Covers of Will Oldham songs
Latest revision 27/03/10
1995 CD To The Land Of Milk And Honey, by Sally Timms,
contains "No More Rides", according to the liner notes of the "Every Mother's Son" 7", this song is
specially written for this album.
Scout Recordings SR 1002
1995 MC/CD Mangerman Christmas Compilation contains Boyracer doing a cover of
Christmastime In The Mountains
Mobstar 007
1996 7"/CDs Beauty Of The Ride, by Sebadoh contains a cover of
Riding (from Peel Session 08/05/93)
City Slang, EFA04978-2
Domino Rug 47CD
1996 CD Trust Your Body, by Salt Licks contains a cover of
Turkey Vulture
Mad Entropic MEC-SL4
1996 CD The Whistle Only Dogs Can Hear, by Kelly Hogan contains a cover of
King Me
Long Play Records LP36
1998 CD Silent House, by Vera Coomans contains covers of
A Sucker's Evening
Trudy Dies
Pink Records TOE 980804
1998 CD self titled album by A.Krohn & Two Horsemen contains a cover of
Ohio River Boat Song
Moloko Plus 017
1998 7" free at Flygirl magazine #7 has Lou Barlow doing a cover of
Riding
Blue Bunny Records
1999 CD self titled album, by King Me contains a cover of
I See A Darkness
King Me Records
1999 CDs Under The Stars, by Scram C Baby contains a cover of
Christmastime In The Mountains
Excelsior Excel 96035
1999 CDs La Purge, by Tue-Loup contains a cover of
Christmastime In The Mountains
PIAS Recordings PIASF 020 CDS (radio promo)
PIAS Recordings PIASF 022 CDS (free give away promo called "4 Titres Inédit")
2000 CD Bright Eyes, by B'ehl contains a cover of
New Partner
Quattro (Japan)
2000 7" Me?, by By Coastal Cafe contains a cover of
I Am A Cinematographer
Pickled Egg 16
2000 LP/CD American III: Solitary Man, by Johnny Cash contains a cover of
I See A Darkness (with Will on backing vocals)
American 500986 2
2000 CDEP Christmas Songs, by Bellweather contains a cover (hidden track) of
Christmastime In The Mountains
Pretty Horses PREHOR 001
2000 CD What Are You Buying Me For Christmas?, compilation contains Blue Afternoon doing a cover of
Christmastime In The Mountains
1,2,3 indiezinhos records HAU-002
2001 7" Calexico / The Frames, The Frames doing a cover of
New Partner
Volta Sounds volt 03 (in 2003 released on their The Roads Outgrown CD on Overcoat))
2001 CD Dean Quixote OST, compilation contains Spink doing a cover of
New Partner
Spin Art spart99 (also released on their Freeep EP)
2001 CDS Tonight's Music, by Katatonia contains a cover of
O How I Enjoy The Light
Peaceville CD VilleS 113
2001 CDR It's All About Scenery (live CDR), by M Iafrate contains a cover of
I See A Darkness
Cole Slaw Recordings CS-30
2002 3CD 3 promo CD's handed out to every visitor of the All Tomorrow's Parties Festival.
ATP Disc One contains Place Called Space doing a cover of
A Minor Place
no cat. #
2002 CD Breadcrumb Trail, by The Frames contains covers of
Ohio River Boat Song
New Partner
Plateau Records plateau005cd
2002 CD Look Of Joy, by Veranda Music contains a cover of
Riding
IxIxeS Records XXS19 (the title of the album comes from the lyrics of Riding)
2002 CD s/t, by Smokewagon contains a cover of
I See A Darkness
2002 CDS New Partner, by Lincoln contains a cover of
New Partner
Narwhal Recordings NAR013CD
2002 CDS A Klausener Xmas, by Drei Eichel Musik contains a cover of
New Partner
Kelp Records kp030
2003 7" Live At Budokan, by By Coastal Cafe contains a cover of
I Am A Cinematographer
Kitchensounds
2003 MC Come On Die Young/Theath split cassette contains covers of
Grand Dark Feeling Of Emptiness (listed as Dark Feelings Are Grand)
Raining In Darling (listed as It’s Raining My Darling)
Tract Records TR018
2003 CD Duets by Paul Curreri and Devon Sproule contains a cover of
Hard Life
2004 MP3 album Someone Else's Song by No Through Road contains a cover of
I Send My Love To You
http://nothroughroad.com/covers.html
2004 CDS Truck On (CD1), by Simple Kid contains a cover of
I See A Darkness
2M Recordings 2M007CD1
2004 7" Poor Little Thing, by The Broken Family Band contains a cover of
I Send My Love To You
Harvest Time Recordings HTR004
2004 12" Mixed Bizness - The Munich Mash Up Issue compilation has Acid Pauli remixing the Johnny Cash cover of
I See A Dark(er)ness
Gema Gema05
2004 CD When The Train Left The Station, by Derek DePrator and The Atomic Crash contains a cover of
Idle Hands Are The Devil's Playthings
