Bob Mould is arguably the most influential musicians behind the whole Nirvana etc megabucks stuff of the early 90s.
In 1989 he was doing cover versions of Richard Thomspon songs.
There's even one of those 33 1/3 books about it (and tribute albums in general)
https://www.covermesongs.com/2020/08/im-your-fan-33-1-3-out-sep-3.html
A good read.