For what would have been the birthdays of guitarists Ed King and Steve Gaines on Saturday (they both would have been 75!), a Lynyrd Skynyrd Cover Story! (55 minutes)
For Pink and Jack Black’s 45th and 55th birthdays! A Black/Pink Cover story! (66 minutes)
A couple 50th birthday sets of music for Nina Persson of The Cardigans and A Camp, and a tribute to Greg Kihn! (55 minutes)
For his 70th birthday, and for my 1500th show, it’s time to do another tribute to one of my favorite artists, Elvis Costello! (65 minutes)
An artist whose music I’ve been wanting to get more familiar with – and what better way than to listen to her originals and the covers she inspired! Plus, she’s turning 30 this week. (52 minutes)
For Adam Duritz’ 60th birthday, a few sets of Counting Crows covers! (59 minutes)
For Rick Davies’ 80th birthday, a collection of Supertramp Covers! (46 minutes) For a free download of the Coverville Supertramp tribute, click here
Responsible for so much of the great music we heard in the 80s, 90s and more recent, Trevor Horn is turning 75, and is so so worthy of another Cover Story. So let’s hear some more covers of and by Trevor Horn! (74 minutes)
65th birthdays for Marc Cohn and Jim Kerr of Simple Minds mean cover stories for both of them! Let’s hear it! (62 minutes)
For Ray Davies’ 80th birthday, a (late) cake filled with amazing Kinks covers!
For the 40th anniversary of the Prince album, I’m doing it again: Covers of every track on the album (and one bonus)! (47 minutes)
You know his music. He has been with bands like King Crimson, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, and the terrific Asia, John would have turned 75 this week. Covers of and by John on this episode! (56 minutes)
For her 50th birthday, a singer/songwriter who’s given us so many great songs (and a musical to go with them). Let’s listen to some covers of and by Alan’s on today’s show. (62 minutes)
For his 60th birthday, covers of and by Lenny Kravitz! (44 minutes)
Jewel’s turning 50, and Morrissey’s turning 65 – and this is probably the only place you’ll find them together! (64 minutes)
For co-founder Dan Auerbach’s 45th birthday, and the 30th anniversary of Weezer’s debut album (affectionately called ‘The Blue Album”) and Cover Story for the Black Keys, and a track-by-track cover story! (68 minutes)
For his 75th birthday, let’s listen to some renditions of classic and deep-cut Billy Joel songs. (65 minutes)
The National Recording Preservation Board every year adds 25 recordings to the Recording Registry for songs that represent culture of the times. Learn more about the registry here.
At least I think this is the fifth one of these I’ve done. Robert Smith turning 65 next week, and it’s time to listen to some more excellent cover of The Cure! (64 minutes)
For lead singer Dave Pirner’s 60th birthday, here are some covers of any by Soul Asylum! (47 minutes)