Had a revelation this morning while listening to a HonkyTonk playlist on Spotify that Jerry Reed originally made Amos Moses. For YEARS I just thought it was a Primus song as it has that vibe Les Claypool puts out.
Another for me was Astronomy Domine by Pink Floyd. I originally heard it on Headbangers Ball by Voivod and had no idea it was a cover. A few years later I discovered that it was a cover and to this day Pink Floyd and Voivod are two of my favorite bands.
So, What songs did you surprisingly find out were covers some time after hearing the song by the cover artist?
When I was in middle school I didn’t realize how many of Reel Big Fish’s songs were covers until late in high school, obviously that’s kind of their shtick but when you don’t have access to a big list of nearly every song things slip by you pretty easily, this experience is probably less common these days with streaming etc.
I didn’t know primus covered Amos Moses I’m much more familiar with the original track I’ll have to check that out seems like a great fit.