Covers that are pretty awesome.

[TimboZ]

stairway to heaven Frank Zappa

 

[Humbled]

Awesome cover:

 

[zontar]

 

[Richland123]

Santana's cover of Evil Ways, originally done by Willie Bobo

 

[zontar]

On the topic of Santana-

And here's another cover of a Fleetwood Mac song from the early days-

 

[Richland123]

Santana's cover of Oye Como Va, originally by Tito Puente

 

[zontar]

Santana's cover of Oye Como Va, originally by Tito Puente

When I taught guitar/bass and we had bands as well--one of them did this song--and if I remember correctly they won at a festival with it, they nailed it.

 

[zontar]

Written by Rolf Kempf, and also covered by Judy Collins.

 

[Richland123]

Cyndi Lauper's cover of Girls Just Want To Have Fun, originally by Robert Hazard

 

[Yogi Bear]

Some off the top of my head...

Yes - America (Paul Simon)
Spock's Beard - Beware of Darkness (George Harrison)
Neal Morse - Crazy Horses (The Osmonds)
Transatlantic - And You and I (Yes)
Steven Wilson - Thank You (Alanis Morissette)
The Ramones - Spiderman
All - A Boy Named Sue (Johnny Cash)
Anthrax - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Black Sabbath)
Frank Zappa - I am the Walrus (The Beatles)
Cheap Trick - Day Tripper (The Beatles)
Donny Hathaway - What's Goin' On (Marvin Gaye)

 

[Richland123]

The Righteous Brothers cover version of Unchained Melody. The song was originally recorded by Todd Duncan for the movie soundtrack of the 1955 film "Unchained". The song was recorded by over a dozen music acts before The Righteous Brothers version in 1965. The song has been recorded by over 500 different acts over the years.

 

[zontar]

This next one is just a snippet--but it gives you the gist of it-

 

[Richland123]

The Monkees cover of (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone, originally recorded by Paul Revere & The Raiders

 

[zontar]

Technically it is a cover---

This is a cover as well-

 

[Richland123]

Stories cover of Brother Louie, originally recorded by Hot Chocolate

 

[FA108208usat2]

Not sure if anyone posted this yet but Miley Cyrus cover on LZ is pretty good, sure not as good as plant, but It's nice.

 

[zontar]

 

[Richland123]

The Troggs cover of Wild Thing, originally recorded by The Wild Ones. The song was written by Chip Taylor, whose real name is James Wesley Voight. He is the brother of Actor Jon Voight and uncle of Angelina Jolie. He also wrote Angel Of The Morning and many other songs.

 

[zontar]

 

[Richland123]

Joe Cocker's cover of You Are So Beautiful, originally recorded by Billy Preston