I'll play! 😉

How about Hey Jude by Wilson Pickett:

Both of these might be my all-time favorite covers of Beatles songs...

Gabor Szabo - Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds -

Shoot, am always knotting up the threads, on topic tho Sam Phillips’ take of Gimme Some Truth, from her early 1990s CD - tremendous & the Beatles cover I think of 1st & 4most even tho it’s John

Of course he’s well known for Help from my Friends but I also like Joe Cocker’s take of SCITTBWindow

It was sorta scoffed at at the time but I like Elton’s cover of LITSWDiamonds

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Wilco - And Your Bird Can Sing:

I love the Mule's "She Said, She Said." I like Oasis's "Walrus" and obviously Cocker's "WALHFMF"

x2 on Wison Pickett "Hey Jude" , with Duane in session , so nice

x2 on Joe Cocker at Woodstock - "With A Little Help From My Friends"
Love his "Came In Through the Bathroom Window" as well

Tina Turner - "Come Together" "Get Back"

This one is STUNNING:

Aretha Franklin - "Let It Be" (with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)

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Good one Brer, hadn’t heard that before - of course Gregg’s take of Rain w/the London choir comes to mind in the same vein

It’s not just knotting up threads, can be a wet blanket too 😮 😛 - but one that does sorta underwhelm me is JB’s She’s A Woman, from Blow by Blow - tried to like it but even w/the talk box effect etc, didn’t really hold my interest

Aerosmith’s covers, Come Together & Helter Skelter are Ok-not-great imo 😮 😛

I think Joe Cocker just slays every Beatles cover he's done. In addition to those already mentioned I'd like to add Something and Sir Paul's Maybe I'm Amazed.

I always thought this was pretty interesting by Jake Shimabukuro

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Crusaders-Eleanor Rigby

Dave Grohl and Jeff Lynne - Hey bulldog

Jerry Garcia Band- Dear Prudence

Jeff Beck and Neil Young both did great covers of A Day In The Life

Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Club Band

1)Sgt Pepper lonely hearts club band

2)With a little help from my friends

3)Lucy in the sky with diamonds

4)Gettin' Better

5)Fixin' a hole

6)She is leaving home

7)Being of the benefit of mr kite

8)Within you without you

9)When I'm sixty four

10)Lovely Rita

11) Good morning good morning

12)Sgt Pepper lonely hearts club band reprise

13)A day in life

This is gonna be a fun thread . I like to get on YouTube and find covers from the known to the obscure.

Randy Bachman -While My Guitar Weeps

Martin Barre Eleanor Rigby (Live),
https://myoutube.com/watch?v=1QpD_FOysIc

Tedeschi Trucks does a great "Within You Without You"

I've always really dug the short instrumental "Flying" (the only Beatles song credited to all four) and The Secret Machines do a cool version:

Randy Bachman -While My Guitar Weeps

Martin Barre Eleanor Rigby (Live),
https://myoutube.com/watch?v=1QpD_FOysIc/blockquote >

I dig the obscure clips posted, I doubt I'd bump into them otherwise, Thanx.

I love Jeff Healey's version of WMGGW!

Oasis played a great version of I Am The Walrus for a show at Radio City Music Hall during the Brotherly Love tour.

Martin Barre played ER and I Want You/(She's So Heavy) a couple years back.

Celebration Of Duane & The Muscle Shoals Sound - Hey Jude

Lisa Morales - While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Lazer Lloyd - Let It Be

Blackberry Smoke - Come Together (w/Sleeping Dogs)

Hambone Relay - Get Back

Al DiMeola - Because

Ryan Montblau - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

Goodbye Ruby Tuesday Heh heh.

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"Ruby Tuesday" is the Stones 😉

:)The Persuasions gave Let It Be their acapella love on one of their early 1970s albums

Also Arthur Conley w/ObLaDi ObLaDa - Duane plays lead & rhythm

Love the Georgia Satellites cover of Dont Pass Me By
and the Black Keys doing She Said She Said

Graham Nash does a surprisingly good A Day in the Life.

JGB smokin Dear Prudence. but also used to riff on paul's That would be something. quite tasty

Love seeing the Deep Purple threads, just listened to Throw My Bones
Their cover of Help is really how a song w/lyrics like that should sound - Jon Lord, what a monster player he was

"Ruby Tuesday" is the Stones 😉

I'm a buffoon, I was going thru videos and was amazed how many times the Stones were covered by others. I also DVR'd and was watching the Chuck Berry special called Brown Eyed Handsome Man that is making the rounds on the PBS stations, It's way better than Hail Hail Rock N Roll. Great footage of Chuck and multi legend covering his tunes, I really enjoyed watching it this morning. They actually rival the Beatles in amount of "coverage" they get.

I knew Ruby Tuesday was the RS, but was in auto-pilot mode and typed it out and copy & pasted the video link. I'm slipping, it's a good thing I retired 2 months ago. 33 1/2 years at my last job, I'm ready (maybe not?) for the next stage of my life. I'll edit it out. Thanx

Not sure if i still know how to post this ... its been yrs since I’ve done this on here...
But couldn’t help myself <> Jimi Sgt Peppers ...watch your ears

Beautiful Jimi ,,,, Ive been feelin Hendrix lately wow ... Not sure if Andy A ever reads here anymore but a Big Thanks to Andy at The Viking for doing some Hendrix
Who hoo

A Big Hello to all ...stay safe ...stay home listen to some great rock n roll

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Never officially released, but there were some nice tributes to George after his passing.

I'm really not much of a Bon Jovi fan at all, but JBJ and Sambora did a tasteful
Here Comes the Sun -

And of course, the Prince, Petty, Jeff Lynne, Winwood, et. al. version of
While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Girl in a Coma - While my Guitar Gently Weeps

Amy Helms old band

Ollabelle - Across The Universe

I like Pearl Jam doing I Got a Feeling. Then I also like Eddie Hazel's take on She's So Heavy, although that song is great by anyone, Mule does some great ones too. How about Chet Atkins on Yesterday. When I was a kid I like Pat Benatar doing Helter Skelter, I guess I still like that a little.

Gregg: "Rain".

Beautiful.

Most bizarre, in a way not pure covers it just uses the exact melodies to three different Beatles tunes, "Texas Motel Medley" Zappa's scathing send up on Jimmy Swaggart and televangelists. (Played in concert never officially released)