'Delves into the complicated legacy of artists performing other people's music . . . Cover Me is packed with insight, photography, and music history. This is the first book to explore the most iconic covers ever, from Elvis's 'Hound Dog' and Joe Cocker's 'With a Little Help from My Friends' to the Talking Heads' 'Take Me to the River' and Adele's 'Make You Feel My Love.' Written by the founder of the website, each of the nineteen chapters investigates the origins of a classic cover-and uses it as a framework to tell the larger story of how cover songs have evolved over the decades. Jimi Hendrix's version of Bob Dylan's 'All Along the Watchtower.' The Beatles rocking out with 'Twist and Shout.' Aretha Franklin demanding 'Respect.' Without covers, the world would have lost many unforgettable performances. a fresh and deeply informed approach.' - Variety A great cover only makes a song stronger.

One of the best multi-subject music books to come down the pike in years . . .

Remainder books are sometimes marked by the publisher or slightly damaged.'A music-snob's dream come true . . . Note: Remaindered books or remainders are printed books that are over stocks and are sold at reduced prices. They can resuscitate legends' fading careers, or expose obscure artists who never had much of a career to begin with.

In 2016, Stereogum labeled the tribute album 'possibly the most universally derided format in pop music.' However, without a tribute album, you wouldn't know the song 'Hallelujah.' Through Buckley through Cale, 'Hallelujah' is now one of the most often-performed songs in the world-and it wouldn't be without this tribute album. I'm Your Fan thus offers a particularly notable example of a much broader truth- Despite all the eye-rolling they inspire, tribute albums matter. Jeff Buckley adored the tribute album and covered Cale's cover in 1994, never having heard Cohen's still-obscure original version.

Luckily, Velvet Underground founder John Cale was one of the few who did hear 'Hallelujah,' and he covered it for I'm Your Fan, a collection of Cohen's songs produced by a French fanzine. Cohen's record label had refused to release his 1984 album Various Positions-including the song 'Hallelujah'-in the United States. When I'm Your Fan- The Songs of Leonard Cohen hit stores in 1991, Leonard Cohen's career had plummeted from its revered 1960s high. Traces the history of the oft-maligned 'tribute album' with I'm Your Fan as an illustrative example.

Cover Me by Ray Padgett