Handsome Productions
2004 CDS Spitting Games, by Snow Patrol contains a cover of
New Partner (BBC 1 Steve Lamacq show 2002)
Jeepster
2004 MP3 album Querencia, by Querencia contains a cover of
At Break Of Day
2004 2CD I Am A Cold Rock. I Am Dull Grass. A Tribute To The Music Of Will Oldham compilation contains
Moyra Mc Bride and Maxon Blewitt - Disorder
The Strugglers - Riding
Calexico - I Send My Love To You
Boy Omega - A Sucker’s Evening
Pink Nasty - May It Always Be
Pinetop Seven - A Minor Place
Adrian Crowley - West Palm Beach
Sodastream - Southside Of The World
Pale Horse And Rider - Work Hard / Play Hard
Iron And Wine - We All, Us Three, Will Ride
The Impossible Shapes - Rider
Rivulets - You Will Miss Me When I Burn
Sorry About Dresden - All Gone, All Gone
Racingpaperplanes - Careless Love
Scout Niblett - Trudy Dies
CD2 (included in the first 500 copies)
Jeffrey Luck Lucas - Agnes, Queen Of Sorrow
Saint Aldrijn - Werner’s Last Blues To Blokbuster
Christian Kiefer - Viva Ultra
Patrik Torsson - The Gator
Joel Martin - Wolf Among Wolves
Thistleblossom - Allowance
Tiger Saw - Hard Life
Diana Darby - Valentines Day
Last Harbour - Old Jerusalem
The Prayers And Tears Of Arthur Digby Sellers - Raining In Darling
The Channel - Black
Celestine - O Let It Be
Above The Orange Trees - Tonight's Decision (And Hereafter)
Molasses - We All, Us Three, Will Ride
Hudson Bell - Kid Of Harith
Tract Records TR016
2004 CD Personalized by The Channel contains a cover of
Black
C-Side Records CSR002
2004 CDR Yeah! by Fincherboy contains a cover of
Black
Parapop pop003 (1st edition limited to 50 handmade copies)
2004 3LP Live In Copenhagen by Mt. Eerie contains a cover of
I Will Be Good (live May 2003)
Burnt Toast Vinyl/Washington Inc. BTV063/WR003
2005 CD All Things Real by Steve Adey contains a cover of
I See A Darkness
Black Sheep Music
2005 CD Positive Karaoke With A Gun by Experience contains a cover of
I See A Darkness
EXP Records / Boxson
2005 CDR You Are The Pride Of Your Street by Seekers Who Are Lovers contains a cover of Hard Life
It's A Hard Life
Soundsister Records SSRCDR 07
Soundsister Records SSRCD 04 (re-release on CD in 2006)
The track is also released on Music MX, a Imeca Music compilation, in 2005
200? MP3 99 Problems by Redemption Thong contains a cover of
Arise, Therefore (club mix)
2006 CDR Kreuzberg Cafe by Andre Herman Düne and Clemence Freschard contains covers of
Stablemate
I See A Darkness
You Will Miss Me When I Burn
2006 CD I Am A Cold Rock. I Am Dull Grass. A Tribute To Will Oldham compilation contains
This single disc version contains six new songs and loses three songs
Mark Kozelek - New Partner
Moyra Mc Bride and Maxon Blewitt - Disorder
The Strugglers - Riding
Boy Omega - A Sucker’s Evening
Jolie Holland - I Was Drunk At The Pulpit
The Impossible Shapes - Rider
Calexico - I Send My Love To You
Pinetop Seven - A Minor Place
Elephant Micah - Ohio River Boat Song
Sodastream - Southside Of The World
Pink Nasty - May It Always Be
The Court And Spark - The Sun Highlights The Light In Each
Iron And Wine - We All, Us Three, Will Ride
Racingpaperplanes - Careless Love
Viking Moses - When Thy Song Flows Through Me
Rivulets - You Will Miss Me When I Burn
Unbunny - For The Mekons Et Al
Scout Niblett - Trudy Dies
Tract Records TR016
2006 CD Trust Me by Trost contains a cover of
Black
The song Filled With Tears has the lyrics from Madeleine-Mary
Four Records
Bronzerat Records BR12 (re-release in 2008)
2006 Sister by Sick To The Back Teeth contains an instrumental cover of
Riding
2006 CDR Live At Forest Cafe, Edinburgh, 02/06/06 by Rhubarb contains a cover of
I See A Darkness
2006 CDR Magical, Beautiful, by Magical, Beautiful contains a cover of
I Send My Love To You
I Hear A New World Records IHANW01 (a remix version is available as mp3 on the label's site)
2006 CD To The Night Sky by Cadaverous Condition contains a cover of
Black
2006 CD This Gift Buys Our Gift by F&M contains a cover of
Christmastime In The Mountains
Shameless Records Canada
2006 MP3 The CMG Fantasy Podcast, Vol. 1 contains a cover by Benoit Pioluard
The Seedling
Curated by The CMG Staff
2007 LP/CD Entrance To The Exit by Blacken The Black contains a cover of
Death To Everyone
Echokammer 043
