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10 Top Dylan Covers
12:33 PM GMT 27/10/2010
Bouncing off the 17-page Bob Dylan bonanza in this month's issue of the magazine, we've compiled a list of Dylan songs as recorded by some of his biggest fans. From The Byrds to Calexico, Jimi Hendrix to Madeleine Peyroux, they've all managed to tap into Dylan's genius and add something of their own. There are, of course, many more that we could have included - at least five more Byrds covers, and Nick Cave's rambunctious Wanted Man, for a start - but for now we begin with the jingle-jangle of a 12-string Rickenbacker...
The Byrds - Mr Tambourine Man (1965)
Recorded at the beginning of 1965, The Byrds' electric take on Dylan's classic tale turned into the quintessential folk rock Number 1. Roger McGuinn's 12-string Rickenbacker intro is still ringing out today.
Jim James & Calexico - Goin' To Acapulco (2007)
Best track off the recent soundtrack to I'm Not There, Todd Haynes' multiple-Bob crypto-biopic. My Morning Jacket's Jim James does a beautiful job of emulating the uncanny keen of Dylan/Danko/Manuel in harness. Why a giraffe? Why not?
Joan Baez - Love Is A Four Letter Word (2005)
One of the best Dylan impressionists in the world, Bob's Greenwich Village confidante recorded this track for her 1968 album Any Day Now. Here she is performing the song in her kitchen for Martin Scorsese's No Direction Home.
Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower (1970)
Hendrix loved, loved, loved Bob Dylan. So much so that he arguably arranged the definitive version of this song, performed here at the Isle Of Wight Festival in 1970.
Madeleine Peyroux - You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (2004)
Playful, erotic jazz-vocal saunter around Blood On The Tracks' blast of sunshine. What next, Diana Krall does Idiot Wind?
The Band - I Shall Be Released (1970)
The Band were the hirsute Woodstock hermits who accompanied Dylan on his infamous 1966 tour. With a gorgeously cracked vocal from Richard Manuel, their take on this twilit hymn was included on their game-changing debut Music From Big Pink.
Julie Driscoll & The Brian Auger Trinity - This Wheel's On Fire (1968)
Gothic take on the moody Basement Tapes tune, with eyeliner to spare: the version that inspired Siouxsie Sioux. Dig the over-literal homage to Marcel Duchamp, but why aren't they actually on fire?
Johnny Cash & June Carter - It Ain't Me Babe
In 1965, It Ain't Me Babe became a hit for both Cash and The Turtles. Here is the late country legend performing the song with his wife June.
O.V. Wright - Blowin' In The Wind (1969)
There's a brilliant new Ace compilation called How Many Roads, full of Dylan songs as recorded by some of the finest black musicians in America. Wright's soul reawakening is one of the highlights.
Manfred Mann - Mighty Quinn (1968)
This joyous pop anthem gave Manfred Mann their third UK Number 1 when it was released during the winter of 1968. Check out Beatle pal Klaus Voorman on woodwind and bass.
And the worst?
Compiled and annotated by Ross Bennett and Danny Eccleston
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 12:33 PM GMT 27/10/2010
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pff forgot jeff tweedy doing simple twist of fate!
Posted by Scud at 5:42 PM GMT 27/10/2010 Report Abuse
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No "Mama You Been On My Mind" by Rod Stewart or "Up to Me" by Roger McGuinn? INVALID LIST.
Posted by Johnny Bacardi at 12:16 AM GMT 28/10/2010 Report Abuse
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For me, the exclusion of Emmylou Harris' version of Every Grain of Sand is an inexcusable oversight.
Posted by Mike Mueller at 1:40 AM GMT 28/10/2010 Report Abuse
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I can't believe that you left off Bryan Ferry's "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues," "The Times They Are A-Changin'," and "Postitively 4th Street." For that matter, just about any of the covers on his "Dylanesque" CD would be great here. He has the best covers of Dylan that I've ever heard.
Posted by Tom13901 at 1:47 AM GMT 28/10/2010 Report Abuse
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Also, how bout a list of the songs that the great man himself ought to cover?
