tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post3235579679114770425..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRĂNMARK BLOG: Naughty! Johnny Cash, Robert Plant - and the great Don Covay/Mick Jagger controversyScott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-59256192932312774922016-12-17T19:59:16.222+00:002016-12-17T19:59:16.222+00:00Thank God for that! Thought you'd gone mad the...Thank God for that! Thought you'd gone mad there. "Just Like Eddie" was, though, a Joe Meek masterpiece. Jess Conrad tells an amusing story of once having bitten the end of Heinz's nose off. If you haven't seen the 2008 film, "Telstar: The Joe Meek Story", I can strongly recommend it - the portrayals of Heinz and John Leyton are both very funny.<br /><br />And I suspect Mr. J. R. Cash recouped the $75,000 many times over - and promptly spent it all on drugs.<br /><br />Agreed re The Stones - their version of "Route 66" is still my al-time favourite.Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-27885977447063802592016-12-15T11:50:57.829+00:002016-12-15T11:50:57.829+00:00Sorry I take it back-just listened to C'mon Ev...Sorry I take it back-just listened to C'mon Everybody by the inimitable Eddie Cochran and poor Heinz falls way short.Oh well the intention was there.southern mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-15459233913544494572016-12-15T11:35:38.983+00:002016-12-15T11:35:38.983+00:00I wonder if Johnny cash ever got near to recouping...I wonder if Johnny cash ever got near to recouping the $75,000.I very much doubt it which is a pity because he added enormous value to the song.<br />The same applies to The Stones who have a bit of form with covers-their versions usually being far more dynamic than the originals.<br />Mike Berry and Heinz despite both having soft voices-the unkind might say weak-managed if the wind was blowing in the right direction to sound like Buddy Holly and Eddie Cochran respectively.Brings a tear to the eye it does.southern mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-29507911893653112592016-12-14T14:04:15.693+00:002016-12-14T14:04:15.693+00:00Thanks, ex-KCS. Just listened to "It's Be...Thanks, ex-KCS. Just listened to "It's Better to Have" - (a) I think you could be right, and (b) what a terrific track!.<br /><br />Apart from Rod Stewart trying to sound like his hero Sam Cooke (with laryngitis), Adam Faith aping Buddy Holly, and a host of obvious Elvis soundalikes, I wonder if there were other '60s white rock/blues singers who pinched someone else's singing style (over and above generally trying to sound American). Nobody springs to mind - any ideas?Scott Gronmarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-49381729966534266352016-12-13T00:43:27.745+00:002016-12-13T00:43:27.745+00:00By the time Don Covay recorded the excellent "...By the time Don Covay recorded the excellent "It's better to have" in 1974, you could argue that he was repaying the compliment by impersonating Mick Jagger....Great post.ex-KCSnoreply@blogger.com