American dobro player, Rainer Ptacek performed this song in 1997 – it was later issued on Live at the Performance Center album in 2001
Billy Gibbons was so impressed with the singer-guitarist that he arranged to have Kurt Loder review Ptacek's "Mush Mind Blues" single in Rolling Stone.
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The resulting record, The Inner Flame: Rainer Ptacek Tribute, featured Ptacek-penned songs performed by Gelb (with Giant Sand), Plant, Jimmy Page, Emmylou Harris, Evan Dando, Victoria Williams, Vic Chesnutt, PJ Harvey, The Drovers, Madeleine Peyroux, Kris McKay, Jonathan Richman and Bill Janovitz.
Rainer Maria Rilke | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Rainer Maria Latzke | Yvonne Rainer | Rainer Ganahl | Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria | Rainer Stadelmann | Rainer Ptacek | Archduke Rainer of Austria | Rainer Schüttler | Rainer Riehn | Rainer Karlsch | Rainer Brüninghaus | Rainer Zitelmann | Rainer Riesner | Rainer Ptácek | Rainer Liedtke | Rainer Langhans | Rainer Hunold | Rainer Hartleb | Rainer Foundation | Luise Rainer | Kathryn Ptacek | Iris Rainer Dart |
Guest artists over the last 3 decades have included Victoria Williams, Neko Case, Juliana Hatfield, PJ Harvey, Vic Chesnutt, Steve Wynn, Vicki Peterson, Rainer Ptacek, M. Ward, Isobel Campbell, nearly all members of the band Poi Dog Pondering, and Indiosa Patsy Jean (Gelb and Brown's daughter).
Madeleine Peyroux also covered "In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning" from the Still Breathing soundtrack and "Life Is Fine" for a Rainer Ptácek tribute.