The No Depression blog has a nifty, proud, duly diligent entry about the rising popularity of covers of Old Crow Medicine Show’s Wagon Wheel. Covers of Wagon Wheel are becoming so common that the song is described as the new “Brown Eyed Girl” after Van Morrison’s oft-covered 1967 hit:
Against Me’s version of Wagon Wheel
And, previously in East Portland: “The Weight,” Americana Rock’s Favorite Cover