Sheryl Crow - Sweet Little Rock and Roller - Non-Album Tracks (1999-2001)

Here's the next in a long line of Sheryl Crow stray tracks albums.

In 1999, Crow put on a big concert with lots of famous guest stars, and released a live album of it called "Sheryl Crow and Friends Live from Central Park." Unfortunately, it wasn't very good. The performances seemed stilted and the concept came across as contrived. Luckily, it turns out there was a rehearsal the day before, and there's a soundboard of it that sounds as good as studio recordings. Four of the first five songs here come from that. Two of them, "Sweet Little Rock and Roller" and "Angel," didn't actually made the official album. The other one, "Highway 61 Revisited," definitely sounds better with this version. "White Room" is explained further below.

Most of the rest of this album are the usual cover songs from soundtracks and other various artists compilations. All but one of the rest are officially released. And that one, "Time Has Come Today," is from a TV show appearance and sounds as good as an official release.

I've said before that I generally prefer Crow's stray track albums to her regular studio albums. This is a good case in point for that.  With I think one exception, "Kiss that Girl," all the songs are covers, and the vast majority are classic songs. This isn't a creative masterpiece; it's just another bunch of songs that she sings and plays very well.

This album is 51 minutes long.

UPDATE: On November 11, 2021, I updated the mp3 download file. I added the song "White Room." This song is on her 1999 live album "Sheryl Crow and Friends Live from Central Park." But that version is mainly an Eric Clapton showcase, with him singing much of it and soloing all over it. By contrast, this version was recorded during the rehearsals for that concert, but Clapton wasn't there for this song, so Crow sang the whole thing.

01 White Room (Sheryl Crow)
02 Tombstone Blues (Sheryl Crow,  Natalie Maines, Chrissie Hynde & Sarah McLachlan)
03 Little Wing (Eric Clapton & Sheryl Crow with David Sanborn)
04 Sweet Little Rock and Roller [Edit] (Sheryl Crow & Keith Richards)
05 Angel (Sarah McLachlan & Sheryl Crow)
06 Run Rudolph Run (Sheryl Crow)
07 Time Has Come Today (Steve Earle & Sheryl Crow)
08 Honky Tonk Women (Sheryl Crow & Pat Benatar)
09 Kiss that Girl (Sheryl Crow)
10 Behind Blue Eyes (Sheryl Crow)
11 Who Will the Next Fool Be (Sheryl Crow)
12 Mother Nature's Son (Sheryl Crow)
13 Long Gone Lonesome Blues (Sheryl Crow)

https://www.upload.ee/files/15104657/SherylC_1999-2001_SweetLittleRockandRller_atse.zip.html

For the cover art, I used a photo of Crow in 2001. I edited the background to make it less distracting.