Singer and songwriter
Marc Cohn pays homage with a collection of covers on
Listening Booth: 1970 (all the songs here were releasded that year). It includes songs by a wide array of artists including
John Fogerty and
Creedence Clearwater Revival ("Long as I Can See the Light"),
Paul McCartney ("Maybe I'm Amazed"),
Cat Stevens ("Wild World"),
Paul Simon ("Only Living Boy in New York"),
Van Morrison ("Into the Mystic"), and
J.J. Cale via
Eric Clapton ("After Midnight"), to name a few. Four of the album's tunes features guest vocalists:
Jim Lauderdale on the
Grateful Dead's "New Speedway Boogie,"
Aimee Mann on
Badfinger's "No Matter What, "
India.Arie on
Bread's "Make It with You," and newcomer
Kristina Train on
Smokey Robinson's "Tears of a Clown." ~ Thom Jurek