Episode 17
Dylanisms | Podcast Mixes Celebrating Bob Dylan Cover Versions |‘Dylanisms’ is my 10-song mix podcast project, building an extensive archive of (mostly) 1960s recordings of Bob Dylan songs as recorded by various solo performers and groups many years ago.
I will zoom in on the well known and the very obscure outfits who covered Dylan’s numbers, in particular those unknown teenage garage bands from USA. There are many but this list on Wikipedia doesn’t even acknowledge them.
My ‘Dylanisms’ project will be regular and will uncover everything worth hearing. It will last for a one-year paid subscription with my hosting platform RSS.com. By then, my mission will have been accomplished and the Gods shall anoint my feet with patchouli oil . . .
Honourable cover versions:
Tracks in order of appearance:
01 Leon Russell – “It’s A Hard Rain’s Gonna Fall”
originally released on the album ‘Leon Russell And The Shelter People’, May 1971
02 The Fairies – Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright”
originally released as single, Decca, July 1964
03 Glenn Yarbrough – “Tomorrow Is A Long Time”
originally released on the album ‘For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her’, RCA Victor, 1967
04 Heron – “John Brown”
originally released on the album ‘Twice As Nice & Half The Price’, Dawn, 1971
Heron was massively influenced by Dylan as can be evidenced by their take on ‘John Brown’, included here, as well as their cover of ‘Only A Hobo’ that was recorded in 1971 but unissued at the time.
05 The Raiders – “If I Had To Do It All Over Again”
originally released as single, Columbia, July 1973
06 The McCoys – “All I Really Want To Do”
originally released on the album ‘Hang On Sloopy’, Bang Records, 1965
07 Starry Eyed And Laughing – “Chimes Of Freedom”
Another band for whom Dylan was more than just someone with a good number to cover, Starry Eyed And Laughing took their name from the lyrics of Bob’s ‘Chimes Of Freedom’, their cover of which is included here.
08 Al Stewart – “I Don’t Believe You”
originally released on the album ‘Orange’, CBS, 1972
09 Bryan Ferry – “All I Really Wanna Do”
10 Bryan Ferry – “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door”
taken from the album ‘Dylanesque’, 2007
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