Marshall Crenshaw - The Human Jukebox, Volume 3: 1989-1992

Here's Volume 3 of my long series of Marshall Crenshaw cover versions albums. 

Once again, you can see why some have called "Crenshaw" "The Human Jukebox." On this album alone, he covers all his way from Judy Garland to Molly Hatchet! That includes some interesting rarities, such as two songs by country singer Webb Pierce: "Groovy Boogie Woogie Boy" and "I'm Walking the Dog."

The last four songs come from a special radio show where a group of musicians who largely had never played with each other before were given cover song requests by radio listeners. They did their best to play the songs if they felt they remembered it well enough. So keep in mind that Crenshaw was totally winging it on those songs. I think that shows just how deep his musical knowledge has been, to be able to do that.

All the performances are unreleased. The vast majority are from soundboards bootlegs of concerts or radio shows, but some songs do sound a bit rougher than the others.  

This album is 53 minutes long.

Here are the original artists for each song:

01 Rip It Up - Little Richard
02 I Can See for Miles - Who
03 Valerie - Richard Thompson
04 Someplace Where Love Can't Find Me - John Hiatt
05 Love's Made a Fool of You - Bobby Fuller Four
06 Twine Time - Alvin Cash & the Crawlers
07 Flirtin' with Disaster - Molly Hatchet
08 The KKK Took My Baby Away - Ramones
09 Have You Seen Her Face - Byrds
10 Groovy Boogie Woogie Boy - Webb Pierce
11 I'm Walking the Dog - Webb Pierce
12 Ask Me Why - Beatles
13 Just like a Woman - Bob Dylan
14 Havin' a Party - Sam Cooke
15 Splish Splash - Bobby Darin
16 The Lion Sleeps Tonight - Tokens
17 Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland

And here's the usual song list:

01 Rip It Up (Marshall Crenshaw)
02 I Can See for Miles (Marshall Crenshaw)
03 Valerie (Marshall Crenshaw)
04 Someplace Where Love Can't Find Me (Marshall Crenshaw)
05 Love's Made a Fool of You (Marshall Crenshaw)
06 Twine Time [Instrumental] (Marshall Crenshaw)
07 Flirtin' with Disaster (Marshall Crenshaw)
08 The KKK Took My Baby Away (Marshall Crenshaw)
09 Have You Seen Her Face (Marshall Crenshaw)
10 Groovy Boogie Woogie Boy (Marshall Crenshaw)
11 I'm Walking the Dog (Marshall Crenshaw)
12 Ask Me Why (Marshall Crenshaw)
13 Just like a Woman (Marshall Crenshaw)
14 Havin' a Party (Marshall Crenshaw)
15 Splish Splash (Marshall Crenshaw)
16 The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Marshall Crenshaw)
17 Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Marshall Crenshaw)

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The cover photo actually comes from Crenshaw's appearance in the 1986 movie "La Bamba," in which he portrayed Buddy Holly.