SUMMERTIME BLUES

"'Summertime Blues'" (1958) is a classic and often-covered 12-bar blues song by Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart about the trials and tribulations of teenage life in America.
It was written by Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart (his manager) in the late 1950's. It peaked at #8 Billboard Hot 100 on September 29, 1958. The handclapping is performed by Sharon Sheeley, and the deep vocals at the end of each verse are done by Eddie himself.
The song was used in the 1980 movie ''Caddyshack''. In March 2005, ''Q'' magazine placed it at number 77 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.

Contents

Cover versions

Blue Cheer's version

The Who

Olivia Newton-John

Cheech Marin's version

Nathan Cavaleri's version

Alan Jackson's version

Gary Allan's version

Rush's version

The Black Keys' version

The Treads' version

List of cover versions

Cover versions

Blue Cheer's version

★ Recorded for their 1968 album ''Vincebus Eruptum''

★ In the key of C major

★ Included in 1986 compilation cd: ''Rock N Roll Classics in Digital''

★ Played in the 1991 movie ''Night on Earth''

★ Played in the 1996 movie ''I Shot Andy Warhol''.

★ Featured in the 2005 documentary ''.

★ Excludes all of the response lyrics from Chochran's version

The Who

The Who's version appears on the 1970 album ''Live at Leeds''. Their version is done in a more aggressive (and louder) style than the original, and is so well-known that many people mistakenly think of "Summertime Blues" as an original by The Who. It is played in the key of A major. In the live version, the 3rd verse modulates up to B major.
This version features John Entwistle singing the vocal parts of the boss, the father, and the congressman in his trademark bass growl, in addition to playing the bass guitar. The track features the original four-man Who lineup of Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, Keith Moon, and Pete Townshend.
Another live version from The Who is featured in the concert and documentary film "Woodstock".
"Summertime Blues" was a staple of Who concerts between 1967 and 1976 with intermittent appearances thereafter.
Other Who versions can be found on ''Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970'', ''Odds & Sods'', ''30 Years of Maximum R&B'', and the CD release of ''Live at the Royal Albert Hall''.

Olivia Newton-John

On her ''Clearly Love'' album, 1975.

Cheech Marin's version

★ Played in the 1987 movie ''Born in East L.A.''

Nathan Cavaleri's version

★ Played in the 1994 movie ''Camp Nowhere''.

Alan Jackson's version

★ Recorded on his 1994 album ''Who I Am'', released in 1994, reached Number One on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and #4 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 (equivalent to #104 on the Billboard Hot 100).

Gary Allan's version

★ Played in the 1999 TV miniseries ''.

Rush's version

★ Like the Blue Cheer version, the line "I'd like to help you son..." is not spoken.

★ Played as the theme song for the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s ''SummerSlam'' pay per view in 2004.

★ In A major like the Who's version (3rd verse likewise modulates up to B major), but guitar intro is that of the Blue Cheer version, transposed to fit new key

The Black Keys' version

★ B-side on the ''10 A.M. Automatic'' single

★ bonus track on the Japanese release of their 2004 album ''Rubber Factory''

The Treads' version

★ The Treads, a Long Island rock band has been performing "Summertime Blues" since January 2007, with Chris Michael C on vocals, and Jonah Myles and Tyler James as backup. They will record it by August when it is released on their upcoming second album, ''The Adventure''. See YouTube for a performance of The Treads doing "Summertime Blues."

List of cover versions

Bands and artists that have covered the song include:

★ Blue Cheer

★ Bobby Fuller

★ Bow Wow

★ Brian Setzer

★ Bruce Springsteen

★ Buck Owens

★ Cheech Marin

★ Chris Spedding

★ The Clash

★ De La Soul

★ Deborah Harry

★ The Flaming Lips - ''Hear It Is'' (1986)

★ The Flying Lizards

★ Gary Allan

★ George Thorogood and the Destroyers

★ Guitar Wolf

★ Hanson

★ James Taylor

★ Joan Jett

★ Jussi & The Boys (In Finnish)

★ Levon Helm

★ Little River Band

★ Lolita No.18

★ Mick Farren

★ Motörhead - ''

★ Nathan Cavaleri

★ Papa Doo Run Run

★ Pfuri, Gorps und Kniri

★ Ritchie Venus and the Blue Beatles - Rocking to the Grave

★ Rockapella - Smilin' (August 2002)

★ Rolling Stones

★ Rush – ''Feedback''

★ Sandy Nelson

★ Stray Cats

★ The Surfaris

★ The Old Spice Boys

★ The Treads

★ T. Rex (with Marc Bolan)

★ Takako Minekawa

★ Terry Reid

★ The Beach Boys

★ The Black Keys

★ The Flying Lizards

★ The Gants

★ The Ordinary Boys

★ The Ventures

★ The Who

★ Über Kings

★ Van Halen

★ Eddie Meduza