Soul Asylum

Cover songs A thru L

They played most of the song

It was improvised on the spot, a partial attempt or from a medley

Released In Some Format
(Flexidisc, 45 RPM, Promotional Release, EP, CD5, Compilation)

Original artist/composer or who made it famous
noted when known in parenthesis

(Dave and Dan rehearsing)

Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet-(Bachman Turner Overdrive) 11-08-93 on the GDU Tour in Toronto

All Apologies-(Nirvana/Cobain)-Rumoured played in Japan for Kurt Cobain; 4-16-94 Osaka, Club Quattro (?)

Amazing Grace -10/22/88 at The Scream in Los Angeles Ca.

Baby Baby -(Vibrators/Knox) at R&R Station, 12/24/88 Minneapolis, Mn at First Ave. & Madison WI 9-16-92

Baby Heartbeat- (Suburbs) on 9/17/91 Mabel's Champaign Il

Back Door Man/I Wanna Be Your Dog medley on 08-31-95 in Phila Pa at "The Mann Music Center"

Bad Moon Rising - (Creedence Clearwater Revival/Fogerty) on 12/01/85 at 1st Avenue-Minneapolis, Mn

Barstool Blues-(Neil Young) on 10/29/89 at Marquette U, Milwaukee, Wi

Bird On A Wire-(Leonard Cohen) Dave & Dan in April of 1991

Bodies (Sex Pistols)-Birmingham AL 6-19-98 at Birmingham's City Stages

Festival

Candy- ( Iggy Pop ) 12/27(?)/90, at Fastlanes in Asbury Park, NJ & New Years eve show a few nights later at Maxwells in Hoboken.

Cat Scratch Fever-(Ted Nugent) Khyber Pass Pub in Phila Pa on July 18 1990

Chains-(Jan King-vocals; Karen Haglof-guitar)on 04/28/89 in Milwaukee, Wi,originally written/performed by the Minneapolis group "The Wad" for the '79 Twin/Tone double-LP >compilation Big Hits Of Mid-America Vol. 3 (Thanks SW_C)

Chains W/ guest vocalist at Cabooze, Minneapolis on 5/6/89.

Chevy Van-(Sammy Johns) on 11/26/86 at 1st Avenue, Minneapolis, Mn

Chinese Rock-(Johnny Thunders Heatbreakers/Ramones)

Cocaine Blues-aka "Transfusion Blues" (TJ Arnall/Johnny Cash) at First Ave Mpls. MN on 11-26-86

Cover Of The Rolling Stone-(Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show) 4/87 in Fargo, ND

Cross, The aka "The Boss"-(Prince)by Dan & Dave at Maxwells. Hoboken, NJ on 03-04-88 and
part of "James at 16"

Cuts Like A Knife-(Bryan Adams) 11-08-93 in Toronto on the GDU tour

Damaged Goods(Gang Of Four)-part of James at 16

? Dance Contest (?) at Cabooze, Minneapolis on 5/6/89.

Day After Day-(Badfinger) on 02/05/84 KFAI, Mpls. Mn

Dead Flowers-(Rolling Stones) acoustic on 02/05/84 KFAI, Mpls. Mn

Delta Dawn-(Tanya Tucker) on 10/22/88 at The Scream,in Los Angeles Ca.

Dirty Old Town-(Ewan McCall) at Shank Hall, Milwaukee WI 10-21-90

Do Anything You Wanna Do-(Eddie and the Hot Rods) on 10/21/90 in Milwaukee at Shank Hall

Don't Forsake Me-(Bad Company) on 10/29/89 at Marquette U, Milwaukee, Wi
Don't Stop-(Fleetwood Mac) at Clinton's Inagural Ball 01-20-93

Draw The Line-(Aerosmith) on 11/16/86 in Portland Or

Drive-(The Cars/Ben Orr) at Club Lingerie, Hollywood CA on 03-27-87

End Of The Road (Boys to Men at Work Without Hats)
on 03/01/93 WHFS, Baltimore, MD

Everybody Loves A Winner-Dan & Dave on 4/91 Minneapolis, Mn at The Fine Line

Femme Fatale-(Velvet Underground) (acoustic) on 02/05/84 at KFAI, Mpls. Mn and
on 8-21-85 at Nectarine Ballroom in Ann Arbour MI(electric)

