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Cover songs

Below is a list of cover songs I play on a regular, rotating basis. Click on the highlighted titles for a video demo version!
1979 — Smashing Pumpkins
Acoustic Guitar 
-- Magnetic Fields
Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love 
-- Van Halen
Alcoholiday
— Teenage Fanclub
Alison
— Elvis Costello
All Apologies
— Nirvana
All You Good People
— Embrace
America
— Simon & Garfunkel
And I Don't (So Now I Do) 
-- Robert Pollard
Atlantic City
— Springsteen
Baker Street
— Gerry Rafferty/Foo Fighters
The Bends
— Radiohead
Blow 'Em Off
— Monster Magnet
The Boxer
— Simon & Garfunkel
Burn One Down
— Ben Harper
California Stars
— Wilco/Bragg
Careless Whisper
— Wham!
Casino Queen
— Wilco
Catch the Sun
— Doves
Champagne Supernova
— Oasis
Cheap Reward
— Elvis Costello
Cinnamon Girl
— Neil Young
​City Song
— Jane's Addiction
Cold Gin
— KISS
Come As You Are
— Nirvana
Common People
— Pulp
Crazy
— Seal
Daniel
— Elton John
Dead Flowers
— Rolling Stones
Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
— Elvis Costello
Desperado
— Eagles
Divorce Song
— Liz Phair
Do It Again
— Steely Dan
Don’t Look Back in Anger
— Oasis
Drain You
— Nirvana
Driftwood
— Travis
Einstein on the Beach
— Counting Crows
Eleanor Rigby
— Beatles
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables
— from Les Misérables
Everlong
— Foo Fighters
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
— Neil Young
Everyday I Write the Book
— Elvis Costello
Fall on Me
— R.E.M.
Fearless
— Pink Floyd
Fell on Black Days
— Soundgarden
Five Years
— David Bowie
From the Beginning
— Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Game of Pricks
— Guided by Voices
Going to California
— Led Zeppelin
Gold Soundz
— Pavement
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
— Elton John
Got You Where I Want You
— The Flys
The Great Suburban Showdown
— Billy Joel
Greetings to the New Brunette
— Billy Bragg
Have a Cigar
— Pink Floyd
​Here, There and Everywhere
— The Beatles
High & Dry
— Radiohead
​Hotel California Eagles
​Hung Up on You
— Fountains of Wayne
I Am the Highway
— Audioslave
I Don't Want to Grow Up
— Tom Waits
I Got a Name
— Jim Croce
I Stay Away
— Alice in Chains
I Will Survive
— Cake
​If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next
— Manic Street Preachers
It Ain’t Me, Babe
— Bob Dylan
It’s a Shame about Ray
— Lemonheads
It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
— Bob Dylan
Imagination (Is a Powerful Deceiver)
— Elvis Costello
The Indifference of Heaven
— Warren Zevon
Jessie’s Girl
— Rick Springfield
Laramie
— Amy Ray
Lawyers, Guns & Money 
-- Warren Zevon
Leopard-Skin Pillbox Hat
— Bob Dylan
Let’s Pretend We’re Bunny Rabbits
— Magnetic Fields
Life on a Chain
— Pete Yorn
​Limelight
— Rush
Mama, You Been on My Mind
— Bob Dylan
Married With Children
— Oasis
Mexican Wine
— Fountains of Wayne
Midnight Rider — Allman Brothers
Movin’ Out (Anthony’s Song) — Billy Joel
​My Valuable Hunting Knife
— Guided by Voices
Nell Flaherty's Drake
— Various
No Myth
— Michael Penn
No One Will Ever Love You
— Magnetic Fields
​Nothing Matters When We're Dancing
— Magnetic Fields
Offend in Every Way
— White Stripes
On a Plain
— Nirvana
​On Ragland Road
— Various
One
— U2
One Headlight
— Wallflowers
Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)
— Jim Croce
Outfit
— Jason Isbell
Pink Houses
— John Cougar Mellencamp
Poor Paddy Works on the Railway
— Various
Purple Rain
— Prince
Queen Bitch
— David Bowie
Register 5
— me/Bon Jovi
The Real Old Mountain Dew
— Various
Satellite of Love
— Lou Reed
The Same Boy You’ve Always Known
— White Stripes
Santa Monica
— Everclear
Say It Ain’t So
— Weezer
​The Scarlet Tide
— Elvis Costello
The Scientist
— Coldplay
Ship of Fools
— Grateful Dead
Sign Your Name
— Terence Trent D'Arby
Sometimes
— firehose
Space Oddity
— David Bowie
Splendid Isolation
— Warren Zevon
Starkville City Jail
— Johnny Cash
Strange Condition
— Pete Yorn
Sunday Morning Coming Down
— Johnny Cash
Swallowed by the Cracks
— David + David
That’s the Way
— Led Zeppelin
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
— The Smiths
Tractor Rape Chain
— Guided by Voices
Trigger Cut
— Pavement
Us and Them
— Pink Floyd
Vienna
— Billy Joel
Visions of Johanna
— Bob Dylan
War Pigs
— Black Sabbath
​The Way
— Fastball
Werewolves of London
— Warren Zevon
(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love & Understanding?
— Elvis Costello
Whatsername
— Green Day
When I Come Around
— Green Day
Where Is My Mind??
— Pixies
​Whiskey in the Jar
— Various
Whiskey, You're the Devil
— Various
White Shadows
— Coldplay
The Wild Rover
— Various
Who Are You
— Tom Waits
Why Does It Always Rain on Me?
— Travis
The Wild Rover
— Various
Wish You Were Here
— Pink Floyd
With or Without You
— U2
Wonderwall
— Oasis
Yellow
— Coldplay
Ziggy Stardust
— David Bowie

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