Hard To Handle [Black Crowes / Otis Redding] UNCOVERED
You know Hard To Handle as the signature song of the Black Crowes. But have you ever heard it UNCOVERED? The original was written and recorded by Otis Redding. And no the words aren’t any easier to understand here.
Hard to Handle [ Black Crowes / Otis Redding ] From the Vault … June 8th, 2012 It’s amazing how many bands’ “signature” songs are actually covers. For example Aretha Franklin’s “R.E.S.P.E.C.T.” was originally by Otis Redding. Today’s Deep Cover is also an Otis Redding original, covered here by the Black Crows, “Hard to Handle” originally recorded by Redding in 1968 reached #38 on the Billboard R&B charts and #51 on the pop charts. And you thought he was just the “Shitting on the Dock of The Bay” guy. Sitting! I meant Sitting!
may have called it quits, but their vault continues on. Two previously unreleased tracks from Jack and Meg White have been released via Jack's Third Man Records Vault subscription service ...
cover ... the duo add their bluesy scuzz to Redding's classic from his 1965 album Otis Blue
. The tempo is a bit faster than Redding's original, and the Stripes do without the horn section, but White makes up for it with some awesomely gnarly garage-rock riffage.