Feel Like Makin' Love-(Bad Company) at Club Lingerie, Hollywood CA 327-87

Forever Young-(Bob Dylan) on 04-25-93 at Glam Slam in Minneapolis

Foxy Lady- (Jimi Hendrix) at Cabooze, Minneapolis on 5/6/89 with Greg Norton from "Husker Du"and Dale T. Nelson from "Ottos Chemical Lounge"

Free Falling-(Tom Petty) (with ? on vocals) at Bogart's, in CA 12-15-90

Free Ride-(Edgar Winter Group version (?)) Dan and Dave at the Glam Slam in Mpls.

Freebird-(Skynyrd, Dude!) in Milan, Italy 1994

Goin' Down-(Mike, Mickey, Peter and Davy) on 11-21-86 at Rock Pile Records, Goleta, Ca

Gone Till November-(Wyclef Jean) May 1998 tour

Good Times (probably the 'chic' song)/Pump Up The Volume (maars)

Gravy Train- on 05-23-87 at The Central, Iowa City, Ia

Had A Dad-(Jane's Addiction) on 12/24/88 at First Ave in Mpls MN

Hava Nagila-Traditional

Highway Star- (Deep Purple) (Hardcore version) with Pat in Dec 1984 and
a slow version in July 1987 at The Cabooze in Mpls.

Hold On Loosely-(.38 Special) on 03/05/87 in Lacrosse, Wi

Hokey Pokey at the Khyber Pass, Phila July 18, 1990

Hope-(Descendants) at the Trocadero, Phila Pa 4-93 & 3/28/94 Milan, Italy

Hot Pants-(James Brown) Karl Vocals; also on 3/5/87 in Lacrosse, Wi

How About You-(?) West Germany 04-06-89

Hustle, The-(Van McCoy)1988- mentioned in an article

I Can See Clearly Now-(Johnny Nash) on 06/06/88 at Tipitina's, New Orleans, LA

I Put A Spell On You-(Screaming Jay Hawkins) "released on BOB Flexi " also 9/23/88 The Cabooze, Minneapolis, Mn

I'm Eighteen-(Alice Cooper) on 12/01/85 1st Avenue-Minneapolis, Mn

In My Hour Of Darkness-(Gram Parsons)Beacon Theater, NYC 02-93

I Wanna Be Your Dog-(Iggy and the Stooges)
on 01/24/86 at 7th Street Entry

Imaginary Lover-(Atlanta Rhythm Section)
on 07-17-89 at Circuit Cabaret, Winnipeg

It's Not My Fault-(Sarah Durkee/Christopher Cerf) 10/22/88 soundcheck at "The Scream" In Los Angeles CA

Jailbreak-(Thin Lizzy) 08-23-85 in Riverside, CA

Jessica-(Allman Brothers) on 02/02/93 at St Paul Civic Center

Joker, The-(Steve Miller Band) Dave and Dan in Siberia NY on Jan 13 1988

Jukebox Hero-(Foreigner)
on 11/16/86 in Portland OR

Jump-opening for Matchbox 20 in Summer of 1998

Let The Good Times Roll/Jane Says/Emperor's New Clothes (medley)-(The Cars/Jane's Addiction/Sinead O' Connor)

Like A Rolling Stone-(Dylan) 20 Minute version with Karl on Vocals-(mentioned in RS Article)

Little Drummer Boy-Dan & Dave on 12/23/91 at 1st Avenue-Minn. Mn.

Lonesome Day-(Woody Guthrie) on 4/19/86 at 7th Street Entry in Minneapolis, Mn

Lonesome Me-(Hank Williams) Dan & Dave in Siberia, NY 1-13-88

Long Haired Country Boy-(Charlie Daniels) on 11-21-86 Rock Pile Records, Goleta, Ca

Long Tall Sally-(Little Richard) by Dave Pirner with the"Backbeat" band

Lookin' For A Love-(Neil Young) on 10-??-85 at Wellington's, Manitoba, Canada

Love And Mercy (Brian Wilson) on 04-06-89 In West Germany (also recorded by, but released only as a promo, by Golden Smog-Jeff Tweedy lead vocals)

Low Rider-(WAR) New Years 90, Maxwell's Hoboken NJ

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