Well, I see my cocaine stash is getting dangerously low, so my posting will be sporadic until I get in touch with Larry Kudlow's former dealer. In the meantime, here's a fun project for you guys.
Best Dylan Covers That Aren't By The Byrds or the Band!
My totally top of my head Top Eleven (in no particular order):
1. "Absolutely Sweet Marie" -- Jason and the Scorchers
2, "The Mighty Quinn" -- Manfred Mann
3. "Love Minus Zero (No Limit)" -- Eric Clapton (live at the 30th Anniversary concert)
4. "Chimes of Freedom" -- Bruce Springsteen
5. " Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" -- Neil Young (also live at the 30th Anniversary concert)
6. "Percy's Song" -- Fairport Convention
7. "If Not For You" -- George Harrison
8. "It Ain't Me Babe" -- The Turtles
9. "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" -- Them
10. "All Along the Watchtower" -- Jimi Hendrix.
11. "I'll Keep It With Mine" -- Nico
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This is a good one. Jason/Scorchers and Fairport are excellent versions.
Off the top of my own head:
Blowin' In The Wind - Stevie Wonder
Ballad Of A Thin Man - Robyn Hitchcock (as well as all of his Dylan covers)
Hurricane - Ani DiFranco
I Threw It All Away - Yo La Tengo
Mama, You Been On My Mind - Rod Stewart
Maggie's Farm - The Specials
If You Gotta Go (Si Tu Dois Partir) - Fairport Convention
If You Gotta Go, Go Now - Cowboy Junkies
Girl From The North Country - The Waterboys
Highway 61 Revisited - PJ Harvey
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - Echo & The Bunnymen
Like A Rolling Stone - The Remains
We also vote for Jimmy's version of Watchtower here.
A Hard Rain by Edie Brickell. I enjoyed the cover. Curse Paul Simon for whatever he has done with her.
Here's some of my favs;
Joan Baez - Simple Twist of Fate
Susan Tedeschi - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Joe Cocker - Watching the River Flow & I Shall Be Released
Harry Nilsson - Subterranean Homesick Blues
Buckwheat Zydeco - On a Night Like This
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones - Girl From the North Country
Etta James - Gotta Serve Somebody
And the most bizarre cover has got to be William Shatner's "Mr. Tambourine Man"
Here's an obscure one, but one I like nonetheless:
"From A Buick 6" - Died Pretty (great little-known 80s Aussie band.)
I like Lulu's cover of "The Mighty Quinn".
C'mon, no one's gonna mention Sonny and Cher's "All I Wanna Do"?
And didn't the Animals do a cover of "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" as well?
Jimi's version of "Rolling Stone" at Monterey pop.
I love Manfred Mann's "Mighty Quinn", also.
I'm going with these threeL
Percy's Song- Fairport Convention
I Want You--Cyril Neville
Mississippi-- Dixie Chicks
YES THAT'S RIGHT, THE DIXIE CHICKS!
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