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I have two:"My Back Pages" Byrds
"All Along The Watchtower" Jimmy Hendricks
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Jackie Greene.. who covers a lot of Dylan. He's a young kid - about 25 now. Been the main local music scene stud here in town for 2-3 years. Does a nice job of Dylan tunes, but writes his own too. Just released a new album on Verve a couple wks ago. If you want to hear a little Dylan from someone else, ck out any of his earlier cd's..he plays here sometimes with another local, Sal Valentino, legendary voice of the Beau Brummels - who also does a lot of Dylan tunes..
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*** Q:Why's the chicken cross the road?
***A: Fats Waller: They don't, they all stay on my side now...***
MR. TAMBOURINE MAN??!!!??
Peter, Paul, and Mary. No apologies. Well . . . Okay, somehow around here I feel a need to toss in a "sorry, but . . .". Nevertheless, I still like them doing it.It was the early/mid '60s, and the first time I heard Dylan sing it I was horrified, especially after the aforementioned trio had such a big hit with it. As far as I am concerned, the man shouldn't have done a cover of his own song.
....has there ever been a bad cover of a Dylan song?
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For me, I think Leon does a great job of interpreting Dylan with his Okie-soul styling on "Leon Russell and the Shelter People" album. His versions of "It's a Hard Rain" and "It takes a lot to laugh..." are very heartfelt and, well, funky. The bonus Dylan tunes on the CD reissue are also very well done. And the Dead do a very nice version of "It's all over now, Baby Blue" as found on Dick's Picks #9, though it can't compare to being there at the end of a long and winding second set when they'd break it out for an encore. Now that was bliss!
Thanks for reminding me. I'll have to dig out that album. Excellent, I like it better than the original!
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Saw that show at the Cow Palace. Sat down and told my friends that anyone here expecting "Heart of Gold" was going to be mighty disappointed...an electric, tense, fantastic night of the very best aspects of NY & CH. The first Gulf War was just starting and there was a real unease in the air ..."Blowin' In The Wind" done Crazy Horse style. God, it was perfect...just perfect...
*** Q:Why's the chicken cross the road?
***A: Fats Waller: They don't, they all stay on my side now...***
how many thousands are on this list I cannot say, I only got to the Bs.
Ok, now who was the poster that said Dylan's writing was nothing special? He forgot to tell the people on this list.
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On record: Bill Frisell's take on "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" from "East/West."In concert: Richie Havens singing "All Along the Watchtowers" at the World Guitar Congress in Towson, Maryland 6-04. I still get chills.
Happy listening,
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Yep. All Along The Watchtower.
I particularly like Jimi's rendering of the line "None of them along the line/ Know what any of it is worth" as "None of them along the line/ Nobody of it is worth." While Dylan's line is not gramatically correct, Jimi's line makes no sense. Having said that, I will never forget hearing the first few chords of Jimi's guitar on that song. I knew immediately that it was Watchtower, but listened in a state of disbelief. An amazing take on a great song.
From a great audiophile cd from www.linnrecords.comBarb Jungr
Every Grain of Sand: Barb Jungr Sings Bob Dylan (Multichannel Hybrid)
GENRE: Jazz RELEASE YEAR: 2004
CAT No: AKD 230 PRICE: $15.99
FORMAT: SACD
An entire album of Dylan covers by Dave's True Story. This particular DTS album is not on the Chesky label, though. And, there is either something wrong with the recording or my particular batch of CDs. There's some distortion on the vocals; don't know why. I retruned the first copy and the distortion was still on the second copy (second copy came before the first one was returned so I know they just didn't send back my defective one). Some parts of the album sound fine; others sound awful. But, its still fun to hear some lounge style jazzy Dylan.
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I just Ordered Dave's True Story, "Simple Twist of Fate". Thanks!
I'm a real fan and found the production of this disc disappointing. Too bad as the performances are unique.
Been listening to a bit of Joan Baez and Judy Collins lately, and they both do BD justice. Boths versions of Mama, You Been On My Mind (replacing Mama for Daddy, of course) are solid stuff. Judy does nice versions of Tomorrow Is A Long Time, Bells Of Rhymney, and Mr. Tambourine Man as well, all on the Judy LP, a late 60s greatest hits effort. Nice.
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Sometimes I think Dylan wrote ALL the good folk songs of the 60s.
;-)) And he did sing it.
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From the "Born on the Fourth of July" soundtrack.
