Jim James and Calexico: Goin’ to Acapulco
Originating from the Basement Tapes, this haunting version appears on I’m Not There, the 2007 biopic of his Bobness. And a strange old clip it is.
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Rosanne Cash: Girl from the North Country
Rolling Stone said: ‘Dylan’s good friend Johnny Cash famously duetted with him on this folk ballad for Nashville Skyline in 1969. Cash also included the Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan number on a list of “essential” country … Continue readingRosanne Cash: Girl from the North Country
Johnny Thunders: Joey
A real curio, this. Complete with false start when his guitar falls off, Thunders covers the Dylan song from 1975’s Desire album live on Irish TV. When the presenter says … Continue readingJohnny Thunders: Joey
Return to the Black Museum
IT’S been a few months since I wrote about the Black Museum, a dog-eared paper collection of howlers perpetrated by reporters and intercepted by sub-editors. So let’s pay another visit to the … Continue readingReturn to the Black Museum
Linda Ronstadt: I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
Two years after it appeared on Dylan’s John Wesley Harding album, luscious Linda recorded this song for her debut solo album Hand Sewn . . . Home Grown.
Roger McGuinn: Up To Me
This is one of my favourite Dylan songs: ‘In 14 months I’ve only smiled once and I didn’t do it consciously.’ It was recorded during the Blood on the Tracks sessions but left off … Continue readingRoger McGuinn: Up To Me
Nico/Fairport Convention: I’ll Keep It With Mine
Two versions of a Dylan classic, featuring two of my favourite chantoosies. First we have Nico, from her wonderful 1967 debut solo album Chelsea Girl. And then Sandy Denny leading … Continue readingNico/Fairport Convention: I’ll Keep It With Mine
Lou Reed: Foot of Pride
This song was an outtake from Bob Dylan’s 1983 album Infidels. It appeared on bootlegs and was Reed’s choice to perform at a 1992 New York tribute to Dylan nicknamed … Continue readingLou Reed: Foot of Pride
The Byrds: Mr Tambourine Man
Slotting neatly into our Dylan covers series, a tribute to David Crosby, who has died aged 81. He was a founder member of the Byrds, who took this song to … Continue readingThe Byrds: Mr Tambourine Man
Richard Hell and the Voidoids: Going, Going, Gone
Continuing our season of Dylan covers, this is taken from his 1974 album Planet Waves. It was recorded by Hell eight years later – the guitarists are Ivan Julian and … Continue readingRichard Hell and the Voidoids: Going, Going, Gone