Covers for Sunday

EDIT: Annoyingly two of the tracks in this weels Covers for Sunday were deleted by mediafire. Why is this annoying? The two tracks in question, Misstress by Snow & Voices and Ain't No Sunshine by Melissa Bel, were both provided by representatives of the artists in question who sent me the songs in mp3 form and asked me to post them.

It's that time of week again, here are your covers, hope you enjoy them all.

Crazy Train by Jason Heath & the Greedy Souls feat Kid Lightning (originally by Ozzy Osbourne). A countrified cover of a metal classic, this works really well. The musicianship in particular is great on this track.

Mistress by Snow & Voices (originally by Mark Kozelek). From the album Anything That Moves, this is just a gorgeous laid back cover, one of the best female vocal performances I've heard in a long time. (You can buy the album from iTunes here)

Ain't No Sunshine by Melissa Bel (originally by Bill Withers). Another great female vocal, this time more of a straight up cover, Melissa Bel's voice dominates the song, and she has a great voice.

Firestarter by Sneaker Pimps (originally by The Prodigy). Hartlepool's finest trip-hop band, this is so different from the original, another laid back female vocal, this works because it's so different from the original it's more a re-interpratation than a cover.

All The Things She Said by The BossHoss (originally by T.A.T.U.). I really dislike the original song, but this is a pure country cover and it's very good.

Tattoo by Petra Haden (originally by The Who). The daughter of the greatest jazz bassist of all time (Charlie Haden, on the off chance you think she's Charles Mingus' daughter) covered the entire The Who Sell Out, a cappella. The whole album is as great as this track. This is what Pete Townshend had to say about the album:

I was a little embarrassed to realize I was enjoying my own music so much, for in a way it was like hearing it for the first time. What Petra does with her voice, which is not so easy to do, is challenge the entire rock framework ... When she does depart from the original music she does it purely to bring a little piece of herself -- and when she appears she is so very welcome. I felt like I'd received something better than a Grammy.