8 Very Different Covers Of Man Of Constant Sorrow

You know the song from the Coen Bros.' modern classic "O Brother, Where Art Thou?", but the original is over 100 years old, and many artists have written and recorded their own versions both before and after the film made it popular. Oh, and before you wonder whether I can count, the first 3 are the same basic take.

Here's George Clooney as Ulysses Everett McGill "singing" the version that made it famous.

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Damn! We're in a tight spot.

But Ol' George didn't actually sing it. Here's the guy that did:

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Big Dan T!

And here he is again with Alison Krauss and Union Station.

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He's bonafide.

But way, way before they did it, some rando named Bob Dylan did it.

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They turned him into a horny toad.

Jerry Garcia did it too.

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There's a man in there that will pay good money to sing into his can.

Here's a punk(ish) version.

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We're mass communicatin'.

Here's one with a guy rapping or something ...

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Say, any of you boys smithies?

... and a remix that was apparently super popular in Australia.

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Or, if not smithies per se, were you otherwise trained in the metallurgic arts before straitened circumstances forced you into a life of aimless wanderin'?

More recently, there's LA indie band Hurry Death's sweeping, emotional interpretation:

Down in the river to pray ...

NO.

No thank you, Delmar. One third of a gopher would only arouse my appetite without bedding her back down.