Here are a few songs I'd love to hear Bob sing:
1. Come Together - The Beatles
2. Into My Arms - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
3. The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
4. Sinaloa Cowboys - Bruce Springsteen
5. Stringman - Neil Young
6. Nobody Home - Pink Floyd
7. Send in the Clowns - Stephen Sondheim
8. This Old Road - Kris Kristofferson
9. All I Ask - Crowded House
10. Bird on a Wire - Leonard Cohen
Posted by Mike Mueller at 1:55 AM GMT 28/10/2010 Report Abuse
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Joe Cocker: Just Like A Woman!
Posted by swlabr at 12:37 PM GMT 28/10/2010 Report Abuse
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Pffft, indeed. No Fairport Convention? I'll Keep It With Mine or Percy's Song, pick one (I'd pick both, of course) should squeeze one or two of the lesser "bests" out of this list.
Posted by StealthHuman at 6:47 PM GMT 28/10/2010 Report Abuse
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No Robyn Hitchcock???
Posted by taiken408 at 8:35 PM GMT 28/10/2010 Report Abuse
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Them, "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
Posted by Colleen at 10:03 PM GMT 28/10/2010 Report Abuse
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Hey, this "and the worst?" is the best..! Pretty good imitation of Bob's 2000's stage presence..! I want this guy to perform in my new year's eve party. But he'll must find a shorter wig..
Posted by delta dave at 12:32 AM GMT 29/10/2010 Report Abuse
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Great list, but where is Joe Cocker???
And I recommend a brazilian version of Joker Man, with Caetano Veloso.
Posted by Flávia Ribeiro at 2:14 PM GMT 31/10/2010 Report Abuse
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Neko Case - Buckets Of Rain
Posted by Me at 2:20 PM GMT 31/10/2010 Report Abuse
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I cannot believe that you left off the BEST cover of a Dylan song I have ever heard...unless you didn't have a video for it...the cover of" Girl from the North Country", by Jim James, M. Ward and Conor Oberst, from the July 2005 Mojo "Dylan Covered" free CD. Was there a video of the live performance??
Posted by Rod Geddes at 5:07 PM GMT 31/10/2010 Report Abuse
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The Specials: Maggies Farm
Posted by Anonymous at 1:29 PM GMT 01/11/2010 Report Abuse
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Nickel Creek - Tomorrow is a Long Time. Damned good.
Posted by Net Dork Yacht at 5:15 AM GMT 03/11/2010 Report Abuse
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My two cents:
"Just Like a Woman" by The Brothers and Sisters (a gospel choir out of Los Angeles that recorded a whole album of Dylan covers in the early 70's for Lou Adler's ODE label)
"You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" by The Byrds. More than their other Dylan covers, this one is especially significant as it "invites Bob over to play" with country music. Notice that, for a variety of reasons, Bob's albums were a lot more country tinged after The Byrds put out SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO.
Posted by Rev. Joe at 12:12 PM GMT 03/11/2010 Report Abuse
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What! No "Public Execution" by Mouse & the Traps? Beats Burl Ives' version paws down.
Posted by Steve Harvey at 3:36 PM GMT 03/11/2010 Report Abuse
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Rodney Crowell's duet with Emmylou Harris of "Shelter From the Storm"
Posted by Rocky Dijohn at 1:26 PM GMT 05/11/2010 Report Abuse
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Marc Carral......Masters of War ??????????
Posted by Trevor Churcher at 3:03 PM GMT 05/11/2010 Report Abuse
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Nico: I'll Keep It With Mine. I'll take that over Joan Baez any day.
Posted by Jeremy Shatan at 3:03 PM GMT 05/11/2010 Report Abuse
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However, kudos for including the perpetually underrated O.V. Wright!
Posted by Jeremy Shatan at 3:15 PM GMT 05/11/2010 Report Abuse
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A well thought out list, Joan Baez's best Dylan interpretation I think is also Love is Just a Four-Letter Word. Other Dylan covers I think are great are Ramblin' Jack Elliott's version of Don't Think Twice It's Alright, Rage Against the Machine: Maggie's Farm, Arlo Guthrie: When the Ship Comes In, Super Session album track: It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry, and The Animals did a decent version of It's All Over Now Baby Blue.
