http://youtu.be/1ZxN9iQM7OY Cover versions It has been covered several times, including by Patti Drew with likely the earliest cover in 1968, King Floyd, The Grateful Dead, The Black Crowes, Tom Jones, Toots & the Maytals, Rustix, Band from TV, Harpers Bizarre, Gov't Mule, and Tony Joe White, New Riders of the Purple Sage 1976, as well as by Mae West in the film Myra Breckinridge. "Hard to Handle" was also a mainstay of the Grateful Dead's live set from 1969 to 1971, as sung by Ron "Pigpen" McKernan. The song has been brought back recently by Furthur, Bob Weir and Phil Lesh's band. The Stanford Band performs a cover as part of their standard repertoire. A recording is on their album The Wind of Freedom Blow (Greatest Hits 1970-1998). Gov't Mule with Toots Hibbert covered the song on Gov't Mule's 2006 album, Mighty High. In August 2007 soul singer Guy Sebastian recorded a tribute version of Hard to Handle at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee for his album of soul classics The Memphis Album with many of the original Stax music band members including Steve Cropper, Donald Duck Dunn, Lester Snell, Steve Potts. The song also featured prominently in the movie The Commitments. American Idol contestant Phillip Phillips performed the song on the eleventh season of the show. The studio version is available for download on iTunes. Gerald de Palmas sings in in his show in 2012.
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