2007 7" Alone In The Makeout Room, by The Broken Family Band contains a cover of
I Send My Love To You
Track & Field lane26
2007 CD Bee Stings, by BMX Bandits contains a cover of
After I Made Love To You
P-Vine PCD-23910
2007 EP The Bored Love EP by The Lesser Birds Of Paradise contains a cover of
Take However Long You Want
(for download only)
2007 CD One Of You For Me, by Holly Throsby contains a cover of
Three Questions
Spunk Records URA222
2007 CD A Thousand Miles Behind, by David Gray contains a cover of
One With The Birds
OCC
2007 CD The Bairns, by Rachel Unthank and the Winterset contains a cover of
A Minor Place
EMI/Rabble Rouser 5099950438020
2007 CDS Greetings, Salutations, Goodbye, by Piney Gir Country Roadshow contains a cover of
Ease Down The Road
Truck Records
2007 CD Aan De Arbeid by Yevgueni contains a cover of
I See A Darkness (translated in Dutch as "Zo Donker")
Petrol Music
2008 CD Dark They Were & Golden Eyed, by Naomi Bedford contains a cover of
Riding
self released
2008 MP3 Fingertipsy (Concussion Strap) blog contains Redemption Thong doing a cover of
The Weaker Soldier
2008 CD Heart Of The Sun, by Pantaleimon contains a cover of
Even If Love
Durtro Jnana 008
2008 CD s/t, by Sons of Noel And Adrian contains a cover of
Lessons From What's Poor
Shelsmusic
2008 LP/CD Flower Of Evil, by Susanna contains a cover of
Joy And Jubilee
Rune Grammofon RLP 3080 (the album also contains two songs on which Will Oldham sings along)
Rune Grammofon RCD 2080
2008 CD the compilation, The Risk Of Burns Exists, has Gustav with a cover of
Hard Life
Rhiz Records K06R04
2008 MP3 An American Scream by The Dones contains a cover of
Death To Everyone
2009 CD Find Me, Ruben Olivares – Live In Spain by Mark Kozelek contains a cover of
New Partner
Caldo Verde
Covers of Will Oldham songs performed live
I Send My Love To You - Done by Edith Frost in her early live shows. New Partner - Done by dEUS members Tom Barman & Craig Ward 23/08/97 offstage on the Lowlands Festival in Dronten, Holland and during their gigs in November '97. You Will Miss Me When I Burn - Played live by the Belgium band dEUS on their 1997 tour, Tom Barman (singer of dEUS) plays it 19/05/97 offstage on the Pinkpop Festival in Landgraaf, Holland. New Partner - Dublin band The Frames end with this song almost every show in 1999. Christmastime In The Mountains - Played live by The Frames, early September 1999. They worked it in one of their own songs called "Star Star". Ohio River Boat Song - Also done live by The Frames in 1999. Riding & The Brute Choir - played live by Knotworking, 30/12/99 New York City, Elbow Room. A Minor Place - played live by Ewan Burke, spring 2000 in his "coffeehouse set". Ohio River Boat Song - played live by Mike Merz & the Can o' Worms for their World-Wide Request Show in Minneapolis, July 2000. New Partner - played by King Me for Czech radio, 14/09/00 Prague. Gulf Shores - played by Tom Barman on his solo shows summer 2000. I See A Darkness - played by Stef Kamil Carlens on a Jeff Buckley tribute, 21/09/00 Rotterdam, Nighttown. I Am A Cinematographer - played by Ewan Burke, autumn 2000. I See A Darkness - played by D-Minor on various places in Holland from June to October 2001. A King At Night - played by Marianne Faithful on her summer 2002 tour. Trudy Dies - played by the West Marginals in Seattle in 2002. You Will Miss Me When I Burn - played live by Idlewild autumn 2002. Just To See My Holly Home - played by Zwan in Chicago October 21, 2002 (Matt Sweeney on guitar and vocals) I Will Be Good - played by Mount Eerie 04/05/03 Huset's in Copenhagen. In Okayama, Japan a festival was organised on May 6, 2003 with bands playing Will Oldham songs. New Partner - Pfaff used a few lines in their song Bruce Springsteen on the Motel Mozaique Festival 2003. I See A Darkness - played by Zita Swoon on their tour in 2003. A Minor Place - played by Jolie Holland 17/08/03 in San Francisco and at her May/June 2004 tour. Wolf Among Wolves - played by Cat Power 05/10/03 at the Shortlist Concert in Los Angeles, Wiltern Theatre. (I Was Drunk At The) Pulpit - played by Jolie Holland at her May/June 2004 tour. One With The Birds - played by Jolie Holland at her May/June 2004 tour. The Spider's Dude Is Often There - played by Jolie Holland at her September/October 2004 tour. A Minor Place - given new words by Lee Ann Brown through her "Words Of Love" poem, June 2004. O Paul - recorded by Hinkley in 2004. Meaulnes - recorded by Hinkley in 2004. No More Workhorse Blues - recorded by Pedro Leite in 2004. There Is No-One What Will Take Care Of You - recorded by Zach Holbrook in 2004. New Partner - is recorded by Doveman I See A Darkness & New Partner - played live by Trevett McCandliss at Matchless in Greenpoint Brooklyn in 2005 & 2006. 