Over yonder on setlist.fm, there's a way to download all the songs from all the setlists an artist has ever played. I wanted to see how many songs Southside Johnny has ever covered, so I downloaded this and then removed the Jukes original tracks. There were over 750 cover tunes left! Amazing.
I did a little old-school linux software hackery to turn that list into a playlist that Spotify could digest. Then I dug through to find the coolest (and sometimes the absolutely most obscure) old soul tunes, like Weak Spot, a song they pulled out at the Pony on Feb 27, 2016 -- a great, great show that was an homage to a similar soul-covers late night set from their record release show of May 30, 1976 (One of my most prized bootlegs. Shhh.)
Anyway, here's the result. One of my favorite setlists ever. Thanks, Southside, for the musical education.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1nGedLkr7TvJBos1Ra9LrM?si=pdoOpB3URcmMPDlc4MBIxw
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