To be honest I think there are only a handful of covers better than the originals, three are in the Mojo list. Nothing compares to the original Dylan versions, especially Knockin' On Heaven's Door.
Posted by Jason at 3:56 AM GMT 06/11/2010 Report Abuse
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Like Mike Mueller I've thought for a while how much fun it would be to hear Dylan or, in my case, a Dylan impressionist with an evil sense of humor, to cover some select numbers. I would suggest The Beach Boys' "I Get Around" or The Delfonics' "Didn't I Blow Your Mind"
Posted by Howling Rabbit at 12:04 PM GMT 06/11/2010 Report Abuse
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The Staple Singers' cover of "Hard Rain A'Gonna Fall." Notwithstanding the included "I Shall Be Released," this is my favorite Dylan cover. Pops' guitar plunks along the whole time with this cool off-beat root, chord, fifth, chord; it's like a polka rhythm played a half-beat off. And then they sing...
Posted by Padre at 3:28 PM GMT 10/11/2010 Report Abuse
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RE: Mike Mueller
Oh yeah, Emmylou is certainly one of greatest interpreters of song. Simply haunting; And, hauntingly simple. She taps into the Dylan vibe and leaves you feeling satisfied. A true tribute.
Posted by Mark Collins at 3:38 AM GMT 11/11/2010 Report Abuse
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Byrds version of My Back Pages...and Rod doing Tomorrow is a Long Time,Leon Russells version of Hard Rain...
Posted by 1971 at 4:01 PM GMT 12/11/2010 Report Abuse
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Byrds version of My Back Pages...and Rod doing Tomorrow is a Long Time,Leon Russells version of Hard Rain...
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Odetta,"Don't Think Twice, It's Alright"
great cover. Also Judy Collins "Masters of War" off of the last Mojo cd was wonderful.
Posted by Anonymous at 4:29 PM GMT 13/11/2010 Report Abuse
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Odetta's "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright and Judy Collins' version of Masters of War" was great off of last Mojo Cd.
Posted by edward at 4:30 PM GMT 13/11/2010 Report Abuse
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Not a sound from The Neville Brothers..no "With God On Our Side"..no "The Ballad of Hollis Brown" ?? Then, it's all true then-'those not busy being born,are busy dying'. Yep.
Posted by bhutanpigsinspace at 7:12 AM GMT 14/11/2010 Report Abuse
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Not a sound from The Neville Brothers..no "With God On Our Side"..no "The Ballad of Hollis Brown" ?? Then, it's all true then-'those not busy being born,are busy dying'. Yep.
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What about Elvis ' "Tomorrow is a long time " ?
In the middle of his movies wilderness years , he comes up with this splendid version of a then unreleased / unknown
song .
Posted by herman van laar at 4:38 PM GMT 18/11/2010 Report Abuse
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Changing of the Guard (Dylan cover)
Dislocation Blues
Chris Whitley & Jeff Lang
Posted by Anonymous at 9:31 AM GMT 11/01/2011 Report Abuse
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Gotta love Frank Blacks version of Stuck inside of Mobile, featured on the MOJO Dylan Covers disk!
Posted by Joe at 12:57 PM GMT 04/03/2011 Report Abuse
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What about the Gene Clark version of " Mr.Tambourine Man" from one of his later solo albums ? Absolutely wonderful treatment of this song and including all the lyrics which were missed off the Byrds version ( which he also sang on ).
Posted by Terry Wilson at 11:50 PM GMT 05/03/2011 Report Abuse
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"If I Had To Do It All Again I'd Do It Over You" as covered by Paul Revere and the Raiders in the latter day phase of their career. Even released it as a single.
Posted by Steve Harvey at 3:15 AM GMT 06/03/2011 Report Abuse
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If you haven't heard Tim Hockenberry's Boots of Spanish Leather, it's well worth a listen.
Posted by BD at 4:38 AM GMT 11/10/2011 Report Abuse
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Can't forget Eddie Vedder's "Master of War"
Posted by Ralph at 6:14 AM GMT 15/01/2012 Report Abuse
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Can't forget Eddie Vedder's "Masters of War"
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