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
Join in, won't you?
This is a good one. Jason/Scorchers and Fairport are excellent versions.
ReplyDeleteOff 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.
ReplyDeleteA Hard Rain by Edie Brickell. I enjoyed the cover. Curse Paul Simon for whatever he has done with her.
ReplyDeleteHere's some of my favs;
ReplyDeleteJoan 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:
ReplyDelete"From A Buick 6" - Died Pretty (great little-known 80s Aussie band.)
I like Lulu's cover of "The Mighty Quinn".
ReplyDeleteC'mon, no one's gonna mention Sonny and Cher's "All I Wanna Do"?
ReplyDeleteAnd 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.
ReplyDeleteI love Manfred Mann's "Mighty Quinn", also.
I'm going with these threeL
ReplyDeletePercy's Song- Fairport Convention
I Want You--Cyril Neville
Mississippi-- Dixie Chicks
YES THAT'S RIGHT, THE DIXIE CHICKS!