Don McLean taught me something today.
I knew that in the 50s men were men and men were white so black groups couldn't be played on "white" station so they had some white bands do their songs.

But I didn't realize that was the origin of the word "cover".
According to Don
A “cover” version of a song is a racist tool.

Darn, and to think I used to like the Yardbirds.

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