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Podcast: The CoverUp
Episode: Mercury Blues
Description: A song with roots so hidden, yet so obviously appropriate they never should have been hidden, a big star does a cover no one bothers to forget, and an obvious path from a non-obvious choice. Mercury Blues, Originally by KC Douglas Trio, covered by Alan Jackson and by Meat Loaf. Outro music is Houd Dog, by Big Mama Thornton — so we get really great bookends on this one.Â