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Saturday, June 09, 2012

VOTE: Americana Classic Covers for Neil Young


"Oh Susannah" cover by Zak Claxton


Neil Young is inviting musicians to submit their cover of an 'Americana' classics. The winner will have their submission featured on Neil Young’s social media channels and will receive $1000.

Here's an entry from our friend Zak Claxton covering "Oh Susannah".

Vote for your favorite cover of an Americana classic at Cover an American Classic for Neil Young. Voting ends soon.

Feel free to drop a comment below with any nominations you support.







Vote early, vote often!


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15 Comments:

At 6/09/2012 11:27:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://www.talenthouse.com/creativeinvites/preview/ac0955b0e7f2a2ef502aaca8a5a5879c/565

 
At 6/09/2012 11:37:00 AM, Blogger SONY said...

http://www.talenthouse.com/creativeinvites/preview/a89ea1c8760c80df0561e920fb0da5ee/565


solo-electric version

 
At 6/09/2012 11:41:00 AM, Blogger John Hendriks said...

THIS IS MY VERSION OF OH SUSANNAH IN THIS CONTEST OF SONGS FOR NEIL YOUNG HOPE YOU LIKE IT.

http://bit.ly/LsB8a2

GREETINGS JOHN
FEEL FREE TO VOTE IF YOU LIKE IT
THE SONG IS COMPLETELY CHANGED

 
At 6/09/2012 11:49:00 AM, Blogger John Hendriks said...

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At 6/09/2012 11:53:00 AM, Blogger John Hendriks said...

why does thrasher give such promo to one of the contesters anyway? it ain't that fair i guess, don't you think?

keep this invite a fair one with equal chances and let the song of everyone be the most important with as less influence of promo for one artist by mayor sites as possible.

 
At 6/09/2012 12:00:00 PM, Blogger Thrasher Wheat said...

My dear John.

We're trying to be as supportive of as many as we can. We've gotten bunches of these by email, FB & Twitter.

folks should feel free to post here and on our FB & Twitter pages.

Glad to highlight yours and others as well.

good luck!
peace

 
At 6/09/2012 12:20:00 PM, Blogger John Hendriks said...

ok if you highlight others as well I can't complain because then it is fair.

Feel free to highlight mine and others. I would be happy with such a big picture of my submission on your beautiful and informative Neil Young site.

peace

John

 
At 6/09/2012 12:36:00 PM, Blogger MJ said...

Pssst, something slightly different:
Matti Jasu - Gallows Pole

 
At 6/09/2012 12:43:00 PM, Blogger Thrasher Wheat said...

@John - done

 
At 6/09/2012 04:04:00 PM, Blogger Matthew L. said...

Matti - neat cover of Gallow's Pole.

I think I'm going to enjoy listening to all these wacky covers.

 
At 6/09/2012 04:34:00 PM, Blogger John Hendriks said...

thank you very much very kind of you.

btw thank you for all the info over the years.

kind greetings

John

next step is to arrive in the barn with neil and a couple of guitars and to jamm along for a week or two. only kidding....

 
At 6/09/2012 09:51:00 PM, Blogger SONY said...

Listening to God Save the Queen from Buckingham Palace now on TV. Heck of a cover!

 
At 6/11/2012 05:45:00 AM, Blogger peter d. said...

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At 6/11/2012 09:30:00 PM, Blogger Zak Claxton said...

Hey Thrasher and fellow NY fans... thanks much for the post! It was a cool thing to walk in and see after being out of town for four days. :)

I actually found out about the NY Americana contest via Thrasher's Wheat, and since Thrasher and I have communicated on and off for years about All Things Neil, I was happy to share my entry with him as a friend. I'm sure he didn't mean to give me any advantage over any other song submissions, and I'm glad to see that was seemingly straightened out.

In any case, winning was a very low priority for me. I was happy to have the chance to do a song I would have never otherwise tackled, and to do something inspired by Neil. I'm happy with the result of the tune, and send congrats to the winning entries. I heard a lot of good stuff on there, so thanks to everyone who submitted!

 
At 7/05/2012 12:12:00 AM, Blogger july archives said...

In my mind the first track i heard on Americana that was astounding in evey way is Jesus Chariot.Still is weeks later.Listening to NY,s albums since 69 there is always at least one gem on every album.Americana has a whole bunch but Jesus Chariot has it all

 

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