My Covers

James is back from camp and singing lead vocals on another fun Green Day cover.  Starting to talk about other bands so the Green Day phase may be ending soon.

Hitchin A Ride (Green Day Cover)

When I was a kid, Dad used to wake us up to this song blaring on Saturday mornings. Like it or not, I feel like I am intimately familiar with it. So I thought I would try to cover it. Denise is singing the vocals. Tried to modernize it while incorporating the distinctive baroque style harpsichord.

Different Drum (Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys Cover)

Cover of a Tom Petty song with my friend Richard Mahaffey.  Richard handles the lead vocals and awesome harmonica while I tried to hold down the rest.

Mary Jane's Last Dance (Tom Petty Cover)

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (Green Day Cover)

Cover of Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker's Runnin' Down a Dream.

Runnin' Down A Dream (Tom Petty Cover)

Something new and different.  My grounds up cover of Imagine Dragons' Radioactive.  I am singing all of the vocals in this version.  

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Radioactive (Imagine Dragons Cover)

Had fun covering Collective Soul's "the World I Know" with Steve Duncan who is singing lead vocals and playing acoustic guitars and lead electric guitar.

Go here for more Collective Soul music:

http://www.collectivesoul.com/

The World I Know (Collective Soul Cover featuring Steve Duncan)

A cover of Rihanna's "Stay" featuring Caitlin Mahaffey singing lead vocals.  

Jim

Stay (Rihanna cover featuring Caitlin Mahaffey)

A Beatles cover featuring the Steve Duncan on vocals and acoustic guitar.

The Long And Winding Road (Beatles cover featuring Steve Duncan)

I enjoyed doing this song with friend Steve Duncan who sang all of the vocals in this cover of the 70s hit song "Never Been Any Reason" by Head East.  

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Never Been Any Reason (Head East cover featuring Steve Duncan)

My cover of Lesley Gore's "You Don't Own Me" featuring Denise on vocals.

You Don't Own Me (Lesley Gore cover featuring Denise Kennedy)

I had fun covering this song with Caitlin Mahaffey who sang all of the vocals.

Blown Away (Carrie Underwood cover featuring Caitlin Mahaffey)

My son James introduced me to this Slipknot song.  This is my cover.  I am hoping to follow-up with a version with James singing lead vocals.

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Vermillion Part 2 (Slipknot song cover by Jim Kennedy)

My cover of the Beatles' "Hard Day's Night" featuring Richard Mahaffey on drums.

"Hard Day's Night" Cover

My son James and my first Green Day cover.  

Brain Stew (Green Day Cover)

Another Green Day cover with James singing lead vocals.  Had fun with this one.  Never used air raid and police car sirens before.

Warning (Green Day Cover)

Oh Love (Green Day Cover)

James favorite Green Day song.  I forgot to transpose the key for him so I had to sing this one (no time to re-record the tracks).

X-Kid (Green Day Cover)

Probably the last cover off the Warning album (curious about "Hold On" though - would be fund to incorporate some harmonica).   Will get James to sing this one when he gets back from summer camp. 

Macys Day Parade (Green Day Cover)

Update to 21 Guns cover that is faithful to the original version.  James was at camp for this one so I am playing all instruments and singing lead vocals.  James is back and is showing interest in the new Fender bass I had to buy (had to!).  Had laid the bass tracks on the keyboard until this song.

My Covers

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