Covering Bob Dylan

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Wed, 01/13/2021 - 5:30am to 7:00am
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Highlighting Dylan's words and music from other voices

For the last 60 years or so, Bob Dylan has been an amazing and prolific creator of words and music that will likely go on forever - a storyteller, a composer, a poet.  Some of his songs from yesterday fit well into today's state of affairs. 

Many other musicians have taken the challenge of interpreting his language, and you can hear some of them in this program.  Tune in and hear how Linda Ronstadt, Richie Havens, George Harrison, Odetta, Eliza Gilkyson and others handled Dylan compositions.  My instinct was to lead off with Jimi Hendrix and All Along the Watchtower, my favorite Dylan cover, but I couldn't hear it as folk music.  Also, I couldn't stop from including a couple of cuts from the man himself.  And there are a few songs written by other artists in this lively 90-minute folk program.  But the highlights are all about Dylan's imagination in the hands of others.

You can hear folk music every Monday - Friday morning from 5:30 till 7:00 on KBOO.

 

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Episode Playlist

  • Time
    5:30
    Artist
    Jogo & Bear
    Song
    Lay Lady Lay
    Album
    jogo 1209 Acoustic Guitar Covers -YouTube
    Label
  • Time
    5:33
    Artist
    Bob Dylan
    Song
    Tell Me That It Isn't True
    Album
    Nashville Skyline
    Label
    Columbia
  • Time
    5:36
    Artist
    Caitlin
    Song
    It Ain't Me Babe
    Album
    The Ultimate Caitlin
    Label
  • Time
    5:39
    Artist
    Judy Collins
    Song
    It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
    Album
    Judy Sings Dylan - Just Like a Woman
    Label
    Geffen
  • Time
    5:43
    Artist
    George Harrison
    Song
    If Not for You
    Album
    All Things Must Pass (Remastered)
    Label
    UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
  • Time
    5:47
    Artist
    Odetta
    Song
    Long Time Gone
    Album
    Odetta Sings Dylan
    Label
    RCA Camden
  • Time
    5:51
    Artist
    Richie Havens
    Song
    Just Like a Woman
    Album
    20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Richie Havens
    Label
    Polydor
  • Time
    5:55
    Artist
    Rosanne Cash
    Song
    Girl from the North Country
    Album
    The List
    Label
    Manhattan Records
  • Time
    5:59
    Artist
    Nickel Creek
    Song
    When You Come Back Down
    Album
    Nickel Creek
    Label
    Craft Recordings
  • Time
    6:03
    Artist
    Joni Mitchell
    Song
    My Old Man
    Album
    Blue
    Label
    Rhino/Warner Records
  • Time
    6:06
    Artist
    Robin & Linda Williams
    Song
    Don't Let Me Come Home a Stranger
    Album
    Live In Holland
    Label
    Strictly Country Records
  • Time
    6:10
    Artist
    Joan Baez
    Song
    There but for Fortune
    Album
    The First 10 Years
    Label
    Vanguard Records
  • Time
    6:13
    Artist
    Linda Ronstadt
    Song
    Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues
    Album
    We Ran
    Label
    Elektra Records
  • Time
    6:21
    Artist
    Brandi Carlile
    Song
    The Times They Are A-Changin'
    Album
    Live on KEXP radio in Seattle YouTube
    Label
  • Time
    6:26
    Artist
    Eliza Gilkyson
    Song
    A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall
    Album
    2020
    Label
    Red House Records
  • Time
    6:32
    Artist
    Dolly Parton
    Song
    Blowin' in the Wind (feat. Nickel Creek)
    Album
    Those Were the Days
    Label
    Dolly Records
  • Time
    6:36
    Artist
    Cat Stevens
    Song
    Wild World
    Album
    20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Seventies
    Label
    Universal Music Enterprises
  • Time
    6:39
    Artist
    The Weavers
    Song
    Gotta Travel On
    Album
    The Weavers: Classics
    Label
    Vanguard Records
  • Time
    6:43
    Artist
    Eliza Gilkyson
    Song
    Peace in Our Hearts
    Album
    2020
    Label
    Red House Records
  • Time
    6:47
    Artist
    Bob Dylan
    Song
    Lay Lady Lay
    Album
    Nashville Skyline
    Label
    Columbia
  • Time
    6:50
    Artist
    Turtle Island Quartet
    Song
    All Along the Watchtower
    Album
    Have You Ever Been...?
    Label
    Telarc
  • Time
    6:55
    Artist
    Bob Dylan
    Song
    Nashville Skyline Rag
    Album
    Nashville Skyline
    Label
    Columbia

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