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Various Artists – Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan, Volume 12
Various Artists
Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan, Vol. 12: Sad Eyed Ladies and Wanted Men (Version 2)
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Note for version 2: Well, that was quick. Apparently, the version of “Baby Blue” I included was officially released, so here’s a different, later one, followed by the same track list as before. Hopefully, this one will fly.
Original notes: OK folks, here’s the latest and greatest from the NSD Laboratories. I count seven new songs that have not appeared in previous volumes, and eight new artists. The rest, of course, are new combinations of ingredients we’ve used before. For those of you who’ve asked: I don’t know how many more volumes there will be–I’ll keep ’em coming til I run out of covers or time.
Here’s a repeat request from last time: can anyone get me a lossless version of Bruce Springsteen’s beautiful rendition of “Forever Young” from the John Hammond memorial show? I’d love to include it in a later volume of this series. And somebody out there (Persic, perhaps?) must have the John Wesley Harding-hosted KCRW special “Oh Merci!” from 1993–share it please!
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 It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
Grateful Dead (Apr 14, 1984, Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA)
02 Go ‘Way Little Boy
Lone Justice (Jan 25, 1985, The Stone, San Francisco, CA)
03 Wanted Man
Jon Langford (Mar 19, 2004, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL)
04 Mississippi
Donna the Buffalo (Sep 18, 2004, Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte NC)
05 Blind Willie McTell
Tom Russell and Barrence Whitfield (Jan 25, 1995, Johnny D’s, Somerville, MA)
06 Senor (Tales of Yankee Power)
Calexico (Dec 8, 2006, Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA)
07 Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues
Robyn Hitchcock and the Minus 5 (Jul 10, 2006, Dingwalls, London)
08 Most Likely You Go Your Way and I Go Mine
Black Crowes (Oct 25, 2005, The Fillmore, Denver CO)
09 License to Kill – The Waterboys (Feb 19 1984, Batschkapp Club, Frankfurt, Germany)
10 Chimes of Freedom
McGuinn, Hillman and Clark (Sep 9, 1979, Calderone Theater, Long Island, NY)
11 Buckets of Rain
Phil Lesh and Friends with Joan Osborne (Feb 12, 2006, Beacon Theater, New York, NY)
12 Spanish Harlem Incident
Yonder Mountain String Band (Oct 6, 2005, Showbox, Seattle, WA)
13 Wallflower
Buddy and Julie Miller (May 28, 2000, Camp Mather, Yosemite, CA)
14 Paths of Victory
Cat Power (May 14, 1999, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA)
15 Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands
The Walkabouts (Jan 19, 2001, Experience Music Project, Seattle, WA)
16 Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
Bruce Springsteen and Wolfgang Niedecken (Jul 9, 1995 Cafe Eckstein, Berlin, Germany)
17 If You Gotta Go, Go Now
Cowboy Junkies (Apr 30, 1989, Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA)
Various Artists – Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan, Vols. 1-2
Various Artists
Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan – Varied Artists Vol. 01-02
(There are a total of #40 Volumes.)
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Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan
The Dylan Covers, Vol. 1
Various Artists
As Columbia Records once advertised, “Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan.” Still, I always love to hear Dylan covers. Whenever one pops up, at a show or online, I listen attentively for something new the singer might bring to the song. For the last few years, I’ve been collecting them via bit torrent with an eye toward making a compilation. Here is the first volume of what may be many, if there is interest, and if I can find the time and energy. For now, I’ve avoided the Dead, the Byrds and some other usual suspects, but they may appear later. I have sequenced this for flow; total running time is 78:00. I’ve put the two longest tracks at the end, so those of you who don’t like jams or have short attention spans can avoid them. I haven’t done any artwork, but if there are any frustrated album cover designers out there, I would love to have some.
