Hiatt (John): Rollin' Into Memphis (2000)

"The variety of artists who have covered John Hiatt's songs is staggering. But the folk, country, and blues crowd have been the most commercially successful Hiatt interpreters, hence an entire album devoted to these genres is a logical, and even obvious, concept. "Rollin' Into Memphis", with its title seemingly derived from "Memphis in the Meantime," oddly a song that does NOT appear here, is a well-meaning and generally successful attempt to mine the blues and folk roots of his music and breathe new life into these tunes with imaginative rearrangements from an intriguing assortment of players. The album benefits greatly from utilizing the same backing band on all tracks. Although the singers run the gamut from folk (Odetta, Patty Larkin, Chris Smither) to blues (Raful Neal, Colin Linden) and even to zydeco and Cajun (C.J. Chenier, Terrance Simien), the core group featuring guitarist G.E. Smith and keyboardist Anthony Geraci keeps the music in the same sweaty, swamp rock groove." (Hal Horowitz, Allmusic)