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Cover Wars: Not Fade Away Edition

Believe it or not, Cover Wars was not supposed to be a Tuesday feature. The first one was supposed to go up on a Monday but due to some technical difficulties, we pushed it to Tuesday. Which is great because it allows me to make jokes about the Presidential election. Voter turnout was up last week, though we do not share the exact numbers and only percentages, I'll say that there was a 24% increase last week, and Phish was the clear winner of the 2nd edition.

Originally written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty, the song Not Fade Away (and Rock & Roll) owes a lot to what drummers call the Bo Diddley Beat. It's obviously been covered a lot, we've got 10 versions here, and I omitted plenty of others. Read on for Dave's song descriptions, and to place your vote...

Like this one, you can’t vote for this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY4Dp-WZwr8

Bob Dylan: On a personal note, it was November 14th, 1999 when I saw Phil Lesh & Friends open for Bob Dylan at the Worcester Centrum. Turns out both bands wanted to play NFA that night, and they both did. It was a great night of music, but for the cover war that took place that night, advantage Dylan.

Side Note: Basically every Grateful Dead sideband has kept NFA in their repertoire, but at the risk of being a little redundant, we have chosen to exclude the likes of Ratdog and Phil & Friends from Cover Wars, when the Dead are already included.

Oh yeah, and Zimmerman can DANCE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLWn7857aYU

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