Due to the many different sources, I am not including lineages; soundboards and FMs have an asterisk, the rest are very good to excellent audience recordings. I have done nothing to the original files but normalize the levels and fade in and out on each track (using Cool Edit). Thanks, of course, to the tapers, and to the original uploaders. Enjoy! JS
- Everything is Broken – Neil Young (10-28-89, Shoreline Amp., Mtn View, CA)
- Dark Eyes – Alejandro Escovedo (10-1-04, Texas Union Hall, Austin, TX)*
- When the Ship Comes In – Billy Bragg (9-26-05, Talking Bob Dylan Blues The Barbican Theatre, London)*
- Hard Rain – Big Country w/Eddi Reader (5-31-99, Glasgow SECC, Glasgow, Scotland)*
- Ring them Bells – Warren Zevon (10-13-96, The Bluebird, Denver, CO)
- The Groom’s Still Waiting at the Alter – Steve Wynn (7-27-05, Molly Malone’s Irish Pub, Los Angeles)*
- When I Paint My Masterpiece – Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, and Gillian Welch (10-6-06, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, Golden Gate Gate Park, San Francisco, CA)
- Girl From the North Country – The Eels (5-9-05, Morning Becomes Eclectic, KCRW – Santa Monica, CA)*
- Love Minus Zero – Ron Sexsmith (10-24-97, The Milky Way, Amsterdam)*
- Highway 61 Revisted – World Party (7-12-93, Summer Stage, Central Park, New York)
- Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again – Soft Boys (October 27, 2002 ,The Mercury Lounge, NYC)
- Fourth Time Around – Calexico (7-9-03 Zeltival am Tollhaus, Karlsruhe, Germany)*
- Positively Fourth Street – X (8-2-86, The Ritz, New York City)*
- Queen Jane Approximately – Mojave 3 (4-17-96, Morning Becomes Eclectic, KCRW – Santa Monica, CA)*
- Hurricane – Phish (8-16-97, Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, ME)*
- Blind Willie McTell – Mick Taylor (9-16-00, Jack Legg’s, Nashville, TN)*
Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan
The Dylan Covers, Vol. 2
Various Artists (Audience Recordings)
As Columbia Records once advertised, “Nobody Sings Dylan Like Dylan.” Still, I always love to hear Dylan covers. Whenever one pops up, at a show or online, I listen attentively for something new the singer might bring to the song. For the last few years, I’ve been collecting them via bit torrent with an eye toward making a compilation. Here is the second volume of what may be many, if there is continued interest, and if I can find the time and energy.
This time out, I have taken the advice of CHerrmann57, who suggested I segregate audience from soundboard recordings on separate volumes. Quality is generally VG to Exc, though not as good as the audience recordings on the previous volume. (Next up will be a ’70s volume, which will probably be all soundboard or FM recordings.) I have again sequenced this for flow rather than any sort of chronology; total running time is about 78 minutes. I’ve again put the long tracks at the end, so those of you who don’t like jams or have short attention spans can avoid them. I haven’t done any artwork, but again humbly request that if there are any frustrated album cover designers out there, have at it; pdiamond did a nice job last time!
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). Thanks, of course, to the tapers, and to the original uploaders. Enjoy! JS
- Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You – Gillian Welch and David Rawlings (7-29-04, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, England)
- One Too Many Mornings – David Gray (3-13-06, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO)
- Girl From the North Country – Robert Plant (10-24-02, Octagon Centre, Sheffield, England)
- Tomorrow is a Long Time – Ben Harper (2-9-01, Jorgenson Auditorium, Storrs, CT)
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – Matt Nathanson (2-22-05, Chris Knutzen Hall, University Center, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma WA)
- I Thew it All Away – Lloyd Cole (12-27-01, Joe’s Pub, New York City)
- Buckets of Rain – Beth Orton and M Ward (9-30-03, Cafe Largo, Los Angeles)
- I’ll Keep it With Mine – Yo La Tengo w/ David Mansfield (12-30-05, Maxwell’s, Hoboken NJ
- Gates of Eden – Robyn Hitchcock (3-26-05, Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ)
- License to Kill – Cowboy Junkies (8-16-05, Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA)
- It’s All Right Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) – Roger McGuinn (10-05-06, S¯nderborghus, S¯nderborg, Denmark)
- Isis – The White Stripes (6-27-03, Coca-Cola Bricktown Event Center, Oklahoma City, OK)
- It Takes a Lot to Laugh – Joe Ely (12-31-05, La Zona Rosa, Austin, TX)
- Knockin on Heaven’s Door – Tom Petty (8-27-05, Greek Theater, Berkeley, CA)
- Like a Rolling Stone – Phil and Trey (10-29-06, Vegoose, Las Vegas, NV)
- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue – Echo and the Bunnymen (12-5-85, SFX Hall, Dublin, Ireland)
- Farewell Angelina – Jeff Buckley (4-5-92, Roulette Club, New York City)
Cowboy Junkies – Shows by Date
1994.01.30 – Sausalito, CA
Cowboy Junkies – Sausalito, CA – KFOG (01/30/94)
Cowboy Junkies
The Plant, Sausalito, CA
January 30, 1994
KFOG-FM
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01. Introduction
02. Black Eyed Man
03. White Sail
04. Interview
05. Anniversary Song
06. Sun Comes Up It’s Tuesday Morning
07. Interview
08. Pale Sun
09. Lungs
10. Interview
11. Floor Board Blues
12. Outro
Various Artists – Covering Townes Van Zandt
Various Artists
Covering Townes Van Zandt
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A Song For Jeroen
Te Loo & Jan VD Linden
(Tribute @ Willem Shertogenbosch-NL-2002-01-06)
None But The Rain
Mary Chapin Carpenter & John Carroll
(Cactus Cafe-Austin-TX-1991-06-29)
Sixteen Summers, Fifteen Falls
Stuart A.Staples
(Beggards Banqut-Paris-France-2006-06-16)
When She Don’t Need Me
Kristoffer Astrom
(Jarihapalainen Sessions-xx-xx-2000)
High Low And In Between
James Sarsgaard
(Current Gallery-Baltimore-MD-2007-01-20)
Where I Lead Me
Eric Taylor with Kelly Joe Phelps
(Bluebird Cafe-Austin-TX-2001-10-02)
Tower Song
Alejandro Escovedo
(Tin Angel-Philadelphia-2000-09-11)
Rex’s Blues
Jolie Holland & Kerry Lamprecht
(WFMU radio-2011-06-27)
Only Him Or Me
Mikel Miller
(Whitehorse-Alaska-xx-xx-1988)
No Place To Fall
Ad VanderVeen
(tribute @ Willem 2-‘sHertogenbosch-NL-2002-01-06)
Snake Song
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan
(Gagarin-Athens-Greece-2012-12-12)
Snow Don’t Fall
John Gorka
(In The Woods-Lage Vuursche-NL2008-10-27)
Snowin’ On Raton
Tom Russell with Nanci Griffith
(Third & Lindsey-Nashville-TN2010-06-17)
Be Here To Love Me
Band Of Heathens
(Mucky Duck-Houston-TX-2009-11-25)
Why She’s Acting This Way
J.T.van Zandt
(Tribute @ Willem 2-‘sHertogenbosch-NL-2002-01-06)
Kathleen
Tindersticks
(de Melkweg-Amsterdam-NL-1995-02-14)
Highway Kind
Ben Weaver
(Co-‘doooooor-Vlissingen-NL-xx-xx-2011)
Flyin’ Shoes
Robert Earl Keen
(Magnolia Avenue Studios-St Louis-MO-2010-11-02)
I’ll Be Here In The Morning
Mark Erelli
(Hotel de Wereld-Wageningen-NL-2007-02-24)
Nothin’
Calvin Russell
(de Melkweg-Amsterdam-NL-1994-04-20)
Sad Cinderella
EmmyLou Harris with David Bromberg
(WBAI sadio-New York-NY-1970-xx-xx)
Second Lovers Song
Neal Smeltser
(Treasures In The Bakery-Richmond-WI-2000-xx-xx)
Snake Mountain Blues
Chris Eckman & the Friction
(Gun Club-Belgrade-Serbia-2011-12-09)
Still Looking For You
Richard Buckner
(Rudyards-Houston-TX-1999-11-23)
Tecumseh Valley
Nanci Griffith
(Royal Albert Hall-London-UK-1994-10-11)
Waiting Around To Die
Be Good Tanya’s
(Colston Hall-Bristol-UK-2006-11-22)
Black Jack Mama
Dedringers
(Saxon Pub-Austin-TX-2006-08-07)
Blaze’s Blues
Hayes Carll
(Continantal Club-Austin-TX-2007-02-03)
Brand New Companion
Steve Earle with John Sebastian
(Bearsville Theater-Bearsville-NY-2011-09-02)
Harm’s Swift Way
Robert Plant & the Band Of Joy
(Orpheum Theater-Memphis-TN-2010-07-13)
Loretta
Ray LaMontagne
(Beacon Theater-New York-NY-2009-11-10)
If I Needed You
Ben Kyle & Carrie Rodriguez
(Cultureel Centrum-Leopoldsburg-Begium-2010-10-10)
Cowboy Junkies Lament
Cowboy Junkies
(Music Farm-Charleston-SC-2000-02-20)
Pancho & Lefty
Richard Dobson & Band
(SBD-Mettmann-Germany-1991-06-15)
For the Sake Of The Song
Danny Schmidt
(In The Woods-Lage Vuurschse-NL-2009-02-10)
Lovers Lullaby
Michael Weston King
(MusicStar-Hamburg-Germany-2010-06-03)
Colorado Girl
Lucero
(Howard’s-Bowling Green-OH-2008-08-05)
To Live Is To Fly
Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses
(Gruene Hall-Gruene-TX-2007-09-09)
Two Hands
Felice Brothers
(Luminaire-London-UK-2007-11-30)
White Freightliner Blues
Lyle Lovett
(de Melkweg-Amsterdam-NL-2011-07-10)
Cover Me
Editors Note: Once again I originally wrote this post many years ago. I don’t know that I would pick these same songs were I to pick my favorite cover songs now. But these are all good choices. I haven’t thought about some of these songs in years, so this was a fun stroll down memory lane.
Top 10 Cover Songs
A few rules. To be a cover song the song could not have been written specifically for that artist. Therefore the Monkees “I’m a Believer” will not work because Neil Diamond wrote it for their TV show. Likewise, Neil Diamond’s version of that song doesn’t count even though many think of it as a cover, because well, he wrote it. To count for my list the cover has to be of an already generally known song. So Jimmy Hendrix’s version of “Hey Joe” doesn’t count. Because there’s a dispute over who actually wrote the song and whoever heard the versions by any of those guys?
1. Satisfaction by Otis Redding.
Original by the Rolling Stones
Many people consider the Devo version to be a much better cover, and I totally dig it too, but Otis just blows it away. He’s got that killer Otis soul, jumping rhythm and even horns! Keith Richards has been quoted as saying the Otis version is how he meant the song to sound.
2. All Along the Watchtower by Jimi Hendrix.
Original by Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan himself changed his way of playing this song after he heard Hendrix
3. I Will by Alison Krauss.
Original by the Beatles
We played this song at our wedding. It’s a beautiful McCartney number slowed down, and sung even more beautifully by Ms. Krauss.
4. Sweet Jane by Cowboy Junkies.
Original by the Velvet Underground
I actually prefer Lou Reed’s solo live versions of this song more than the original Velvet Underground’s studio recording. But the Junkies make what is a rowdy, dirty rock and roller into a softer, peaceful lullaby.
5. Not Fade Away by the Grateful Dead.
Original by Buddy Holly
Buddy Holly’s sweet rockabilly tune is turned on its head by the masters of jam. Often the Dead would churn this tune into a grinding 15-minute spectacle.
6. RESPECT by Aretha Franklin
Original by Otis Redding
Aretha gets back at Otis here. Otis does some amazing vocals on his version, but Aretha takes it a step further and nails it on its head.
7. Cold, Cold Heart by Norah Jones
Original by Hank Williams
Norah turns this forlorn country song into a sultry, sexy croon.
8. Stardust by Willie Nelson.
Original by Hoagy Carmichael
Transforming a huge big band tune into its most simplistic melody Willie Nelson makes this song his own.
09. Bizarre Love Triangle by Frente
Original by New Order
The orignal was a big dance hit, but Frente break it down into a beautiful acoustic number.
10. Hurt by Johnny Cash
Original by Nine Inch Nails
The heartbreaking video adds a lot of texture to this version but in the end, it’s Johnny Cash’s voice that brings out more meaning into this song than ever meant by Trent Reznor.
There are certainly many more great covers out there that I thought of and didn’t think of that could have been included. I tried to pick songs that followed my mentioned rules and that broke away from the original. For instance, I think the harmonies on CSN’s version of “Blackbird” elevate it far above the Beatles version, however, they didn’t make it a different song and thus it wasn’t included. Got covers, not on my list? Comment them!