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Now that's a playlist! For me, it's Tracy Chapman's live cover of Stand By Me hands down.. It gives me goosebumps!

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I love Diana Krall's version of "A Case of You" and Prince and Rosie Gaines's version of "Nothing Compares 2 U"

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Always lovely to receive and read these! Pulling from my little playlist of covers, I adore Waxahatchee's cover of Lucinda Williams's "Fruits of My Labor," Soccer Mommy's cover of Bruce Springsteen's "I'm On Fire," and Prince's rendition of "A Case of You."

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Ooh share your playlist with me?! These are great additions — and the Soccer Mommy/I'm on Fire reminded me of one of my old favorite covers, Lucy Dacus' Dancing in the Dark. Adding all...

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One of your best efforts, Charley. I love how alert and sensitive and thoughtful you are about the world around us —especially what it is that you notice—and about the possibilities of a life wide open to the fullness of human experience. This time you gave your readers the added bonus of links to a new playlist and a new (to me) podcast.

Bravo. And gracias.

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Hard to keep my response brief. Here's five:

-Ry Cooder's version of Elvis' "Little Sister";

-Geraint Watkins doing "Heroes and Villains," the Beach Boy's tune;

-Robbie Fulks' version of Bill Anderson's "Cocktails (Tore Up My Family)";

-Linda Ronstadt doing the Everly Bros' "When Will I Be Loved";

-Sharon Jones and the Daptones' cover of Woody Guthrie's "This Land Was Made for You and Me."

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