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Re: greatest covers?
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- Subject: Re: greatest covers?
- From: jackthecat
- Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 00:12:29 -0400
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My Maffia (sic) was a song patti wrote about a group of people who hung at
cb's who looked out for her and the band's equipment....they chased down at
least one potential thief of instruments one night and I believe patti wrote
this song about that.
----- Original Message -----
From: Gart, Mitch <mgart>
To: <babel-list>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 10:47 AM
Subject: RE: greatest covers?
> I think this question is about "My Mafia". Also there was another song
> called "Snowball". Both of these were things Patti sang a couple of times
> in concerts around 1975, and which are recorded on bootlegs. I think they
> are covers but don't remember who did the originals. Both are songs I've
> never personally heard sung by anyone but Patti.
>
> - Mitch
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dlofdahl [mailto:Dlofdahl]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 6:05 AM
> > To: babel-list
> > Subject: Re: greatest covers?
> >
> >
> > perhaps i misunderstood. the original post listed patti's
> > version as a cover. if that is correct, who is she covering?
> >