Andrew Bird, MMJ + more appear on Shel Silverstein tribute

April 14th, 2010 by Matt


Thanks to CoS for pointing out this pleasant bit of news. The tribute alum Twistable, Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein will feature contributions from My Morning Jacket, Andrew Bird, Dr Dog and a host of other great bands. I’m kind of bummed that Dr Dog aren’t tackling “Cover of the Rolling Stone”, but everything can’t be 100% perfect all the time — sometimes we have to settle for a mere 99.9% perfect.

Twistable, Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein
01. Lullabys, Legends and Lies – My Morning Jacket
02. The Twistable, Turnable Man Returns – Andrew Bird
03. This Guitar is for Sale – John Prine
04. The Unicorn – Dr. Dog
05. The Winner – Kris Kristofferson
06. Queen of the Silver Dollar – Sarah Jarosz w/ Black Prairie
07. Daddy What if – Bobby Bare, Jr. w/ Isabella Bare
08. The Cover of the Rolling Stone – Black Francis w/ Joey Santiago
09. Sylvia’s Mother – The Boxmasters
10. Me and Jimmy Rodgers – Ray Price
11. A Boy Named Sue – Todd Snider
12. The Ballad of Lucy Jordan – Lucinda Williams
13. The Living Legend – Bobby Bare, Sr.
14. The Giving Tree – Nanci Griffith
15. 26 Second Song – My Morning Jacket

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  • Sandra

    cool…but I’m bummed that “You’re Always Welcome at our House” & “Put Another Log on the Fire” aren’t included in the tribute. They coulda had them in there and still been under 20 songs.

  • Branden

    Clever… Dr. Dog covering Dr. Hook would rock.

  • phillie

    Love the Dr. Dog harmony in the “Unicorn”…and Scott and Toby’s signature voices on lead.. They did a great job. I miss reading these books to my sons when they were little.. but, I still read them to my students..

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