I guess I must like tribute CDs more than I remembered:
Tulare Dust a songwriters’ tribute to merle haggard [the nonuse of caps is the way the title is spelled on the CD]. Covers performed by Lucinda Williams, Iris Dement, Dave Alvin, Tom Russell, Joe Ely, Dwight Yokam, Robert Earle Keen, Marshall Crenshaw, Rosie Flores and more.
The two disc Chimes Of Freedom The Songs Of Bob Dylan: Pete Townshend covers Corrina Corrina, Patti Smith does Drifter’ Escape, Johnny Cash and The Avett Brothers do One Too Many Mornings, Sting does Girl From The North Country, Joan Baez does Seven Curses, Jackson Browne does Love Minus Zero/No limit, Diana Krall does Simple Twist Of Fate, Steve Earle and Lucia Micarelli do One More Cup Of Coffee (Valley Below), Lucinda does Trying To Get To Heaven, Kris Kristofferson does Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn), Elvis Costello does License To Kill, Mark Knopfler does restless Farewell, Dave Matthews does a live recording of All Along The watchtower, and there are many more. I am keeping this one out to give it a spin.
Howling Wolf which is on the Telarc label and featured (among others) Ronnie Hawkins, Lucinda, Taj Mahall. . . . (I am keeping this one out as well.)
Avalon Blues A Tribute To The Music Of Mississippi John Hurt which features Chris Smither, Bruce Cockburn, Lucinda, Steve and Justin Earle, Peter Case and Dave Alvin, Ben Harper, Geoff Muldaur with Jenni and Clare Muldaur, Beck, Victoria Williams, Bill Morrissey, Taj Mahal, Gillian Welch and John Hiatt. Wow, looks like I am pulling this one aside also!
Brace Yourself A Tribute To Otis Blackwell, and I particularly enjoyed Chrissie Hynde and Chris Spedding doing Hey Little Boy (Little Girl).
if I were a Carpenter has some interesting people doing some carpenter covers.
treasures left behind: remembering Kate Wolf features (among others) Dave Alvin, Nanci Griffith, John Gorka, Lucinda, Emmylou, U. Utah Phillips. . . .
Sweet Relief A Benefit For Victoria Williams featuring (among others) Soul Asylum, Lucinda, Pearl Jam, Lou Reed, Matthew Sweet, The Jayhawks, The waterboys, Michelle Shocked. . .
And of course Deadicated which has been previously mentioned. . . .