Yeah, that’s my favorite of this thread, even though I forget it exists sometimes. Thankya!
Another Elvis song: Gillian Welch - Elvis Presley Blues
It’s a pretty nice re-work of Mississippi John Hurt’s “John Henry”
Nick Lowe sang about going to a Rollers Show:
I’d always heard that these songs were about other musicians in the LA scene:
The Once Over Twice about Dave Alvin/the Blasters maybe, and White Girl might be about Lorna Doom of the Germs. Both are favorites, at any rate. (the songs, I mean).
How did I forget Dire Straits?
I remembered another one:
