Various Artists – Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan, Vol. 11

Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan, Vol. 11: Lookin’ For a New Friend

Happy new year, fellow Dylan cover fans! Volume 9 of this series featured songs that hadn’t been covered in the first eight sets. To kick off the second season of NSD, this one features artists who have not previously appeared in this series. One special note: track 5, “I Thew it All Away” performed by Paul Kelly, comes from a KCRW special called “Oh Merci!”, hosted by John Wesley Harding, on Dylan’s birthday in 1993. My friend Bob taped about 30 minutes of it, from which I’ve culled this track–but if anyone has the full show, please share it!

And while I’m making requests, here’s another, for Randall (in memory of his friend Mike): can someone send me a lossless version of Bruce Springsteen’s performance of “Forever Young” at the John Hammond tribute show? Randall gave me an MP3 version, and it’s beautifully heartfelt; I’d love to include a lossless version in a later volume of this series.

That’s it for now. Please keep the suggestions and files coming! As always, thanks to the tapers, the original uploaders, the folks who’ve sent me recordings, the fine artists who’ve created cover artwork, and especially the performers and composer. Due to the many different sources, I am not including lineages. I have done nothing to the original files but normalize the levels and fade in and out on each track (using Cool Edit). Enjoy!

01 Highway 61 Revisited – The Long Ryders (May 11, 1985, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA)
02 Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (Mar 19, 2006, KEXP, Seattle, WA)
03 I’ll Keep it With Mine – Marianne Faithfull (Jun 30, 1999, Modernes, Bremen, Germany)
04 Girl From the North Country – Pete Townshend (Aug 15, 1998, Max Yasgur’s Farm, Bethel, NY)
05 I Threw it All Away – Paul Kelly (May 24, 1993, Oh Merci! special, KCRW, Santa Monica, CA)
06 You’re a Big Girl Now – Todd Snider (Sep 17, 2006, Canal Street Tavern, Dayton, OH)
07 You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go – Shawn Colvin (Nov 29, 2006, Union Chapel, London)
08 Don’t Think Twice – Steve Young (Jun 14, 1991, Community Theatre, Berkeley, CA)
09 Sweetheart Like You – Guy Davis (Nov 5, 2006, Lage Vuursche, Furs, Netherlands)
10 Queen Jane Approximately – Henry Kaiser (Aug 27, 1994, Fukuoka Dome, Fukuoka, Japan)
11 Oh Sister – Black Crowes (2-15-97, Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands )
12 The Man in Me – My Morning Jacket (Jun 18, 2004, Brown-Forman Ampitheatre, Louisville, KY)
13 Man of Peace – Holmes Brothers (Apr 12, 2001, Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON)
14 I Shall Be Released – Kevn Kinney with Edwin McCain
15 Forever Young – Southside Johnny and Little Steven (Nov 21, 1993, WXRK-FM Studios, New York, NY)
16 Blowin’ in the Wind – Carlos Santana and Friends w/Steve Winwood (Jul 15, 2004, Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland)