Favorite Tribute Albums?


I'm a big fan of Tribute and Cover Albums. Some of my favorites include: Holly Cole's Temptation (Tom Waits covers); Poet - A Tribute To Townes Van Zandt; Till the Night Is Gone- A Tribute to Doc Pomus; Timeless - A Tribute To Hank Williams; Bob Marley A Tribute The Riddim Of A Legend and This One's for Him A Tribute to Guy Clark. I would enjoy hearing others recommendations.

 

davidchampa

If we're now including covers of individual songs, I really love Dylan's Senor, but Garcia's versions with the JGB knock it out of the park. Jerry was born to sing that song.

I vaguely remember the Street Legal 8-track, @ezwind .  I think I remember reading that it wasn't a great commercial success, but I rather liked it.

One of Dylan’s best rhymes:
 

Señor, señor, can you tell me where we're headin'
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon
Seems like I been down this way before
Is there any truth in that, señor

@immatthewj 

Glad you enjoyed Aretha’s version. 

Given that her arrangement is so different from the original, perhaps it doesn’t  make sense to compare them. Perhaps Paul might say they're "chalk and cheese". 

@onhwy61 

I will have to look for Brother Ray’s version!  

@ezwind 

I’ve enjoyed Garcia’s Dylan covers as well.  

 

Not a tribute album per se, but......A Tribute To Jack Johnson, by the master, Miles Davis, is a wonderful and energetic composition....it is my favorite Miles recording, and there are many favorites of his. As mentioned earlier, someone above stated Jimi Hendrix - Stone Free... A great tribute album. Many excellent mentions here. My best to all, MrD.