Nerds know that mining the origins of our favorite cover songs can often be gateways to tunes and stories that will eventually change our lives. Ray Padgett — senior music publicist at Shore Fire Media and a journalist whose work can be read at Consequence Of Sound, SPIN, MTV, Vice and more — knew that 10 years ago when he founded covermesongs.com, and his new 232-page book Cover Me: The Stories Behind the Greatest Cover Songs Of All Time takes readers on an immersive examination of 19 songs.
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Some are standards (“Satisfaction” — a Rolling Stones cover by Devo) and others not so much (“Gloria” — Patti Smith covering Them), but every page of this hardcover beauty is laid out with gorgeous photos and several weekends’ worth of knowledge readers will cherish for the rest of their lives. (Sterling Publishing)
This post is excerpted from a larger music feature Creative Loafing Tampa ran in its books issuereleased on December 14. Read it here. Call your local record store or indie bookseller to see if these releases are in stock.
