Jesse Winchester - Black dog

Incredible, haunting song from Jesse Winchester's self-titled debut album. Featuring members of The Band and engineered by Todd Rundgren.
As sampled by Buck 65 back when he was good.

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[FUZATl]

Came here because of Sketch Artist, both of these songs are ill.

[barrett5169]

@FUZATl I think I prefer this to the Buck tune, something about it really hits me. This song is amazing and really different from anything else on the record, it really comes out of nowhere near the end of side two, after all the country-rock it's a real shock. Check out the Mother Tucker's Yellow Duck song I have on my channel, which is another example of a band doing something totally out of character that betters all their other material!

[barrett5169]

@barrett5169 The group Babe Ruth did a pretty decent cover of this too which I'm sure is on youtube. Really odd choice for a cover song but it's a great effort, though still doesn't match this

[spyretto]

@barrett5169

So who sings the original, not Babe Ruth?

[barrett5169]

@spyretto Yeah, Jesse Winchester did this first. The Babe Ruth track is on 'First Base' if I remember rightly, which came out about 2 years after this LP

[kentreusdell]

Knew Jessie Montreal 1969/70....so good to know you still kickin Jessie an playing music...crossroads.....singing this song i am in the room...someplace near Ste. Urbain...god bless you Jessie