20/02/2007 Atlantis in Alkmaar organised "a suckers evening"; a Will Oldham cover night. No More Workhorse Blues - played live by The Olympic Symphonium in 2007 The Way - The Shivers use a part of the lyrics in their live song The Road at least in 2008. Easy Does It - played live by The Olympic Symphonium in 2008 I See A Darkness, A Minor Place, Ohio River Boat Song, West Palm Beach - played live through the years 2002 - 2009 by Bob Corn. He always forgets his decision to not play Will Oldham songs anymore. Which is good. Disorder, Another Day Full Of Dread, Christmastime In The Mountains - played live by Stef Kamil Carlens in 2008 & 2009. Raining In Darling - played live by de mannenbroeders in 2009. A Sucker's Evening - played live by The Dones in 2009. I See A Darkness - played live by Rob Klerkx in 2009 and at Onderinvloed.com.
1997 Wool And Splendor: Tribute To Palace. Covers by Will fans. Info.
1999 Stable Songs: A Will Oldham Fan Tribute compilation, more covers by fans of Will. Info.
2001 Wool And Splendor # II: Another cover compilation by fans. Info.
2001 A Tribute To Will Oldham In Japan. Again covers, now by Japanese fans. Info.
2003 Into The Forest: A Will Oldham Fan Tribute, it has grown into a 2CD. Info.
Songs that mention Will Oldham
1998 CD It Doesn't Make Sense by Readymade contains the song "No Deadline" which has the following line: "I'm a drinker but I'm a thinker palace-brothers hereïs to you" 1998 CD Above The Lisa Drugstore by Gore Slut contains the song "Stumble(2)" which has the following line: "She thinks Will Oldham sings like a goat She has seen his picture and he looks chubby" 1999 CD For Madmen Only by Waxwing contains the song "Keep This Up" which has the following lines: "Laying on the grass in California I keep warm beer and sleeping bags for comfort Strangely it's embodied by Palace Brothers When they sing about horses" 2001 CD Trouble Over Bridgewater by Half Man Half Biscuit contains the song "Emerging From Gorse" which has the following line: "We were just sitting listening to music, drinking tea, talking about the Palace Brothers, Bonnie Prince Billy, that kind of thing you know" 2001 CD Last Fair Deal Gone Down by Katatonia contains the song "Don't Tell A Soul" which has the following line: "I live for all this thing that I heard someone sing when you have no one no one can hurt you" 2002 CD It's All About Love by Tim Oxley contains the song "House Husband" which has the following line: "Set the table if your able I’ll put on a c.d., eggplant parmigianna and bonnie prince billy, take your shoes off and get comfy I’ll pour you a glass of wine" 2005 CD The Art Star Sounds Compilation contains a Jeffrey Lewis song called "Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror" about meeting Will Oldham on the L-train. 2005 CD City & Eastern Songs by Jeffrey and Jack Lewis contains the same title in a different version. 2006? Wet Nurse has a song called "Cleaner" which has the following line: "Bonnie Prince Billy gave her a child, I'm proud to call her my cleaner" 2006 CD San Francisco, CA by David Jaberi contains the song "Bonnie How" about how Bonnie writes the best and most songs 2007 CD Puzzle, by Biffy Clyro contains the song "Saturday Superhouse" which has the following lines: "I'll be sitting on the left side You'll be sitting on the right Dying to share our problems Make everything alright Then I see a darkness You see the blinding light Will Oldham's in the corner moaning "Can't you write your own lines"" 2009 LP/CD Walzerkönig by Laokoongruppe contains the song "Walzerkönig" which has the following lines: "und ich spiel nicht für euch wenn ihr albert ayler nicht kennt und bei musik von alban berg und will oldham nicht flennt"
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