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I played and recorded with a band called "Ska King Crab" in the 90's that did this Inspector Gadget theme song
Had a lot of fun playing this one:
Did this one as a slow jam at practice but never live:
Did this one as a slow jam at practice but never live:
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I seem to play nothing but obscure covers, but here is a funny one: "Big Bamboo" by The Merrymen
Back in college, around 1985 my band covered Darker Days by the Connells. Except we did it as a hardcore punk song.
I was told - and I can't verify it's true - that Corrosion of Conformity's bassist Mike Dean saw us play this at a bar called the Fallout Shelter, and remarked that we were the last true punk band in Raleigh.
I was told - and I can't verify it's true - that Corrosion of Conformity's bassist Mike Dean saw us play this at a bar called the Fallout Shelter, and remarked that we were the last true punk band in Raleigh.
Love that. I've worn my TPB Freedom 35 t-shirt for gigs before. Down here, no reaction whatsoever.
Funny, we did "Barbecue" from the same show for our Christmas gig last year. I was trying to get the band to do River Bottom Nightmare Band, but Barbecue won out.
Kevin Gilbert - Water Under the Bridge (it's beautiful, and Kevin Gilbert died waaaaayyyyy too early)
This was all a long time ago, but...
Zebra - "Bears"
Saga - "On the Loose"
Rush - "Force Ten" (not something from their catalog played in cover bands too often, I expect)
Van Halen - "Respect the Wind" (from the Twister closing credits, used as an intro for some other song I think)
Zebra - "Bears"
Saga - "On the Loose"
Rush - "Force Ten" (not something from their catalog played in cover bands too often, I expect)
Van Halen - "Respect the Wind" (from the Twister closing credits, used as an intro for some other song I think)
Is this considered obscure? My girlfriend and I love Annihilator and jam out to this track all the time....
Here's one from my VERY FIRST PUBLIC GIG (open-mic at an ice cream place - they let my duo play three songs, and this was our second - and they cut us off before we finished the third). You can see me staring at my neck almost the entire time. The is an old 60's song called "Phantasmagoria in Two" by Tim Buckley, a somewhat obscure artist who died of an overdose at age 28. He's more famous for being the father of musician Jeff Buckley, who also died too young. Here's the original, and mine:
40 or 50, by STP. Most of the band hated it but I wanted them to play something other than 70's tired rock hits. Slowed down a touch and some added delay takes it's diminished nature into a truly strange ambient realm. Payback for all the Bad Company, Foghat, etc.
