Happy Father's Day

Here's a few songs written from a father's point of view, and few from a child's point of view including Chuck Berry's last charting single from the 1960's written in the form of a letter with the punchline right at the end.

Happy Father's Day.

Download:

"Lord, Protect My Child" mp3
by Bob Dylan, 1983.
available on The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3 : 1961-1991

"Father and Son" mp3
by Johnny Cash
with Fiona Apple, 2003.
available on Unearthed

"Daddy Loves Baby" mp3
by Don Covay, 1964.
available on Mercy!/See-Saw

also:

"Daddy Didn't Tell Me" mp3
by The Astors, 1967.
available on The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968



"Dear Dad" mp3
by Chuck Berry, 1965.
available on The Chess Box: Chuck Berry

top photo: © 2008 Ted Barron

Bo by Others

Okay here's some mo' Bo. This time performed by others. First up, four rave-up garage rock versions, then a couple by the Rolling Stones (early and later) a classic from The New York Dolls, a Buddy Holly track (that was later gussied up and released posthumously), and an anonymous recording rescued with other tapes from a pile of dirt by writer and archivist Robert Gordon when the original Stax studio was razed in Memphis in 1989.

"gonna put some dirt in your eye."

Download:

"Who Do You Love" mp3
by The Preachers, 1965.
available on Pebbles, Vol. 1

"Road Runner" mp3
by The Pretty Things, 1964.
available on Pretty Things

"Diddy Wah Diddy" mp3
by The Remains, 1965.
available on The Remains

"I'm A Man" mp3
by The Litter, 1966.
available on Distortions

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"Cops and Robbers" mp3
by The Rolling Stones, 1964.
Live at the BBC
bootleg

"Crackin' Up" mp3
by The Rolling Stones, 1977.
available on Love You Live

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"Pills" mp3
by The New York Dolls, 1973.
available on New York Dolls

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"Bo Diddley" (undubbed) mp3
by Buddy Holly and The Crickets, 1958.
available on What You Been A-Missin'
bootleg

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"Bo Diddley" mp3
by Drunk Man #2
date and artist unknown
from Ghosts Of Stax Past
not available

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