A Killer Neil Young Cover by Grace Potter and Joe Satriani

According to Rolling Stone, Neil Young’s Cortez the Killer is the 321st best song of all time, featuring the 39th best guitar solo of all time. So the original album version is awesome. But it’s been covered a lot too, and covered well. Warren Haynes has made a habit of playing epic versions in his own band (Gov’t Mule) and with others (The Dead, The Dave Matthews Band).

But the version posted below is too good to pass up. Joe Satriani does things on the guitar that are incomprehensible, even after multiple views. Grace Potter’s vocals start off slow and just keep building, getting bigger and better as she goes. And she looks like she’s having more fun than anyone in the building. Except maybe for Willie Waldman, who adds a new dimension to the song with a killer trumpet part, then throws his hands up in victory at the end. As he should. As they all should.