewis)
Shout (Isley Brothers)
Smoke from a Distant Fire (The Sanford – Townsend Band)
Something So Right (Paul Simon)
Soul Searching (Solomon Burke)
Soul Serenade (King Curtis)
Spanish Harlem (Ben E. King)
Steamroller (James Taylor)
Stormy Monday (T-Bone Walker)
Such a Night (Dr. John)
Sugaree (Grateful Dead)
Summertime in England (Van Morrison)
Sweet Home Chicago (Robert Johnson

t

T for Texas (Jimmie Rodgers)
Take Me to the Pilot (Elton John)
Take Me to the River (Al Green)
Take Me to the Pilot (Elton John)
Take the Long Way Home (Supertramp)
Taking It to the Streets (Doobie Brothers)
(I Want to) Take You Higher (Sly & the Family Stone)
Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (Sly & the Family Stone)
That’s All Right Momma (Elvis Presley)
That’s Life (Frank Sinatra)
That’s Where It’s At (Sam Cooke)
The Way it Is (Bruce Hornsby)
Them Changes (Buddy Miles)
Thin Line Between Love and Hate (the Pretenders)
Tide is High (The Paragons)
Tighten Up (Archie Bell & the Drells)
Tired Old Sun (Frankie Laine)
Too Late to Turn Back Now (Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose)
Train, Train (Blackfoot)
Try Me (James Brown)
Tupelo Honey (Van Morrison)
Turn on Your Love Light (Grateful Dead)

u

Use Me (Bill Withers)

w

Waiting on a Friend (Rolling Stones)
Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ (Michael Jackson)
Want Ads (Honey Cone)
Warm Love (Van Morrison)
Weekend (Wet Willie)
What a Fool Believes (Doobie Brothers)
What’d I Say (Ray Charles)
What’s Going On (Marvin Gaye)
When the Saints Go Marching In (traditional gospel hymn)
Where I’m From (Shelby Lynne)
Wherever I Lay My Hat (Marvin Gaye)
While You See a Chance (Steve Winwood)
Who Do You Love (Bo Diddley)
Wild World (Cat Stevens)
Will the Circle Be Unbroken (traditional)
Willie Brown Blues (Ry Cooder/Joe Seneca)

y

Ya Ya (Lee Dorsey)
Yesterday (The Beatles)
You Are My Sunshine (Bing Crosby)
You Don’t Know Like I Know (Sam and Dave)
You Make Me Feel So Free (Van Morrison)
You May Be Right (Billy Joel)
You Send Me (Sam Cooke)
Young Turks (Rod Stewart)
You’ve Got a Friend in Me (Randy Newman)