Blanketing Covers

The title of this week's song abbreviates to I DAN. I'm sure it's just a coincidence that Danny is going solo this time since Jon's studio is under the weather.

Jon and Danny go through as many covers of the Psychedelic Furs hit "Love My Way" as they can cram into one episode, and the results are some of the best yet!

After a brief time away, Jon is in his newly refurbished studio, and we are back! We play all the best covers of John Lennon's "Jealous Guy" to celebrate these new beginnings.

Jon and Danny are back with the epic conclusion of their tribute to the classic Clash album London Calling

Danny and Jon try something new for this episode. This time around they are making their own tribute album. They each bring a nominee and decide whose track will be added to the ultimate tribute album to The Clash's classic album London Calling!

Jon and Danny close out the first annual (maybe) Moon Month with the Neil Young hit "Harvest Moon"!

January is moon month here at Blanketing Covers...for no real reason. We kick off the festivities with the Echo and the Bunnymen classic The Killing Moon.

Before launching back into the world of covers Jon and Danny take a look back at all the great new music that came from the year that was 2024

It's week two of our holiday episodes! This time around we are reviewing the Father/Daughter & Wax Nine Records Christmas comp Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Compilation!

It's the holiday season once again! This year our celebration is not one but two fantastic episodes! We kick it off with the Darlene Love classic Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)!

Neill Carroll joins Jon and Danny to do their first-ever all-Bandcamp episode with covers of Violent Femmes songs.

The ABBA run continues (or never happened depending on where you're listening)! Get into it with!

In 2018, Cher appeared triumphantly in Mamma Mia Here We Go Again, the sequel to the ABBA musical Mamma Mia. As if that wasn't enough, she released a full album of ABBA covers to go along with it. That album is Dancing Queen. Hear our thoughts on it on this week's episode!

On the last episode, Danny and Jon stumbled across Pete Yorn Sings the Classics while listening to his cover of Warren Zevon. Intrigued by the tracklist and wanting to understand Pete Yorn better, they decided to review it immediately. Listen in and hear what they think

Following the untimely passing of Warren Zevon, his peers, collaborators, and family gathered under the banner of this album to pay tribute to the monumental career of an amazing songwriter.

Jon's determination has paid off! He scoured the internet and found a great batch of covers! Every time he looked there were more. There might even be a whole new episode's worth of covers put out just since we recorded this one!

The day has finally arrived! For years, Danny has been calling for it, and it's here! With the incomparable Josh Pilch (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Polkamania!) here to shepherd us through the decades-long career of a master, we're doing a Weird Al episode!

Thin Lizzy rules! Normally there's more to say to justify why we pick who we pick, but this time around that's basically the whole thing.

Our guest Craig Finlay is our guide through the progressions of traditional folk songs from their origins to their place in modern pop music

Featured Songs:

Scarborough Fair, John B. Sails, Whisky In A Jar, When The Levee Breaks

The Cure's legacy has impacted artists across the full genre spectrum. Danny and Jon unpack what that's meant and how it continues to evolve.

Jon and Danny go through the vast array of covers of the Pixies hit "Where Is My Mind?"

With "Take Me Home, Country Roads" John Denver wrote a song that tapped into something everyone could relate to. Hear what people did with this timeless song about coming back home.

Brad Stasell is back with us this week as week ride the roller coaster of covers of the Bo Diddley blues classic "Who Do You Love?"

We're joined by Neil Bardhan to play through the covers record What Is It Even? from rising country star Joshua Ray Walker.

We recorded our first-ever live show a few weeks ago as part of Brad Stasell's 24-hour dance marathon!

Purple Rain was released in movie theaters in 1984. The accompanying soundtrack contained more than a few all-time classics. None more vital than the title track, "Purple Rain". An iconic performance, musically and vocally, the song has inspired musicians from all over to try their hand at playing it.

Iconic performers have been putting their stamp on this CCR classic for decades. We kick back and let the river take us through the wonderful world of Proud Mary covers.

From 1994-2010, with the help of Rick Rubin, Johnny Cash released 6 albums on Rubin's American record label. The albums consist largely of covers. On this week's episode, we pull our favorites from all 6 albums and discuss the impact they had on Johnny Cash's renewed, and lasting legacy.

In 2018, Elton John and Bernie Taupin handpicked songs and artists to be split across two tribute albums. Elton John chose pop versions for Revamp, and Bernie Taupin chose country for Restoration. Danny and Jon go track by track to see how things went for the latter.

In honor of the recent passing of MC5 frontman Wayne Kramer, Danny and Jon go through some hard-driving covers of Kick Out The Jams.

Dan's Aunt Sheva is back! If you thought the stories from the Velvet Underground episode were good, you're going to love the ones we get with the backdrop of some amazing covers of The Who!

Jon and Danny look back on the year in albums

It's Christmas episode time again! This time around we're doing the Wham! hit Last Christmas!

This week's episode is full of Satisfaction of all kinds. Some of the best of the best from around the world are all gathered here to try their hand at the Rolling Stones classic

An enduring pop hit, Sea of Love has been revived by great covers multiple times since Phil Phillips sang it originally. We listen to those and more! Join us!

Jimi Hendrix's classic riff on Purple Haze is immediately recognizable to even the most casual of music fans. We listen through the many decades of covers and some of the results were staggering.

In 1996, some of the biggest names in alt rock were called upon to bring the songs of the classic educational program to a new generation, Today, we review that album.

Featured Artists include: Deluxx Folk Implosion, Blind Melon, Better Than Ezra, Goodness, Pavement, Ween, The Lemonheads, Biz Markie, Chavez, Moby, Man or Astro-man?, Buffalo Tom, Daniel Johnston, and Skee-Lo

You may remember on the last episode that Jon was not coming in as a fan of our main artist this week. With just over an hour of music, will Danny be able to convince of the unique and immense talents of John Legend? Listen in and hear our thoughts on his 2010 covers record Wake Up!

Featuring songs originally performed by: Baby Huey, Les McCann, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Ernie Hines, Donny Hathaway, Mike James Kirkland, Prince Lincoln Thompson and the Royal Rasses, Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, and Nina Simone

The amazingly talented Lauren Luiz from the band girlhouse joins us to talk about her thoughts on cover songs, her process, and most importantly, her amazing new album The Fourth EP!