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First time I saw The Freshman Park's rendition of Maggie's Farm was an out-of-body experience for me fersher.
Offhand....."License to Kill" -- Cowboy Junkies
"Like a Hurricane" -- Neil Young (it is a Dylan tune isn't it?
Neil wrote it
... "If Not for You", not by George Harrison, but by Olivia Neutron-Bomb?If so, then how about "Time Passes Slowly" by Judy Collins?
Death Is Not The End.There's no denying the Hendrix version of Watchtower, but I've heard it too many times. The Byrds were a great Dylan cover band; You Ain't Going Nowhere is one of my favorites.
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Seatrain
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
Joan Baez, 'Farewell Angelina.'
Judy Collins, 'Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues.' (Live).
Odetta, 'Masters of War.'
The Roches, 'Clothes Line Saga.'
Mavis Staples, 'Gotta Serve Somebody.'
Indigo Girls, 'Tangled up in Blue.'
Siouxsie and the Banshees, 'This Wheels on Fire.'Regards,
there are some good to great indivdual efforts, but as a whole, nobody covers Bob Dylan like Jimmy Lafave. But then, YMMV.Neil
His version of 'This Land is Your Land' is the best I've heard,
better even than Cisco Houston's. Regards,
there are dozens and dozens, but because I am jammed for time, let me just mention two recordings that should be in every Dylan music library:Soundtrack to "Masked and Anonymous" (various artists doing Dylan covers) has some great cuts.
Tim O'Brien's "Red On Blonde" from a few years back. Terrific acoustic covers.
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*** Q:Why's the chicken cross the road?
***A: Fats Waller: They don't, they all stay on my side now...***
Okay, so you refused to respond to my post below regarding the Harry Smith anthology & the Minstrel To Mojo sets, preferring instead to focus on a different point I made in the post. You said Dylan couldn't carry a tune, which makes one wonder if you've ever actually listened to his records. If you have any familiarity with the material that inspired Dylan, and have heard, say, Blood On The Tracks, I don't see how it's possible that anyone could say such a thing. Unless they are hopelessly ignorant of the topic, that is.So, have you heard those records, or not? And you actually believe yr statement that Dylan couldn't carry a tune is musically defensible?
The time period around Blood on the Tracks brought out some of Dylan's best singing. I can hear in my mind's eye (ear) all the different intonations he puts into the chorus of Idiot Wind. Although Joan Baez does an interesting and pretty Lily. Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts, it is Dylan's way with the song that holds your interest for almost 10 minutes.And from about the same time, Dylan's performance of "Sara" on Desire. There are a lot of other examples where Dylan does an appropriate sing performance of his own songs. A lot of the covers are worthy (my very favorite cover of a Dylan song is Percy's Song performed by Fairport Convention) Dylan clearly knew what he meant when he wrote a particular song.
favorites also. The Byrds did more great covers than anyone IMO but there are too many by too many people to list.
Baez's "Farewell Angelina", as mentioned above, ranks up there though.
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Fairport might be the second best Dylan cover band.
Because you have the awareness of a turnip. Regards,
... is that rock (or folk) is not about having a "good" voice. It's about having an effective voice for the material. Tony Bennett has a better voice than Mick Jagger, but can you imagine him singing "Satisfaction"? Dylan's voice, at least when he was young, was perfectly edgy, sarcastic, vengeful, accusatory. Try to imagine Sinatra or Sarah Vaughn, or even Roger McGuinn delivering the "Do you, Mister Jones?" line. It would sound silly.
arguing over the quality of Dylan's pipes. Hey, we all have our opinions. For example, I wouldn't even consider listening to Jagger and the Stones' version of Satisfaction when I can hear Otis Redding get it across with soul :-)
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Well, I'd never say that Dylan has a great voice. Neither did Billie Holiday. It's what they did with what they had that I consider important. However, I reject the idea as expressed by Mike that Dylan couldn't carry a tune. That's just flat-out ridiculous.
You are unaware that Dylan is one of the most expressive singers to
ever walk the planet. His singing tells you what the songs mean. His
mastery of inflection makes listening to him almost a telepathic
experience; he's not a didactic kind of guy. Regards,
Sinead Lohan
Any of Joan Baez's covers
Neil Young-- All Along the Watchtower
There are thousands it seems.....
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all the best,
mrh
on a CD called Storytellers from BBC 2. Grapevine label GRACD298. That seems to be totally unavailable. You can get it on this collection though.
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