Cover songs by Samm Bennett and his various groups - audio and video
There's the old joke, you've probably heard it... "the band covered a tune?" "Yeah, covered it with a SHROUD!" Hopefully that's not the case with the covers you'll find here, though...
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Bennett-Kuroda (live): Angel From Montgomery (John Prine)
Samm Bennett: Sitting on the Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding)
Bennett-Kuroda (live): Up On Cripple Creek (by the Band)
Samm Bennett: Hobo Blue (by John Lee Hooker)
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Bennett-Kuroda (live): Political World (by Bob Dylan)
Bennett-Kuroda (live): Like a Rolling Stone (by Bob Dylan)
Samm Bennett: With a Little Help from My Friends (Beatles)
Samm Bennett (live): Up On Cripple Creek (by The Band)
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Bennett/Takaoka/Tsuzuki: House of the Rising Sun (trad)
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Bennett-Kuroda (live): Not Dark Yet (by Bob Dylan)
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Samm Bennett (live): The Shape I'm In (by The Band)
Samm Bennett: The Great Compromise (by John Prine)
Samm Bennett: All Shook Up by Otis Blackwell & Elvis Presley
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Samm Bennett: For the Sake of Mary (by Richard Thompson)
Bennett-Kuroda (live): Unchain My Heart (Ray Charles)
Samm Bennett: Suffragette City (by David Bowie)
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Here's a couple from my Tokyo-based New Orleans-style band, King Cake Baby. The two clips below represent just a small portion of the available clips. Since we do MOSTLY covers, I've left off most of our viewable content from this page. But if you'd like to hear more, please visit:
King Cake Baby.
King Cake Baby.
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King Cake Baby: Stagger Lee
(traditional American folk song) Samm Bennett (live) : Satisfaction
(by Mick Jagger/Keith Richards) |
King Cake Baby: Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Professor Longhair) Samm Bennett (live) : House of the Rising Sun
(traditional American folk song) |
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Skist: All Tomorrow's Parties
(by Lou Reed) Samm Bennett (live): John the Revelator
(author unknown - performance based on Son House version) Samm Bennett w/ Hachi band: Polk Salad Annie
(by Tony Joe White) Ghost Steppers: See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
(by Blind Lemon Jefferson) Smoke Benders: Iko Iko
(by James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, originally as "Jock-A-Mo") Mud Chuck Bobs (live) : Sail Away
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Samm Bennett: I'm Waiting for the Man
(by Lou Reed) S&H (live): I'm Waiting for the Man
(by Lou Reed) Samm Bennett: Hallelujah
(by Leonard Cohen) Ghost Steppers (live) : Last Kind Words
(by Geeshie Wiley) Smoke Benders (duo, live): Deixa Isso Pra La
(by Jair Rodrigues) Smoke Benders (live) : Lonesome Whistle
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Bennett-Kuroda: Honky Tonk Women (by Jagger/Richards)