Top Ten Bob Dylan Covers (performances of his songs by others)- bonus edition

A lot of people have done Bobby Zimmerman's "Just Like a Woman."

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Thanks for posting on Getting to 3000 Together

Wow, Jim I dig your list, but I would like to fill the generation gap if I may

1. All Along The Watchtower - Dave Matthews Band - definately not what Hendrix did, but if you're ever at a show and they play this cover. 20,000 strong scream "No Reason To get Excited!" all at once...chill bumps!

2. Masters of War - Pearl Jam - Eddie Vedder - voice of a generation

3. I Believe in You - Cat Power -

4. Going to Acapulco - Jim James (My Morning Jacket) - From I'm Not There

5. Mama You've Been On My Mind - Jack Johnson - also heard a live recording where Jack but a Dylan poem to his own music. It was very complicated and kept messing up. He always insisted on starting from the begining because as he put it, "You don't mess up Dylan"

6. Don't Think Twice - Johnny Cash (not a generation gap there)

7. Ballad of a Thin Man - Grateful Dead (actually all Dead Versions)

That wore me out, had to stop at 7... Levin's 7
Fun stuff Jim!!

Thanks all! Christine, you are correct, of course. I just don't have any particular version that I listen to and love, other than Bob's (and mine, but I haven't recorded it...). Do you have any that you would recommend? I posted back on your content and on Beth's and Karen's.

Thanks Levin! I'll comment back on your own posts.

I haven't heard the Dave Matthews version of Watchtower, to my recollection, but I did see/hear parts of a documentary/concert recording of him and his band that I enjoyed a lot (I enjoyed everything I heard, but I only saw parts of it).

I only know Pearl Jam/Edddie Vedder by name and from reading guitar magazines. I'm 50 and my older son is 16- so far, my son hasn't gotten into PJ/EVedder and I just don't know much about them except press release stuff, not that this info turns me off, there's just a lot out there to listen to... (but I will listen now!)

I love Johnny Cash- I'm really into the American Recordings and Live at Folsom. I do have a CD of Cash/Dylan duets- I forget if it was recorded around the time of Nashville Skyline or some other time, but it's pretty good, I just haven't listened in a while.

The Grateful Dead are not my favorite, in the sense that I find their work very "up and down" in quality, but they can be great. I don't think I've heard this version (or not more than once...) for some reason.

Jack Johnson seems to echo in my memory, but I think it is more an awareness of an existence than any actual experience with the music. This will go "on the list."

I don't know Cat Power or Jim James (great name!) at all- more to check out.

Thanks for the recommendations!

Nice top ten list

No Peter, Paul & Mary covers on your list? Unbelievable . . . .

The Times They Are a-Changing
When the Ship Comes In
I Shall be Released
Anger in the Land
Blowing in the Wind

There must be more but it's midnight and I'm not firing on all cylinders just at the moment.

Jim, I did consider them, and almost added them, but, good or great as many of these are, they just weren't in my personal top 11. I don't have anything against them, though, and would be happy to listen to them "any ol' time," as JJ Cale might say. Thanks for the input!

Didn't mean to be snobbish or offensive. One should always resist impulse typing at midnight. Thanks for receiving my rude comment graciously.

Jim, thanks for the kind comment, but I really didn't think you were rude in the first place- these topics can be emotional because music means so much to us. No harm done!

Have you heard "Baby Blue" by Richie Havens? Not only one of my all-time favorite Dylan covers, but one of my favorites, period. Also, Mavis Staples doing ANY Dylan.

Grace R.

Gracie, I have heard the R. Havens version of Baby Blue and agree that it is top notch! He doesn't (seem to) receive a lot of attention these days, but should not be ignored.

Mavis Staples and her whole family are very talented and a joy to listen to. I don't listen to them as much as I should (since my kids grew up to be teenagers, I don't play my stereo very much any more: I listen instead to my iPOD, but only a fraction of my CDs are on the iPOD, and none of my LPs are there).

The end of The Last Waltz, with the Staples Singers performing The Weight, is astonishing. I recommend the DVD to anyone and everyone.

Thanks for the great suggestions!